Confirmed with Link: Bowman is the new Oilers GM, Quenneville reinstated
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Kevin Musto
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DisgruntledHawkFan
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Three hours into free agency with the news dump NHL wants nobody talking about this the dirt gets dirtier around these two ugh.
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deytookerjaabs
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Two firsts to the Hawks for Seth Jones???
DisgruntledHawkFan
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These two were always coming back but you just don't announce it this way. Bettman is just protecting the league office and putting all the blow back on whoever hires them is exactly how any CEO would handle this.
Why? I cannot see the upside of this for the league at all. It's not like Bowman and Q add anything special that the league is missing or something (unlike if a star player was indefinitely suspended, for example).
Not to say that if they did add something that the league should reinstate them, they should be banned for life without question, but I just don't see the rationale from even just a purely business standpoint.
Not to say that if they did add something that the league should reinstate them, they should be banned for life without question, but I just don't see the rationale from even just a purely business standpoint.
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BHawk21
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I would guess so the NHL doesnt get sued by these guys for suspending them without real evidence of wrong doing.
TLEH
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Not even a main boards thread, which is exactly what Bettman would have wanted.
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I’m ok with that. If a team wants to go through the PR troubles that comes with hiring them, more power to them.
I know a lot will strongly disagree with my opinion, but I think the punishment was strong enough.
I know a lot will strongly disagree with my opinion, but I think the punishment was strong enough.
Callidusblackhawk
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They're buddies with other guys around the league. They both have a bunch of cup rings too so its not shocking if they're well thought of in their roles.
They should be banned for life.
DisgruntledHawkFan
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Because teams want to hire them and a lifetime ban wouldn't really hold up if anyone gets litigious.
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I’ll buy into the “blame 90% of this on John McDonough” camp but even still, what happened was so awful you’d think on principal alone Stan, Q, and MacIsaac would be banned on principal alone. Even if this martyrdom is unfair in some people’s eyes, the punishment has to be as severe as a hurricane here to make sure it never happens again
I get the internal pressure from other teams piece, but I doubt that the NHL really has any lawsuit concerns here. Maybe I'm wrong, and I certainly don't know the NHL's bylaws, but I imagine they have a ton of latitude with things like this.
Also, I would think getting hit with a lawsuit would be worth not taking the reputation hit, and actually be a reputation boon ("we did everything we could to keep these guys out of the sport").
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Anyone that gives the franchise reins of power to them after what was revealed about their coverup deserves all the **** imaginable.
Bowman and Q should just take their earned money and **** off to a deserted island, and hopefully anyone that hires them nowadays gets fired shortly thereafter.
Bowman and Q should just take their earned money and **** off to a deserted island, and hopefully anyone that hires them nowadays gets fired shortly thereafter.
Good, suspending them for following basic corporate policy was just a PR move.
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