Will apology be enough for Firebirds owner, or has damage been done?

Daniel Muzito-Bagenda of the Mississauga Steelheads is hit by Cullen Mercer and Bryce Yetman of the Flint Firebirds during OHL game action at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga on Oct. 4, 2015. (Graig Abel/Getty Images/AFP)This should be all about the kids.

And that’s what they are. Kids.

Yes, some are NHL draft picks. Others hope to be. And yes, they are getting a nibble of the big time, with more and more of their games televised and with agents, equipment reps and scouts always lurking around.

With all this going on around them, sometimes we forget that, polished as they might be, these are still teenagers who, as members of the Ontario Hockey League, aren’t old enough to legally drink…