Toews recalled hearing the story from a “bunch of guys” talking outside the Sutton Place Hotel on the Near North Side, where the Hawks were holding a meeting before the start of their 2010-11 training camp.
I thought Brad being let go or resigning from the organization was the way that it was dealt with.
And Toews’ goal to preserve himself and those most influential to his career — which Beach, his NHL dreams ruined by a cover-up that made him feel like he “didn’t exist,” evidently was not — carried over when he was asked if his opinions of Bowman and also-removed longtime executive Al MacIsaac had changed this week.
Another part is because Toews — as only a player — truly was not as blameworthy in the cover-up as his coaches and managers, despite his misguided defense of them.