NHL Hits Coach With $100,000 Fine And Draft Pick Loss

The league is making an example out of a coach who shut out reporters, and the price is steep. A $100,000 fine is only part of it, because the draft-pick penalty tells you the NHL wanted this one felt in the room, not just paid out of the budget line. Around this league, when you start playing games with the media, the punishment can land harder than a bad trip on the road, and this one has plenty of people in front offices taking notes.