Latest update on Joel Quenneville's return to the NHL

The memory of the Chicago Blackhawks' shameful handling of Kyle Beach being sexually assaulted isn't going away any time soon, and while the organization has parted ways with several of the figures who were involved, do they deserve a second chance? 

As you may remember, Beach, a former 11th overall pick of the Blackhawks in 2008, alleges that the team’s former video coach Brad Aldrich sexually assaulted him during the 2010 season. Beach said that the abuse he suffered was an open secret in the locker room, and that the team's veteran players (including Hossa, Sharp, Seabrook, and others) knew and did nothing. Furthermore Beach contends that he notified then Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman and head coach Joel Quenneville of the alleged abuse and neither took action. Bowman resigned his position as GM and Quenneville, who was with the Florida Panthers organization most recently, was effectively forced to resign as a result of these findings.

According to The Athletic's Mark Lazerus, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman invited both Bowman and Quenneville to speak at the GM/coaches meeting outside Chicago, and he was asked about potential reinstatement into the League. 

“It gave them an opportunity to tell everybody about their experience, and lessons learned,” Bettman said.

"I still have to make a judgment as to when or whether it’s appropriate for then to be reinstated, so that’s not a question I’m prepared to answer right now," he said. 

Do you believe they deserve a second chance in the NHL after their stunning failure to protect one of their players because the timing was too inconvenient?

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