one report called the death a "non-suspicious sudden death" read: Suicide.
I know of people that have and are currently suffering through depression and/or anxiety and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Supposedly those absences from the team over the last little while (and of course this is all speculation till something more official comes out) were actually him getting committed to institutions for mental health problems.
RIP. I remember going to the Montreal game when the Nuck's beat them 5-1 I think, and Hal Gill and Rypien fought. It made my night. I loved how a smaller guy wouldn't back down from anyone and the way he fought was awesome. I've been thinking about it since last night. You may be gone but never forgotten.
I hope Gillis and the Canucks sue their ass into bankruptcy...
it's called fact checking...
it's weird, because the moment I found out Rypien had died via a text from Franchise, I popped open the laptop and went to wikipedia...that exact quote was in wikipedia for the article on Rypien... so basically this hack "journalist" used something they found on Wikipedia!?
When these sort of things happen the plague of the internet, Trolls, come out and do shite like that....you don't expect to see it in a "news"paper