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Originally Posted by Mike F
I think you've got in completely backwards.
The raw video shows that Wideman skated 80 feet towards the linesman with an unobstructed view, made barely any effort to avoid him prior to contact, and showed no apologetic reaction immediately after contact.
Many people in this thread have given their version of factors that could have caused him to do those things innocently, and I don't necessarily disagree with them, but it doesn't change the fact that it's up to Wideman to convince the league and officials rep that those factors were in fact present.
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I highly doubt the NHLPA agrees with you. I'm not totally familiar with next steps if the PA wanted to appeal or whatever but I'd guess an arbitrator or someone like that would very much agree that the NHL would need justification to suspend.