"National Hockey League (NHL) Commissioner Gary Bettman has dealt a blow to the Vegas Golden Knights, denying their appeal to reduce the punishment for their mishandling of draft picks. The team was originally fined $1.5 million and stripped of a 2023 second-round draft pick as a result of violating the league's rules on the protection of player contracts. The Golden Knights had argued that the punishment was excessive, but Bettman's decision suggests that the league will not be lenient when it comes to enforcing its rules. The team's management will now have to regroup and move forward without the draft pick, a significant loss for a team that was hoping to bolster its roster through the draft."

NHL denies Golden Knights’ appeal to get draft-pick punishment reduced  TSN