Why was Zach Dean (now cleared to play) in the NHL Assistance Program?

[schwartzwatch]

Fentanyl or alcohol perhaps

Theo ... look at me, son ...it's not your fault...

I know…

No, you don't ...it's not your fault...

….I know

It's..not..your..fault...

I figured you were sharp enough to get here. Stop poking the bear, and be that guy.

What bear what was poked?

C'mon, Theo ...don't regress. Do we have to start over? It's not your fault...

[theograce]

Fentanyl or alcohol perhaps

Theo ... look at me, son ...it's not your fault...

I know…

No, you don't ...it's not your fault...

….I know

It's..not..your..fault...

I figured you were sharp enough to get here. Stop poking the bear, and be that guy.

What bear what was poked?

C'mon, Theo ...don't regress. Do we have to start over? It's not your fault...

Regress to what? People can use words like painkillers, but fentanyl or alcohol (very, very common) makes you take notice?

Is that what you’re dancing around? Has to be

[Jeff Goldblum]

It's impossible for it to regress. It is as low as it can get.

[schwartzwatch]

Fentanyl or alcohol perhaps

Theo ... look at me, son ...it's not your fault...

I know…

No, you don't ...it's not your fault...

….I know

It's..not..your..fault...

I figured you were sharp enough to get here. Stop poking the bear, and be that guy.

What bear what was poked?

C'mon, Theo ...don't regress. Do we have to start over? It's not your fault...

Regress to what? People can use words like painkillers, but fentanyl or alcohol (very, very common) makes you take notice?

Is that what you’re dancing around? Has to be

Time's up, Bo Peep. (Go ahead and respond so you can have the last word. I know that's important to you)

[theograce]

Fentanyl or alcohol perhaps

Theo ... look at me, son ...it's not your fault...

I know…

No, you don't ...it's not your fault...

….I know

It's..not..your..fault...

I figured you were sharp enough to get here. Stop poking the bear, and be that guy.

What bear what was poked?

C'mon, Theo ...don't regress. Do we have to start over? It's not your fault...

Regress to what? People can use words like painkillers, but fentanyl or alcohol (very, very common) makes you take notice?

Is that what you’re dancing around? Has to be

Time's up, Bo Peep. (Go ahead and respond so you can have the last word. I know that's important to you)

The last to word to what exactly. Sounds important that you had the first word … Sean

Laughing

[Tabasco Flowers]

I couldn't give a frog's fat (donkey) why he was in the program. He's a young man, and I hope his life and career are upward bound.

Sheesh.

[theograce]

I couldn't give a frog's fat (donkey) why he was in the program. He's a young man, and I hope his life and career are upward bound.

Sheesh.

Some people might be curious. That upset you?

[Jeff Goldblum]

44pronger is having a stroke

[TAFKAP]

44pronger is having a stroke

But he got the last word. I don't know what it was, nor do I GAF, but it was the last word.

That was kinda funny though.

[blues2112]

why does it matter? mind yer own business

2,112 percent.

Man, we all have demons and we all need forgiveness and restoration.

I admire the NHL for having such a program.

[Harry S Deals]

AHL '23-'24 49GP 9gs 5 14 24 Dean was on track at this point so we know its in him just gotta get going again. Fortunately the T Birds are really playing well so he could be inserted into a solid forward group Im looking forward to seeing him in camp again

[AtillaTheBlue1]

Who cares, he found help and is trying to make it back to the NHL.

He owes NO one in this thread a reason or excuse.

[danno]

This has to be one of the all time dumbest threads in BluesTalk history

Oh and I'm pretty sure it's almost always bleedr's fault

Mods, please delete this "for the greater good of the board"

[Harry York 37]

I say Dean gets a call up before the season’s done. He has guts, smarts, and was on a mini-tear to close out last season in the AHL.

I would like to see that happen. His success story would help float this team’s boat.

I am still a romantic. I can be stoic as needed, but romance is to be savored; even though it is often chaotic and usually ends up with a broken heart… or two.

[blackinkbiz]

This has to be one of the all time dumbest threads in BluesTalk history

Oh and I'm pretty sure it's almost always bleedr's fault

Mods, please delete this "for the greater good of the board"

Actually, unless you're being sarcastic with the much-deserved blame-everything-on-bleedr motto, this one isn't on him--for once. I, of all people, know all about the privacy of getting help and how much we all need it from time to time. I was mostly joking about learning the intimate details of why he was in the program and more interested in will he have a chance to play with the Blues this season?

That being said, it's a freaking Blues message board. The topic was about a Blues player's NHL availability, perhaps in a jesting manner yes, but, regardless, some of you just need to take a chill pill.

[theograce]

People cry over the word fentanyl…when other players have a struggled with this substance and openly talked about it.

I heard it’s a problem in our world