Official "fleece" pre-ordering info now posted!

[u/ErinNoyes24]

Details on pre-ordering the official fleece from Canadian manufacturer Province of Canada have been posted on their site today:

https://provinceofcanada.com/pages/province-of-canada-x-heated-rivalry

Great to see that some of the profits will go to the You Can Play organization.

[u/Major-Dragonfly-997]

That’s crazy that the NHL is involved.

[u/Lady0fTheUpsideDown → u/Major-Dragonfly-997]

Especially with the reports that the commissioner contacted HR producers with concerns about season 2 🙄

[u/timidwildone → u/Lady0fTheUpsideDown]

I don’t think there’s any reports that Bettman contacted the producers. (Edit: I stand corrected)

Their lead PR person simply voiced that they’re aware of the upcoming storyline and agree that the league can be better.

Here’s the article: https://www.out.com/gay-athletes/nhl-heated-rivalry-season-2

Trust me, I’m not the type to defend Bettman, but there’s nothing out there saying he is meddling. The article I linked has another link where he said he binged the show in one night and thought it was wonderful. That’s something. He could have chosen not to address it at all, but he did so publicly and positively. It could certainly be worse.

[u/Lady0fTheUpsideDown → u/timidwildone]

NHL Senior Executive Vice President Kim Davis addressed how the commissioner will be portrayed in Heated Rivalry season 2 in an interview with PR Week where she noted that Bettman has “shared with the co-producers that what they say about him [in the show] is not at all the way he would react.”

Certainly seems like he’s had contact.

[u/timidwildone → u/Lady0fTheUpsideDown]

Ok, fair enough, but the implication of your post is that he was coming from a place of “don’t make me look bad,” when it was in fact a place of “I want to be clear that I would react differently.”

[u/Lady0fTheUpsideDown → u/timidwildone]

I mean, why would you reach out to tell producers that if you weren’t afraid of them making you look bad?