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Originally Posted by MattyC
It seems to me that most of these issues could be solved by not taking 100 years to make a decision on something that should only take a few hours, maybe a day, at most.
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This case is more complicated than most. And it is basically a legal battle in everything but name. Especially from the NHL's perspective. While I agree Bettman should have had his decision rendered sooner, you can be damn certain that his decision and the wording of it were probed by the NHL's lawyers. Not just to keep it defensible in front of an arbitrator, but also due to its potential relevance in the concussion lawsuits. That is going to take some time.
The union's interest is no less important, and they are ensuring their due dilligence is completed properly as well. To be perfectly blunt, I doubt either side is really focused on Wideman as an individual at this point. He's just the guinea pig for a larger legal tug of war, and the precedents that will be set going forward.