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Originally Posted by Azure

End of the day even if Bowman has gone and repaired and made right relationships with people like Beach there are still consequences for actions.

Because he used his position as GM of the Hawks to cover up abuse, part of the consequence should be that should never be able to hold another position like that.

No, it doesn't mean that Bowman hasn't done right by going and trying to fix the wrongs he has done, but it sets a precedent that people who use positions of authority, specifically GM of a NHL team, to cover up abuse, they will lose that position and will never get it back.

Again, has nothing to do with the efforts Bowman has made to right his wrongs. However, regardless of the effort, there are consequences.

Also, given that FACT that hockey has a tainted image BECAUSE of issues like sexual abuse, and the FACT that 4 NHL players were basically kicked out of the league after Hockey Canada & other high level hockey people covered up sexual abuse, it sure seems pretty tone-deaf not only for the NHL to reinstate someone who himself covered up abuse, but also the Oilers for hiring him when there are absolutely 100% for sure better candidates. And even if there are not better candidates, Bowman's supposed abilities as a GM do not justify the hiring.

This isn't even a 'oh its 2024' we should know better issue. It is 2024 and we should know better, however at the same time this to me is society, or in this case an organization like the NHL not being willing to accept that actions have consequences, and because the consequences are not properly applied and HELD TOO, the action that resulted in all of this will almost certainly repeat itself.

Does this happen in any other industries? Not sure how you could enforce that. Once his suspension was lifted teams will hire him to do whatever they think he’d add value at. If they wanted to hire him.