Should Dennis Wideman's career be over if proven Dan Henderson's neck injury is career-ending?

I don't think so. It was a bad move for Wideman to hit Henderson, for sure, no excuse. There is just something not right with this whole deal though. Wideman just got blasted into the boards in the corner and with the help of replay, seemed to bang his noggin pretty hard. He came up woozy as he's unsteady as he starts his straight line to the bench. Who knows what was going through his mind when he double armed Henderson in the back. Again though, his reactions were weird. He appeared to not notice it was a linesman as he went into the bench. He sat with his head down until the trainer finally came over. He deserved his suspension, but he also deserves to play again after this incident. I'm sorry to see what's happened to an innocent referee, but it's more of an accident than purposeful intent.

The league already adjudicated this matter so there's really nothing else that they can do, unless Don Henderson and the NHLOA (officials association) file charges. That's not how discipline works in the NHL (so there's no legal precedent for this to be a standard).

Honestly given the word salad legal-speak answer Bettman gave when being queried by US Congress on the subject of CTE, that should be a far more worrying issue.

Well, this isn't the same thing but look at the todd bertuzzi steve moore incident. Todd should of never been able to play again for that. I think Wideman's career should be ended because of this. People say he never did anything dirty, so what how lost his temper if it happened once it could happen again.

For those who have not seen it, here is the video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4PoDrqv-E

My thought at the time was that it was unintentional, Wideman wanted off the ice after taking a nasty hit, may not have been thinking of anything else.