NHL team's learned from the Brad Aldrich situation. Unfortunately, they learned better to cover their tracks and avoid responsibility. Plausible deniability. They don't want to know, they won't be asking their players, they'll let the NHL investigate and punish instead.
Keeping in mind that there's not much the NHL team's could do that wouldn't open themselves up for a possible lawsuit. None of the players have been convicted of a crime, I'm sure they all deny any criminal activity at the behest of their lawyers and agents. So even if Player X on Team Y was one of the 8 John Does, Player X vehemently denies any wrong doing, what can Team Y really do that doesn't open themselves up to some form of defamation litigation?
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