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Originally Posted by fleury
Re: Bettman, the guy is a lawyer. It's not a simple conversation, and with the report seemingly just coming out I'm sure he'd like to handle it similar to a court case and prep (to some degree). I don't get the raking of the coals over for Bettman. He has a huge responsibility here...preparation wouldn't be a bad thing. Perhaps both guys should've been suspended until it was resolved, but I don't blame him for needing time to prepare for something important.
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I think Bettman wanted to see what the teams would do. And I’m not sure he has the power to make a team fire or suspend a coach with the snap of his fingers. But I wonder how long he had the report before it was released (I’m sure they had to share it with him).