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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
True that the NHL isn't his direct employer, but the NHL is the body that has the collective bargaining agreement with the players union; there is certainly a clause that makes "in the best interest of the game" actions legitimate.
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Very slippery slope. You are talking about an individual's personal opinion concerning another individual which did not involve any business actions of the NHL or the game of hockey.
Where do you draw a line? If a hockey player buys a piece of equipment from a company which is a sponsor of a NHL franchise and publicly slams the equipment and the company which sells it to the press, is he liable to be suspended "in the best interest of the game"?
I'm a firm believer that the more you make of something with which you disagree, the more exposure that individual's opinion gets.
Shame on Avery for being an ***. Shame on the press for being stupid enough to think his comments are news worthy (yet they refer to themselves as "journalists") and shame on the NHL for declaring themselves for making more of something than it should have been made.
This action by the holier-than-thou idiots is just another reason for intelligent folks to join P.O.O.P.