"The NHL is $50,000 richer! (following the very severe fines handed down to the head coaches of Toronto and Buffalo)"
"The message is sent by the NHL: do not make the referees look bad, and if you have something to say, say it in private otherwise it will be expensive!"
"The NHL had told coaches to stay calm with the referees. (and the warning has been reissued)"
- Via Renaud Lavoie, TVA Sports
It must be said that it is always a bit odd to restrict the right to speak and the right to criticize the referees, who, like the players, do not always perform well this season.
But well, the latter "represent" the NHL, and when they are criticized, one imagines that Bettman seems to perceive it as a direct attack on him.
