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Originally Posted by transplant99
Well sure...but it was the owner of the team that was the perpetrator. Then his fellow owners wanted him out of the league. It most certainly wasn't David Stern making that decision.
So unless there is evidence that Rocky Wirtz knew about all this, then it is not a comparable situation.
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There appears to be a big difference in the way that ownership functions and manages things in the NHL as compared to other leagues. NHL owners are very hands off and removed. It is pretty rare for an NHL owner to make the news while the other major leagues are a very different story.