Hockey fans are furious at the Bruins... 

As someone who was bullied, I can see letting that go, but this isn’t bullying. This is abuse.

Like you said im Usually not a fan of holding something against someone from when they were 14. But this guys actions were abhorrent and disgusting. And the fact he never actually apologized until after he was drafted showed it was something he never really learned from, and just wanted to brush over.

guy ruins a kids life for his entire childhood, calls him slurs, beats him, forces him to eat from a urinal and random people online are defending him because ‘it’s soft,’ he apologized (forced to legally), and his age. just because you’re fourteen doesn’t mean you’re brain dead; you have to choose to actively bully someone for years. people genuinely commit over shit like this, and the fact that people are defending it is pathetic. crazy how a person can ruin someone’s childhood for years and expect it to not catch up with them. being sympathetic to him is crazy imo. i get that he was 14 (i’m typically down for second chances people change) and bullying exists, but for this long and to that extent, with no genuine accountability? bruins management is a joke all accolades aside you have to be an absolute DUD to defend a person like this…. why?

Mitchell Miller isn’t a good person. How do you make an apology out there, but not even a personal one to the victim or the family. I haven’t heard of him going out of his way to make any donations or to help charities/fundraisers for anyone with disabilities. There is so many things he could do to help make up for his horrible actions, but he seemingly doesn’t care. My sister has Down syndrome and is the sweetest person I know. Reading what he did just upsets and hurts me so much. He hasn’t done enough to earn anyones forgiveness.

As a Bruins fan. I'm completely embarrassed and truly disappointed. What was looking to be such a special year is completely overshadowed by this move. Hope this kid never see's the ice and Don Sweeny apologizes for ever thinking this move was ok.

It's definitely a bad trend in society to hold things people did many years ago over their heads, especially if it happened when they were a kid. But this is obviously WAY beyond normal teenage behaviour, it's straight up psychopathic and it's pretty clear he doesn't feel that bad about it considering he hasn't apologized to the family

everyone at that age knows that those kinds of actions are disgusting, baffles me that any team would even consider signing him

This goes above and beyond normal bullying. Kinda crazy that a kid that young can have so much hate in his heart. You gotta put some of the responsibility on the parents. They clearly are not good influences on their kid.

This is absolutely disgusting, it seems as if he didn’t care about what he did, until it came to getting drafted to the NHL.

HE WAS 14. A high school age student knows better than that. He must have had some strong internalized hatred and racism to rationalize the things he did. To me, that is unforgivable. He should not be welcome into the nhl.

When I first heard about this, I thought "maybe he deserves another chance". But looking further into it, it seems like he still hasn't apologized (or may have reached out to his victim through IG DMs about a week ago... we can probably guess why). Also, screenshots of text messages from the victim's mother mention years of torture, not just "an incident". I do think people deserve second chances but from what I read, what he put that kid through was absolutely disgusting and cruel, and it wasn't exactly a one-time thing. Unless I missed something, we also haven't seen any remorse or growth on his part since the news first broke out. If anything it looks like him and the Bruins are trying to minimize what happened with the wording they're using. Also, the "he was only 14" argument is irrelevant imo; at 14 you do make mistakes but tormenting another human being to such an extent and in such a vicious way is a big deal, and he should have known better even at that age. Poor judgement on the Bruins' part.

I'm all for giving people second chances but I don't understand why it's happening now, especially when A) we don't know if Miller has changed and B) the players on the Bruins are unsure about the decision

Here we had the Logan Mailloux issue. Which looked really bad. And while its hard to compare both behaviors, the difference is that Maillux genuinely looks like he regrets, knows he was beyond stupid...has apologized and now is working to be a better person. This Miller guy doesnt look like he's taking the steps necessary.

Unless his brain is underdeveloped kids know what they're doing at 14. The kid learnt it from somewhere. Hockey parents are the worst to make little sweet Jimmy look innocent

I am bruins fan and I am not a fan of this .

14 is not an excuse as anyone who can freely torment someone who’s disabled like that is beyond pathetic as a human being. Hockey is about respect for one another and helping those who need it.

The Law should be punishing this guy. This is a bigger problem than just hockey.

I think the biggest clarification that needs to be made here is that Mitchell Miller's abuse did not stop after he was 14. 14 is just the age that he forced his victim to lick a pissed on piece of candy. Miller would both mentally and physically abuse his victim for years to follow, right up until a year or two before he was drafted. While I agree that someone's behavior at the age of 14 should not dictate the rest of their life and career, this goes way beyond that, and it was not just something he did when he was 14. Mitchell Miller has no place in the NHL and I'm disgusted by Sweeney's decision to sign him.

I agree with being remorseful and not holding people to things they did when they were young, as long as they take accountability and realize their mistakes. I guess I’m a believer in second chances. But tbh this just feels different. I get the feeling this guy isn’t remorseful at all for what he did. I just don’t get why Boston signed him, especially since apparently they didn’t reach out to the victim’s family and the players on the team obviously disagreed with the decision.

As a Bruins fan (and a black person, myself), I am very ashamed at not only Sweeney but the front office's decision to sign him...especially after what he did. I hope Mitchell never touches TD Garden ice or even gets a regular contract with us, he doesn't deserve to be in the NHL...ever.

From what I know, this didn’t just happen when he was 14 - he did this up until his draft year.

I’ve seen and heard of some pretty nasty stuff of my peers when I was at that age. I’ve also said and done some things at around that age that I regret but what this kid Miller said was definitely over the line. It’s one thing to bully a kid over race or religion but when your getting physical with a developmentally delayed individual is another whole ball game. You have no morals and prey on the weak. Then to not feel enough remorse or have the balls to man up and face this kid one on one and apologize, shows the level of maturity this kid has. I love the B’s and bleed black and gold but this is a bad signing

If age shouldn’t be a factor then why are there so many people of colour put into the system to serve time for simple possession of marijuana while they were still developing. Age seems to only be a factor for certain people.

Just putting this out here, Bruins fans are also outraged by this. Can’t believe Sweeney would tarnish the franchise with a move like this, nothing positive can come from it.

As a Bruins fan, this makes me so upset at the team. We need to hold the organization to a higher standard and force them to do better.

It’s not only that he was 14. He did it 2 years before he got drafted

1:42 If i remember rightly Miller was meant to go in the first round and no one wanted to touch him after the letter was sent. The Coyotes had their 1st round taken from them by the league so picked him in the second round. Only after the abuse became public they renounced their pick

i was bullied around as much as this guy, i'm not special needs nor am i black though. my house was vandalized, i was beatup daily, i had my head smashed against a brickwall and passed out aswell, i was really suicidal cause of it back then. i'm alot better now since it's been years and the bully has apologized, even though i went through all this i wouldnt want my bully to not be able to make a nation sports team cause of the bullying i faced back when we were kids, my story is alittle different since obviously i didnt face racial slurs or that kind of stuff. Bullying is terrible though and schools really do nothing about it. its kind of a joke.

As a Bruins fan I'm upset that this will take away from our amazing start, I believe that he will not see the ice this season and I know for a fact that if he plays with the Bruins that behavior will not be tolerated especially with leaders like Bergeron

Now that I watched the video, my biggest complaints with Eck here is I don't thing he's being harsh enough. Being 14 years old is not an excuse in anyway. This was repeated behavior that went on for an extended period of time. It was not a one time incident. And the behavior that took place is twisted and terrible even by a 14 year old. What he did is the type of stuff that you don't get to excuse yourself of because of your age. This is even further amplified by his complete lack of remorse for it. Because if he still doesn't even see it as that bad today, then there's little sense in trying to defend him "because he was only 14, that shouldn't determine his fate!" Well, he's 20 years old now, an adult. And he still seems to think what he did was fine, meaning he's not changed whatsoever. And finally, again, way too often we hear in sports, "Aw, that shouldn't ruin his career!" We need to remember that being able to play sports for a living should be considered an ultimate privilege. You get to play a game and make millions of dollars off a purely entertainment type job. There's no reason we should be comfortable with letting noted scumbags continue to bask in the sunlight. So many awful people have been idolized due to their success at sports. This isn't a declaration that Miller shouldn't be allowed to work anywhere at all, but I don't care how good he is, he has not earned the honor of being able to have his dream job. But that's life. Most people don't get to attain their dream jobs in life. Why should we be bending over backwards for obvious cases where the person is human trash?

Thank you for explaining this. even though he was young and apologized it doesn't change what he did. bad look on the bruins

I feel that age doesn’t really matter at this point, at 14 years old you should definitely know that calling a special needs kid racial slurs and bashing his skull against a wall for years upon years is wrong

I feel like most descriptions of Miller’s actions make it sound like an isolated incident, or rather don’t paint the full picture of what he did. Because he straight up tortured that poor kid for 12 years, and still has shown no remorse for ruining the kids life.

they need to drop Miller ASAP

It was already bad enough at the racial slurs, but when you went into detail with the physical abuse too, my jaw just dropped. This is insane

I truly wish him the worst.

If nothing else this brings a huge distraction to the organization. All the noise from the media is going to have an effect on the team. This is poor judgement by the bruins front office.

Poor choice drafting a psychopath. Don't give people like that money, that's not ordinary bullying. Also, the parents knew about it after he got reprimanded, yet the guy didn't stop being a psychopath.

If you're one of the people who are saying he deserves a chance, revisit the full story of what he did to his victim. Then, consider his lackluster apology and apparent utter lack of genuine remorse for his actions and ask yourself, if his victim was your disabled child, would you be ok with the Bruins signing him?

I feel horrible still about just having teased another kid in middle school too much, what you described is wildly inappropriate and I can’t really believe it was allowed to go on to that extent - where was the school? Where were both kids parents??

I wouldn’t have signed him tbh. It makes sweeney, the bruins, and the league look bad. Really strange move.

I've been watching this channel grow over the past month or so. And the trajectory reminds me of a channel called baseball doesn't exist which I watched blossom from a seedling. I really hope im not jinxing anything here but I really think this is great for the sport outreach and giving hockey what it deserves in terms of perspective in mainstream sports culture. Keep going bro. You are doing the lords work.✌✌

Doesn't sound like bullying. "Smashing a kid's head into a wall" and "beating a kid up" is "assault". Maybe he can give 50% of his earnings to the kid he targeted, at least for 14 years. That might move towards accepting responsibility.

Just after I turned 13 years old my father passed away after a lengthy illness. His death was not expected. and my mother was devastated. Someone had to go to the funeral home and make arrangements and buy a casket. I took the responsibility and went to the funeral home to take care of business. I was told what my budget was and I had to remain within our means. The funeral director tried to up-sell and I said no. I then went out a got a job to support myself while attending school. There are many similar stories of people taking responsibility for themselves. My point is I have zero time for someone who says "I was just 14 years old, I didn't know better". Mitchell Miller knew exactly what he was doing; he knew it was wrong as everyone who hears the story repeated knows that it was wrong. Bullies are always sorry when they're caught, especially if there are consequences. Shame on this man and shame on the Boston Bruins. Mitchell Miller doesn't deserve to play. What message does it send to our youth.

If at 14 you can't tell that being a racist piece of sh*t that bullys and traumatizes a mentally not fully developed kid is a bad thing to do then you don't deserve an NHL contract. Ever. It just rewards a kid for his talent and teaches him that everything else will be ignored as long as you're good enough at playing hockey. Horrible standard to set as a team and as a league. Anyone can say theay've apologized. But if the victim doesn't accept the apology, which I thought was the case in Mitchell's draft year, then it doesn't mean anything. Just saying words doesn't show growth as a human being, it isn't even conclusive evidence of regret...

I live in Boston and I hate this move!!Please don't think Boston fans accept this!!Sweeney should be fired and release Miller!! WTF!!

Mitchell Miller should never be allowed to see NHL ice and the Bruins should be ashamed of themselves for even entertaining this move, let alone actually carrying it out.

as a disabled bruins fan, shit like this isnt new, be it hockey/football/nba i hope they reconsider, but greed is what greed does

A person like that, who is basically forced to apologize, is never really sorry for what they did. That means he hasn't learned and will do it again. Typical of Boston to sign a person like that.

I love how Bruins fans just absolutely rallied against this signing. Something the broader world of sports fans could learn from. Slow clap boys.

He sounds like a legit psychopath... maybe him getting millions of dollars is not a good idea for anyone

The thing is is that if miller is an amazing player say, a great defenceman and everything but took that long to apologize I feel like that just makes the situation worse yk. Like if he apologized say when he was in high-school instead of just leaving it behind there would be a bigger chance for a second opportunity

Eck, would love to see you do a video on the league's response to this. They just told the Bruins he isn't eligible to play in the NHL.

I looked up a few different articles on this. Even the juvenile court judge said he didn’t think he was truly remorseful (at the time of being in front of the judge), but his words and actions were simply damage control for his sullied reputation. Just looking out for #1. I wouldn’t sign him. Bad form, Bruins.

This wasn't just bullying tho, repeated harassment+assault+hate crimes etc. that went on for years without punishment

Nah let him in the league. I’m sure Darnell Nurse and Ryan Reaves will love the kid

As someone who was relentlessly bullied in elementary school, I frankly don't care if teenage bullies have their futures ruined by their past behavior. I was mature enough at 5 to understand how to treat people. Miller should Rot.

It’s kinda ironic that the first black NHL player played for the Boston Bruins

There are TONS of up and coming players who WERENT pieces of garbage at 14, that deserve a shot over him.

I believe in second chances, but this situation is beyond fucked up and the fact that Miller has not shown any steps of growth at all. He would be a perfect example for every other junior player out there that players who do shit like this do not get drafted in the NHL.

As a diehard Bruins fan enamored with passion this team is playing with and amazing chemistry going on, this takes all the air out of my tires. This bodes horribly for the bruins.

I understand the people who are using his age as a slight excuse, I get where they're coming from. But I'm 16, at 14 I never even thought about bullying a disabled kid because I knew it was wrong and disgusting

Bruins fan here, I'm very disappointed with this move. I can't wrap my mind around why this move was made. I believe in second chances, sure. But this is one of the worst things they could have done.

People need to remember, swcond chances are earned, not just handed out on a whim. With soorts, people tend to sympathize with the athlete far more than the victims when it comes to redemption arcs. He has barely apologized. And when he did, it was clearly out of his own self interest as a 'check list item' so a team will accept him, not because he believes he's wrong. Note that recebtly the victims mom mentioned it wasnt until this week he tried reaching out over instagram, and now all of a sudden he's getting signed, lol.... Also any apologies he has offered completely minimize what he actually did. Qhwn you apologize, you need to fess up to all the ways you screwed up. And lastly, this is a thing that went on for years. It qas not a one-time lapse of judgment. Even if he was 14, ever teenager knows that what he was doing was seriously wrong. He deserves zero forgiveness from anyone. The onus is still clearly on him to show he's changed. And really the only thing he has shown is he still doesnt actually care, which is even worse, and should be MORE reason to continue to reject him. The sad truth with hockey culture though.. if he manages to be a valued asset on the ice, people are quickly going to pivot to "that was years ago, let it go!"

I’m really typically a forgive and forget type person believing in change. But this is unforgivable imo.

I hate it when teams sign bad people like this. Ethics has a place in all aspects of life, including hockey. Shame on the Bruins.

Loving the channel man keep it up

im genuinely shocked someone could do something like this at FOURTEEN !! i cant even imagine what hes like now...

At first I was supporting the Bruins decision to draft him but as I got deeper into the video I had to change my mind. I did some messed up stuff at 14 but never hurt anyone, so I'm not letting Miller off the hook for what he did. Maybe if he was 6 at the time I'd view this differently but as a 14 year old he shouldve known better. Not to mention the fact that he apologized to the NHL before the victim himself...

Let him play in the NHL...but no cup or mouthpiece allowed...EVER.

No other team would want this jerk, but that's what the Bruins are all about.

When you introduced it I was thinking wow they’re not seriously gonna hold something over this guy he did when he was a kid but wow. I was expecting it to be mild that’s downright evil. I believe this guy can change and live a better life but there’s gotta be some evidence of that before you even consider drafting him in my opinion. L move bruins

You can always trust the Bruins to make the biggest scumbag moves possible

If he really "changed" he should donate 20% of his first contract to the family.

that "the brain is not fully developed at that age" argument always makes me cringe because even in this case, the guy was 14, not 4!! most 14 year olds KNOW this is something bad.

What the actual heck was Sweeney thinking?

As a human being who happens to be a Bruins fan, this kid better be on a VERY short leash and doing very public, significant humanitarian efforts to balance out his acts as a 14 year old. Yes, it was reprehensible what he did to that poor kid, but everyone deserves a second chance. If the kid is straight as an arrow, gives back to the community more so than any other player and proves his second chance was deserved and earned then I agree with the signing. If he does not live up to the very high standard to which he will be judged then his second chance should be ripped away in a heartbeat.

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Hockey fans should be furious at Don Sweeney..

That picture of Isaiah with his parents hits home when you think about what that poor kid dealt with while in school.

If he really wants to make up for it, he should sign a legally binding contract with the family that provides them and/or the individual he was bullying with 25% of his NHL earnings throughout his career. He ruined a person's life and put their family through years of trauma, so since he cannot change the past, he should have to suffer some kind of economic hardship in his own life at least to try to make an attempt to help make up for what he's done.

Bruins fans are coming for sweeney and neely’s heads over this signing on twitter and I couldn’t be more proud of the reactions. Fuck miller, and I can’t believe I’m saying this but THANK YOU Gary Bettman for essentially banning miller from the NHL

The fact that he makes it sound in his quote that this only happened once is disgusting. IT WAS 6 YEARS of cruel bullying towards a disabled black kid

As a Bruins fan, this completely wipes out our 10-1 record

This a pretty good measured analysis. It's popular these days to just look at one side and demands for heads to roll. His age was a factor, his awful behavior was a factor, and anyone who says there is a simple solution or one right answer is full of shit. I did some idiotic things at 14 and I wouldn't want them ruining my career, but what he did was beyond thoughtless, it was criminal.

I'm a life long Bruins fan( 40 plus years). I don't, however, follow every little nugget of information that comes out about the league and the players. It revolted me when that story came out about the incident in Chicago I think with the abused player. Forgive me if I'm wrong. Those were adults. I was bullied throughout school. Not to the extent of the victim in this case, but still. I also remember the uproar of the return of Micheal Vick. If this kid has paid to society and shown true remorse for his actions, then he has a right to make a living wherever that may be. Even Boston, though it does make my skin crawl. If not then no one should pay this punk crazy money to play hockey. Let him go clean toilets in Grand Central Station with his tongue ( Thanks Weird Al).

as a b’s fan, trust me- we’re furious at our management too

He will be a perfect Bruin. Fit right in.

Unbelievable bruins go from the unexpected team everyone counted out to the most hateful organizations in sports right now of course it has my bruins that get involved SMFh

Also 6 kids killed another kid here in edmonton. The identies of the accused will remain confidential for the rest of the lives. Should we know what they did? Should they be free to teach or hold a vital job as an adult?

The real ? is where were his parents? Why didnt they step up and act? Surely they knew…

He shouldn't have this held over his head for the rest of his life. He should be punished only once, by not being given the opportunity to play professional hockey for as long as he lives.

Man, the comment section is gunna be gold for this one 😂

The real issue is like rapists, bullies need to get their agility to have kids taken away.

I hear so many 'Karens' saying he was only 14. At that age, I knew not to call anybody the N word and to not make anyone eat a lollipop out of a toilet. He was'nt a 5 yr old child. He knew enough!. I also say, once a racist, always a racist.. A zebra's stripes don't change as he gets older.

I'm not surprised that a pro team will look past a player's character if he has talent. There are a lot of criminals playing pro sports.

he'll fit right in with the boston sports culture

This is all about qualities that are redeemable and unredeemable the bullying could’ve been redeemable but the lying that you apologized is unredeemable

I have never been a Bruins fan but now I feel ashamed of being a hockey fan all together

Craig MacTavish killed a pedestrian while wasted behind the wheel and he's the assistant coach for St. Louis. So in the grand scheme of things this kid isn't the worst person alive and he has a chance for redemption.