McCrimmon Reacts as NHL Stands Firm on Punishment

The league has made its position clear, and now the focus shifts to how Vegas handles the fallout heading into the Western Conference Finals. When the NHL upholds a punishment at this stage, every word from a GM gets parsed like a cap sheet in June. McCrimmon is in the uncomfortable spot of having to answer for a decision he cannot change, which is never a fun place to be with the spotlight turned up. The pressure is real now, because every distraction gets magnified once the games matter most.