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Originally Posted by Aegypticus
How would an appeal like that look like anything more than a personal attack on Wideman? So many people have commented on the optics... Well, if the NHL is concerned about optics, they should let this go. They already look massively scummy, and Wideman paid a steep price no matter how you slice it.
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Optics don't play into it at all IMO. This is all about concussions, suspensions, whether concussed players are responsible for their actions, and all the legal implications of everything surrounding that.
Wideman is just caught in the middle.