Given how the NHL has handled this thus far, of course they're going to make an awful decision that makes the league look bad.
That's just an unintended consequence if they have to negatively affect an unrelated expansion franchise, while never punishing the O6 franchise that enabled the abuse in the first place.
"B-b-b-b-but the owner wasn't aware of it!"
Oh, ignorance makes everything better, nothing to see here, folks. Because that's totally not a thing, where someone is involved but hiding it to avoid legal liability.