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Originally Posted by Gaudfather
Here's a crazy scenario - what if the arbitrator decides to either overturn the NHL decision, or to reduce it to say 5 games or less - yet by the time the decision comes out Wideman has already been sat for 10 or more games? Talk about egg on your face for Bettman et al.
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That is exactly the problem...the appeal is useless unless the arbitrator has the flux capacitor. NHLPA negotiated this into the CBA and it was kinda a big deal