Not only because the women 's game simply does not happen without the NHL brokering the deal between rival leagues , but .
The NHL was being painted as an uncaring and uninterested party in helping out Laing and her family .
Not only because the women 's game simply does not happen without the NHL brokering the deal between rival leagues , but because the NHL was being painted as an uncaring and uninterested party in helping out Laing and her family .