Byers’ Stage 3 CTE Diagnosis Puts the NHL on Notice

The diagnosis of Stage 3 CTE gives this story immediate and sobering weight. Byers’ message that the NHL can do better turns the issue from personal tragedy into a broader accountability test. That is the part leagues never like, because it shifts the focus from the past to the people still making decisions now. The details here are painful, but the implications for the sport are impossible to ignore.