We're at the dawn of the season and the NHL still hasn't ruled on the suspensions that are supposed to be handed out to players present during the team Canada junior 2018 scandal. Letting the guilty players play would be unacceptable, and conversely, seeing an innocent player have to sit out would raise a lot of questions. The NHL must decide before the start of the season, and according to Pierre LeBrun, that's not going to happen. <q>Bettman has not issued any further updates on Team Canada Junior 2018 and the league's investigation. It appears that the league's announcement on this matter is not imminent at this time. - Pierre LeBrun</q> It's really incredible that it's taking so long. When the names are made public, the league will certainly have something to answer for. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1709675861035598307'> </a></blockquote></div>