Now, I don't know how the legality of this works, if it's the players union who should pursue action, Alexander Ovechkin or the Washington Capitals, but looking at the CBA Brendan Shanahan's ruling definitely violated the CBA. Ironically, it's the video he released that's the evidence of this violation.
Of course, I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not talking about whether he should or shouldn't have been suspended, but rather, that Shanahan and the NHL actually violated the CBA. So for that purpose I ask that you try to put aside your predispositions for a moment and try not to focus on whether he should, or shouldn't have been suspended. This is more about the rights of the players and the adherence to the CBA.
Let's start by looking at the transcript of the Ovechkin suspension.
The critical part of the video transcript that I would like you to focus on is here:
It is important to note that Ovechkin has been suspended twice and fi...
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