Outspoken NHL star Dustin Penner has been dropped from a scheduled analyst spot on TSN after making an offensive rape joke and then following it up with a series of equally unfunny remarks . The well-traveled veteran and current free agent had been scheduled to appear on TSN 's TradeCentre on Monday discussing the hockey league 's trade deadline , but that was before his ill-judged tweet . 'Is it always consensual if she 's your girlfriend ? Asking for my gf ... & shortly arriving police , ' tweeted Penner , 32 , on Saturday night . Outspoken NHL star Dustin Penner has been dropped from a scheduled analyst spot on TSN after making an offensive rape joke and then following it up with a series of equally unfunny remarks . Rather than apologize Penner choose to double-down and attempted to justify his remark by tweeting that his girlfriend was in on it too . If the former Washington Capitals winger thought others might share his sense of humour he was sorely mistaken as he received a series of replies from other Twitter uses who called him an idiot and reminded him that rape is never funny . Rather than apologize Penner choose to double-down and attempted to justify his remark by tweeting that his girlfriend was in on it too . ' I came up with the joke with my gf U idiots freaking out about this ' , he tweeted . Cue more criticism for Penner and his girlfriend . 'So your gf is n't funny either , huh ? ' tweeted one person . Undeterred Penner chose to continue making light of the situation with another attempt at being funny . 'Is it a rape joke if it 's your girlfriend ? Is this even my girlfriend ? ! ? ' he tweeted . Unfortunately for Penner , Canadian network TSN had been made aware of his attempts at humor and they responded to one angry tweeter , saying that he would not be on the air come Monday . Unfortunately for Penner , Canadian network TSN had been made aware of his attempts at humor and they responded to one angry tweeter , saying that he would not be on the air come Monday . Penner eventually apologized but even then drew criticism for the rather halfhearted wording of his tweet . ' I see the offensive side of my joke . On behalf of those who laughed , my gf & I included , I apologize . We understand we are awful people , ' he tweeted . After sleeping on it on Saturday night , Penner issued another apology on Sunday . 'My goal is n't to hurt anybody who has suffered . I can see how my words might have done this though . To those who were hurt by it : I 'm sorry , ' he tweeted . Penner also tweeted that the decision for him not to appear on TSN was a 'mutual decision . ' After sleeping on it Penner issued another - more heartfelt - apology and claimed that the decision for him not to appear on TSN was a 'mutual decision '
TSN star Dustin Penner has been dropped from a scheduled analyst spot on Outspoken NHL after making an offensive rape joke . 'Is it always consensual if she 's your girlfriend ? Asking for my gf ... & shortly arriving police , ' he tweeted . Penner then following it up with a series of equally unfunny remarks . Unfortunately for Penner , Outspoken NHL had been made aware of his tweets and they responded saying that he would not be on the air come Monday .