This is complete BS....the appeal I mean. The guy plead no contest, but if he was innocent he would have plead not guilty. The guy is now labeled as a woman beater, if he didn't do it I'd think he'd do everything in his power to avoid that.
Something like this happened to Varlamov didn't it? I thought he was accused and he fought it and was proven innocent.
The NHLPA is a joke, I was just talking about this with a friend; when a player breaks the rules and seriously injures another player and is then suspended, the PA fights it tooth and nail and represents the guilty player. Why don't they stand up for the player who gets hurt?
To me, this just looks bad. Watson did something extremely bad and is being punished for it. Like Cali said, the PA doesn't have to fight it. Watson shouldn't have his punishment reduced, that isn't helping anyone.
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