[Burninator]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

OK, but back to the nub of Locke's question - if the arbitrator rules that there should have been no suspension at all... Wideman gets his money back, but the club winds up getting screwed because the Flames forked out the money, got nothing for the money and (for argument's sake) lost a valuable piece during the most important part of the season. So, who makes the Flames whole?
This is just an academic argument, but I find it interesting...

They just write it off.