The NHL has suspended Florida Panthers vice chairman and alternate governor Doug Cifu from any involvement with the group or the league, doing so in response to inappropriate posts on Cifu’s now-shuttered social media account.
Cifu, in posts on X, acquired right into a back-and-forth with a Toronto fan on Sunday night time, the fan beginning the change by evaluating hits by Florida gamers on this ongoing sequence in opposition to the Maple Leafs to the battle between Israel and the Palestinians.
A put up on Cifu’s account shortly after, in response to the Toronto fan, referred to the fan a “51st state anti semite loser.” President Donald Trump has typically mentioned in latest months that he desires to see Canada added to america because the 51st state. That put up was amongst these deleted not lengthy afterward, and the account has since been suspended.
“The NHL has concluded that Mr. Cifu’s X posts have been unacceptable and inappropriate,” the league mentioned in a press release, first reported by The Toronto Solar. “Because of this, Mr. Cifu has been suspended indefinitely from any involvement with the Membership and the NHL.”
Cifu — whose identify is etched on the Stanley Cup, a part of the group that the Panthers included in that tribute after profitable their first title final yr — is CEO of Virtu Monetary, an organization he co-founded with Panthers proprietor, chairman and governor Vincent Viola in 2008.
Cifu could have an in-person assembly with Commissioner Gary Bettman in some unspecified time in the future.
“My habits doesn’t mirror the requirements of the Florida Panthers group and the Viola household,” Cifu mentioned in a press release to Florida Hockey Now. “I sincerely apologize to all these affected by my feedback. I’m dedicated to working with the NHL to amend my actions.”
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