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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
So, this is cynical, but my immediate thought is that the league is fine with an appeal. They've sent their signal to their officials, which is, "we are on your side, we will protect you, we will come down hard on anything resembling abuse of official". Then they'll get an appeal that reduces the suspension to a more reasonable number.
EDIT: Okay, seems like other people had the same thought.
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First appeal is to Bettman who I assume will uphold. Then it goes to an independent arbitrator. So could be a while I'd guess.