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Originally Posted by GhostCookie
Not to mention that the NHL can determine that, regardless of the outcome of the criminal charges, the players have acted in a way that violates the leagues policy on conduct and does not have to allow a team to sign any of them.
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Like they did with Stan Bowman until the Oilers came knocking.
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Not guilty does not equal innocent and the fact that this was already settled civilly would hint towards the players having acted unbecoming of what the leagues standards are.
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I don't think the civil suit settlement can be interpreted that way though. There were players named in the suit that were never charged and at least one who wasn't even there. It was a pretty major indictment on Hockey Canada though to not even bother checking the evidence and defaulting to just accepting the allegations to try and bury it quickly.