I still think the NHL could have been smarter: have the hearing with Colie Campbell - then craft a carefully constructed video and commentary that sets out that they considered 20 games (or whatever number), but given the possibility that he was actually concussed, but was at least partially aware of his surroundings, it was reduced to (say) 10 games.
While not entirely palatable to all parties, it reinforces the notion that if you're on the ice you are still responsible for your actions, provides some evidence that they considered "reasonable doubt" that it was deliberate, moves away from being "entirely accidental" and leaves the player, the PA, the OA with a reasoned, credible solution and penalty.
Instead they slam him, state the same "non-facts" over and over again in their video, ignore the potential effects of concussion and leave themselves wide open to criticism and reversal.
Why can't these (supposedly smart) guys figure this out?
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