Brendan Leipsic Is on Blast for Leaked DMs of Misogynistic Comments

May 7 2020, Updated 11:36 a.m. ET

As a Pittsburgh Penguins fan who's watched the Capitals dash their Stanley Cup dreams, not anything makes me happier than to peer the Caps go through some roughly strife or lose any competitive merit that they may have. 

Which is why I'm so conflicted about Brendan Leipsic's DMs being screenshotted and shared far and wide Twitter. The reaction to his texts is beautiful serious, so what did he say that led to this sort of great giant kerfuffle?

What did Brendan Leipsic write within the private messages?

Instagram account @Angelszeee2020 one way or the other got their arms on the DMs and uploaded the screenshots on-line the place Brendan made some mean feedback about explicit girls. The language that he used is being deemed misogynistic by many and to most sensible all of it off, he extensively utilized disparaging remarks when describing his teammates and other NHL avid gamers. 

Also within the team chat used to be Jack Rodewald of the Panthers, but the feedback that individuals can't prevent talking about (in a nasty means) belong to Brendan.

Brendan referred to a lady as a "thing."

The following Twitter thread has the entire DMs from Brendan's team chat that runs the gamut of him insulting ladies, calling one a "thing," saying that he hopes some girls at a celebration are fat so he can degrade them, but when they are "smokes," or attractive, then "even better" as a result of he can nonetheless degrade them.

In the texts, he calls one lady he slept with a "unit" and bragged about having sex with her.

Brendan also made a laugh of the companions of 2 NHL gamers.

As for his teammates, he calls them "losers" and a crew of other avid gamers "easily the worst crew in the world." In any other chat, he calls the wife of Canucks player Tanner Pearson "fat" in a photo the place the participant is greeting her and their infant son in a game. He also took potshots on the Oilers' Connor McDavid's female friend for her look.

He appears to be obsessed with calling ladies fats, as any other dialog printed extra disparaging and sexual remarks aimed toward any individual else.

In one of the screenshots, the avid gamers shared Instagram footage of ladies and lambasted them time and again.

Another thing other people discovered tense concerning the screenshot conversations is that members at the team chat seek advice from dozing with girls as "kills." Some put personal demanding situations as to how many "kills" they may be able to "get in 24 hours." 

Some lamented on Twitter that they feel this is the perspective of numerous more youthful NHL gamers; it doesn't get much more "locker room talk" than this. @Angelszeee2020 deleted their Instagram account after importing the screenshots with a caption that learn, "Just a group of pathetic beta dudes bashing completely gorgeous girls."

Brendan deleted his Instagram account as well, and it looks as if Capitals control caught wind of the tale.

A spokesperson for the Washington Capitals addressed Brendan Leipsic's DMs.

A Capitals spokesperson issued the following commentary relating to Brendan's DMs: "We are aware of the unacceptable and offensive comments made by Brendan Leipsic in a private conversation on social media. We will handle this matter internally."

After deleting/disabling his IG, Brendan issued an apology on social media that sounds love it's right out of the apologist's playbook:

Brendan has apologized for his "inappropriate and offensive" remarks.

"Yesterday my friend’s Instagram account was hacked and an individual circulated images that are representative of private conversations I was a part of. I fully recognize how inappropriate and offensive these comments are and sincerely apologize to everyone for my actions. I am committed to learning from this and becoming a better person by taking time to determine how to move forward in an accountable, meaningful way. I am truly sorry."

The NHL itself has addressed the Brendan controversy announcing that there is not any place for the kind of attitudes that the Caps forward, along with Jack Rodewald displayed of their personal chat:

"The National Hockey League strongly condemns the misogynistic and reprehensible remarks made by players Brendan Leipsic and Jack Rodewald in a private group chat that has surfaced on social media. There is no place in our League for such statements, attitudes and behavior, no matter the forum. We will address this inexcusable conduct with the clubs and players involved."

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