"Several team executives, sponsors, and player agents have told me they are preparing for the possible NHL publication of an investigation report on the alleged events involving up to eight players from the 2018 Canadian Junior World Championship team.
If the NHL names and suspends the alleged players involved, the concerned players would likely appeal any sanction before an arbitrator, in accordance with the CBA, and could initiate defamation lawsuits against the league," said the agent of a player who attended the 2018 Hockey Canada gala.
(While an investigator in October wrote in court documents that he believed there were solid grounds to charge at least five players, the London police continue to refuse any comment other than to say an investigation is underway.)"