The general perception as to how one Colin Campbell meted out justice as the NHL?s disciplinarian went something like this: Campbell would receive video of a suspension-worthy offense, watch the video while commiserating with ?war room? chief Mike Murphy, and then he?d allow the general managers/owners of both the player who delivered and received the hit, respectively (as well as the NHLPA), to engage in a little bit of lobbying before taking the offense, the player?s reputation and the ?optics? of fining or suspending a player (see: it was highly more likely that a player would be suspended for a hit delivered on a nationally-televised game in a big U.S. or Canadian market than it was if, say, the Ducks were hosting the Blue Jackets) before spinning the ?Wheel of Justice? while making up an excuse as to why strikingly similar hits merited suspensions in some cases but were good, clean hits in which it was the recipient?s fault for being a dummy.
The NHL?s disciplinary policy has at least become more consistent and more transparent under Brendan Shanahan?s watch, and the Boston Globe?s Kevin Dupont reveals that the recently-retired Shanahan consults with two former players in Rob Blake and Stephane Quintal, who?s found something of a home after a failed stint on the CBC as one of Shanahan?s right-hand men on what is something of a disciplinary committee, and while Shanahan has the final say as to how many games and/or how many bucks players might surrender, Quintal tells Dupont that the trio bring completely independently-determined viewpoints to the table:
Source: http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/on_brendan_shanahans_right-hand_men/
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