NHL clears Cheveldayoff of wrongdoing in Beach case

[Romang67]

NHL chooses not to discipline Jets' Cheveldayoff for role in Blackhawks scandal (sportsnet.ca)

NHL's reasoning

"Cheveldayoff’s role within the Blackhawks’ organization at the time not only left him without authority to make appropriate organizational decisions relating to this matter, but as importantly, he was not thereafter even in a position to have sufficient information to assess whether or not the matter was being adequately addressed by the Blackhawks. In short, Cheveldayoff was not a participant in either the formulation or execution of the Club’s response."

Please behave.

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[Channelcat]

....edit. Too soon for memes.

 

[Winnipeg Jets]

Tricky situation but I think the NHL made the right call.

 

[Finnflash]

Ok. Now say the right things Chevy. Don’t hang your hat on deniability. Show compassion

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

I am a bit surprised, probably not going to be a good PR look. I do understand the merits of their argument though, Chevy was not responsible for the action/inaction of the organization, though I do believe he should have done more.

 

[Ducky10]

Definitely unexpected but good news for the Jets. Losing Chevy would have been a big blow to them, no doubt. I don’t expect TNSE will do anything differently.

 

[Gm0ney]

I figured Chipman wouldn't fly out there just to hand Chevy a pink slip at the end of the meeting. Not even a slap on the wrist suspension though? Even more lenient than I thought they'd be...

 

[KingBogo]

First off I'd like to wish all you mods good luck today. I hope you slept well last night, ate a healthy breakfast, are well hydrated and are ready for the next few hours.

 

[Channelcat]

Ok. Now say the right things Chevy. Don’t hang your hat on deniability. Show compassion

That seems out of character for him, but that's exactly what we are going to see. He has no choice.

 

[surixon]

I am a bit surprised, probably not going to be a good PR look. I do understand the merits of their argument though, Chevy was not responsible for the action/inaction of the organization, though I do believe he should have done more.

Perhaps this helps move things forward and starts to empower more people to make decisions and speak up.

The old hierarchy models don't work for things like this.

 

[King Woodballs]

Chevy is made of Teflon. I am so shocked he didn’t get anything. Even something as little as a fine or suspension.

The outrage has already started.

 

[snowkiddin]

First off I'd like to wish all you mods good luck today. I hope you slept well last night, ate a healthy breakfast, are well hydrated and are ready for the next few hours.

Amen. Good luck, mods. This place is gonna be bonkers.

 

[Keystone]

I would not be surprised to see a voluntary leave of absence. Even if brief for optics sake.

 

[Romang67]

First off I'd like to wish all you mods good luck today. I hope you slept well last night, ate a healthy breakfast, are well hydrated and are ready for the next few hours.

I didn't do any of those things...

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Chevy had a moral duty to do more than he did regardless of rank. That won’t change in my mind.

I am a big fan of his work as a GM here so to be honest I’m torn.

I’d be curious to hear what Kyle Beach says about this.

 

[surixon]

The league kicked Quinville out so if they thought Chevy was complicient in any major way he would be gone as well.

We are talking about the GM of the smallest market vs. A three time cup winning coach who has one of the NHL's pet markets off to a great start. It's hard to find any reason to doubt the NHL was very thorough here.

Having said that TNSE and Chevy are going to still have to answer some very difficult questions in the coming days. I hope they are prepared.

 

[Ducky10]

I didn't do any of those things...

I’m hungover

 

[snowkiddin]

I’ll admit I’m surprised he didn’t get ANYTHING. Not even a fine. However, I don’t know all the details and don’t feel as comfortable feeling in the blanks as some other people are. I hope the NHL made the right call on this because you can’t screw something like this up after it’s already been mishandled this long.

I figured from a PR perspective the NHL would axe him though.

 

[KingBogo]

Perhaps this helps move things forward and starts to empower more people to make decisions and speak up.

The old hierarchy models don't work for things like this.

Teams need to have actual best practice HR policies in place. Primarily, things like this aren't left in the hands of the hockey people but rather HR professionals that have no connection to the sports side of the operation.

 

[Finnflash]

That seems out of character for him, but that's exactly what we are going to see. He has no choice.

I hope so. It’s no longer about Chevy but what’s best moving forward in these situations and the well being of Kyle Beach and other survivors

 

[None]

I’ll admit I’m surprised he didn’t get ANYTHING.

I can't see any situation where he doesn't take some personal responsibility today with self-imposed reparations.

 

[snowkiddin]

I didn't do any of those things...

Godspeed …

 

[cbcwpg]

Interesting... and a bit surprising.

But, Chevy was low man in the meeting and the league feels he had nothing to do with the cover up. This is fair.

I am waiting to see what TNSE puts out as a statement, because even if the league feels Chevy wasn't involved in what happened, there is still going to be a percentage of the fan base that will still want him gone. And the fan base is who TNSE ultimately answers to.

Interesting day coming.

 

[Jetfaninflorida]

I believe that the NHL made the correct decision, and a brave decision based upon the facts presented. When you set speculations aside, there is no straight line to Chevy having done anything wrong.

I previously stated that while I thought that that would be the right decision (not to punish Chevy), I would probably make the chicken shit decision and can him just for having his name in this mess. And that that would ruin someone's career in an undeserving way. Thank goodness that the league has the balls to look at this objectively and make the difficult but correct decision in this instance and NOT ruin Chevy's career in an unwarranted fashion.

That does not mean that the NHL does not have it's own failings wrt to Kyle. I don't think we will ever learn what the league heard or knew, and if anyone there should be held accountable.

What happened here needs to trigger significant reform in the NHL (and pro sports). Kyle is a hero. Thank you for having the strength to speak publicly about your experience.

 

[SM]

Baffled by this decision, truly.