The Third of December 2016. It was the date with fate that the cowering NHL player safety brass (band and hangers-on) were dreading. Payback can be a bitch - especially when it's fatal.
To ensure that no idle threats were wielded with kinetic promise, the nhl sent the freshly swollen heads of the Department of Pretend Player Safety to Vancouver as the leauge's enforcers. If any Vancouver player attempted to wrangle some wild wet western justice, the NHL enforcers would be there to ban them on the spot - for 10 games to life. If any of the Toronto Maple Angels took liberties with Canuck players, the Player Safety Guardians would be there to cheer them on.