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Mario Lemieux's Letter to Gary Bettman

Somehow, ESPN obtained a letter from Mario addressed to the commissioner, which was addressed with the date of March 7th. A bit of a snippet: "While there have been 50-plus suspensions since the start of the 2009-10 season, the suspensions themselves don't seem to be deterring these illegal acts and tactics," wrote Lemieux. "And we've often seen repeat offenders. We think it is time that teams also are held accountable for the actions of their players. We propose instituting a policy of automatically fining a team when one if its players is suspended -- with the amount of the fine based on the length of the suspension. This should serve as a disincentive for teams as well as players to employ these kinds of tactics."

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