Hockey Canada has not covered itself in glory throughout this mess, but I don't think much can be taken from what is an essentially corporate settlement that should affect the outcome of a criminal trial of these individuals. As mentioned above, some of those players didn't know about the settlement, some were not charged and there are a host of reasons for HC to conclude a settlement, regardless whether they think a conviction is likely.
Corporations settle potential lawsuits for financial and reputational reasons that go beyond whether they think they have a 50.1% chance of success in litigation (for civil matters). I see the HC settlement with EM in a similar manner. Something definitely happened, but I don't see it as any kind of smoking gun that a crime was committed.
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From HFBoard oiler fan, in analyzing MacT's management:
O.K. there has been a lot of talk on whether or not MacTavish has actually done a good job for us, most fans on this board are very basic in their analysis and I feel would change their opinion entirely if the team was successful.
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