NHL May Settle Lawsuits as the NFL Did

“I think that the (NHL) recognizes that it’s in their long-term interest to deal with these issues and to settle these cases,” said Gary R. Roberts, dean emeritus and law professor at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University in Indianapolis. “They don’t want the cases to drag on for years and years and have the league look like they’re insensitive or unfeeling or don’t care about their players.”