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Originally Posted by Mull
Makes you wonder if the refs are directed by the NHL to do this, formally or informally, or if its part of the culture of reffing in the NHL.
The first one opens the NHL to a lawsuit for firing him, unless there is of course a side NDA/pay off agreement we don't learn about.
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I think its all but guaranteed they're paying him off. Otherwise he now has a huge incentive to speak out about the issues with NHL reffing. They desperately wont want him to do that, so he gets a big "retirement" package.