from Brett Cyrgalis of the New York Post,

If this were in the news section of the The Post, it might be called “a bombshell.”

The 31-page legal document released from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Thursday that upheld the 20-game suspension for Tom Wilson is a brutally damning document for the Players’ Association. It shows the union making utterly outrageous arguments in defense of one of its constituents in a violent crime against another.

Once again, the PA is woefully mistaken in the idea that defending one player is their job rather than defending all their players equally — including the ones hurt not from suspension but from the brutish and malicious play of a fellow competitor. Of course, the PA has a responsibility to defend its players against what, at times, can be an overbearing league. And of course the legalese used in that defense has to exaggerate reality in hopes of finding a middle ground. It’s like a criminal getting indicted with eight crimes, the defense attorney claiming complete innocence, then a plea bargain is found in the middle. We get it.

But this is not the U.S. legal system. This is players against players.

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