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Originally Posted by The Voice of Reason
Did you read his statement? Bettman addressed that specific topic (previous player/official physical contact).
He notes that it's "unquestionably true" that "accidents sometimes occur on the ice, and that the collisions between players and officials in those other incidents did not result in supplementary discipline."
He goes on to say "Each of the incidents referred to by the NHLPA involved collisions that occurred in the midst of play - presumably in the full view of the on-ice officials, who did not call a penalty. Here, by contrast, no penalty was called because the incident occurred away from the play and none of the on-ice officials witnessed it. The incident here did not involve anything that remotely resembled a 'hockey play'"
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I referenced Bettman's release so obviously yes, I did read some of it.
But I'm not sure what your getting at...My point still stands.