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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 get the need to prepare but why not suspend with pay for the one game pending the meeting. Not without precedent for players at least. I will readily admit that I'm carrying some bias as i have this perception of Bettman as the ultimate corporate bottom line focused sleeze devoid of ethics. But even with that bias being put aside I feel like it's not good enough for him to pass the buck on the response to the interview even for a day. The buck stops with him and the league should have stepped in rather than let Q coach if the Panthers weren't going to.