Wade Belak was found dead in his Toronto home at 1:33 EST Wednesday. Tony Vella, a Toronto police spokesman, said that "foul play is not suspected in the ongoing investigation." He was scheduled to be a sideline reporter for the Nashville Predators this season after being with the team for the past two years. Unfortunately, that has not come to fruition.
Belak is the third NHL former or current player to die in the offseason. As you may remember, Derek Boogaard was found dead in his home in Minnesota after accidentally oxycidine and another thing that I don't remember. Rick Ryien was the second player to die and now this.
This has become somewhat of a somber offseason with players reflecting on their careers and what they meant for the game. For the respective teams of the players, it has somewhat become a part of bad offseason. We have these three death and the fact that Sidney Crosby still has post-concussion symptoms.
This is really not the offseason I've come to enjoy. Usually, it's a time for vacation with the family or a time to relax and refresh until hockey season starts up again. Instead, we have all this news and for us to question whether or not it will be a great hockey season for everyone come next season. Some say yes and some say no. I'll just leave that question to you. Will it be a good season?
As for Wade Belak, the NHL, writers around the league, and its fans are deeply saddened by the loss of such a great hockey player and that his name will live on in the hockey circles to come. For now, it's a time to move on and to look forward to another NHL season.
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