“The totality of the credible evidence – the proof – does not sufficiently substantiate the complainant’s allegation that she was raped by Patrick Kane and this so-called ‘case’ is rife with reasonable doubt,” -Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita

I would think “The league considers the matter closed” would do well enough in getting the point across that they consider the matter closed.

It’s not arrogance, in my opinion, to completely support someone you believe to be innocent. It’s the opposite actually. It’s cowardly (and not coincidentally the best thing professionally) to tacitly support Kane with something open-ended like, “At this time, the NHL investigation into Kane has found no evidence of…

I’m no expert in lawyer speek, but isn’t the fact that there was not enough evidence to even file charges, let alone see Kane stand trial to defend those charges, a good indication the allegations were unfounded?

The NHL also announced that any rumors that a competent NHL team plays in Toronto is “entirely unfounded”...

That’s a far cry from “The Blackhawks need to terminate him now!” rants when the allegations came out.