Khabibulin was sentenced to a month in prison, but he won't have to serve it as long as the process is ongoing.
Khabibulin plans to attend Edmonton's training camp, which starts on September 17th. "Nik and his lawyers exercised their right to an appeal," said Oilers GM Steve Tambellini. "This obviously means the process continues. It doesn?t allow me unfortunately to comment on behalf of the team as we thought we?d be able to do but that?s Nik?s right to be able to do that. As far as any discussion of further discipline or actions taken (by the) league, ourselves, obviously that all has to wait." The appeals process could take months, so it might be a while before this matter is resolved.
Khabibulin plans to attend Edmonton's training camp, which starts on September 17th. "Nik and his lawyers exercised their right to an appeal," said Oilers GM Steve Tambellini. "This obviously means the process continues. It doesn?t allow me unfortunately to comment on behalf of the team as we thought we?d be able to do but that?s Nik?s right to be able to do that. As far as any discussion of further discipline or actions taken (by the) league, ourselves, obviously that all has to wait." The appeals process could take months, so it might be a while before this matter is resolved.
