"It reached the point where the NHL's suspension process was so mysterious and unclear that it was a running joke. An online "Wheel of Justice" was created to predict a player's supplemental discipline after a questionable incident.

That changed this season with Brendan Shanahan being named vice president of player safety. The league also implemented a suspension process with video explanations designed to bring transparency to a process that was shrouded in secrecy for so long.

Four months into this experiment and a week after Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin received a three-game suspension, the system still is a work in progress despite generally positive reviews from players."