Elliot Friedman predicted only four games, because the game against Calgary potentially has playoff implications for both teams and possibly more, such as the Kings.
He then went on to explain a situation last year in which he didn't name any names or teams. A player was injured because of a dirty play that didn't get called on the ice. The GM for the injured player was highly upset and complaining to the league about how nothing happened. The league told him they would look into it, but the GM quickly called them back and asked them not to suspend the offending player because he looked at the schedule and the offending player's team was facing teams that could potentially affect the victim player's team's chances of making the playoffs if those teams were to beat the offending player's teams during the suspension. So the league didn't suspend. Based on that Elliot determined that this would apply to Byfuglien's scenario and that Big Buff would be back for the final game against Calgary.
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