from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

There is a collection of "hammers" forming atop the DPS, but couldn’t they use some perspective from a few former "nails" like a Paul Kariya or a Dean McAmmond, another Pronger victim. Brian Leetch used to be part of the DPS equation, but has since moved on. Pat Lafontaine has a working role with the NHL and is consulted, but he is closer to deputy commissioner Bill Daly’s department than Quintal’s.

The issue that many of us have with the DPS is that it always seems busier protecting the rights of the perpetrators than the victims (same with the NHLPA, which defends the rights of the hitter far more vociferously than the victim, in our opinion). Like, who exactly is protecting the Daniel Sedins, these days?

"I don’t know," Daniel admits.

Cross the dressing room to Kevin Bieksa’s stall, and you get a perspective that fairly represents the vast majority of those non-Sedin types.

"You see all of Scott Stevens’ highlight-reel hits. Today they’d all be five- or 10-game suspensions. But, that’s the way the game was played back then," begins Bieksa, who has never been suspended. "I think you want those guys in those positions. If you had people who’d never played the game, or skill guys who never really walked the line in those capacities, maybe we’d question whether or not they had the experience for it? The mind for it?"

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