[Fire of the Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Oling Roachinen cutting to the heart of the issue.

Wideman was dishonest and lacked remorse as far as the league is concerned. Based on his dishonesty they do not believe the concussion he may or may not have suffered played a mitigating role, and his conduct following the incident was less than apologetic.

I don't see how an arbitrator is going to give him less games. Pretty compelling argument from the perspective of the league.

Why does remorse matter? Honest question. If he was truly concussed and out of it, surely remorse can't be as important as if it was clearly intentional (ie Bertuzzi).