Beach talks in the interview about how he became a different person after this happened. He was more difficult to be around, abused alcohol and drugs, and was a much worse individual than before the assault and the teams decision to do nothing about it. I think that damaged his chances at an NHL career more than being blackballed.
Additionally, I am truly sickened that once again as was the case with Sandusky, Nassar, and Anderson, an organizations decision to quietly push away an abuser to avoid making a big story allowed that predator to continue adding new victims for years and years after it should’ve been stopped.