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2024-2025 Around The League Part 2

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Bill Peckerskull said:
Yes, I know, and got sent into the PAP for months each time for recreational drug use. Not for taking PEDs and cheating the game/league he plays for. Ekblad is going to miss approximately one month.
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Ekblad is going to miss approximately one month because the first positive test is 20 games.

The league isn't picking 20 games right now, it's just in the rules that it's 20 games.

ARTICLE 47 47.8-47.8
(i) for the first positive test, a suspension of twenty (20) NHL Games without pay, and mandatory referral to the SABH Program for evaluation and possible treatment;
(ii) for the second positive test, a suspension of sixty (60) NHL Games without pay, and mandatory referral to the SABH Program for evaluation and possible treatment;
(iii) for the third positive test, a "permanent" suspension, although a Player so suspended can reapply for discretionary reinstatement after a minimum period of two (2) years by making an application to the Program
Committee.
 
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Val hiding his shit after the Ekblad announcement:

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Balthazar said:
Words cannot express how much I hate that kind of bullshit.

"Made the mistake of taking something to help me recover from injuries without checking with medical personnel."

"Let the team and fans down"

f*** right off, that statement is an insult to the intelligence of anyone that reads it.
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I started laughing as I read it lol.
 
What's amazing to me is that although he is being suspended for 20 games (supposedly for a financial hit as well as to give him time to reflefct by being away from the team) and the ink has not even dried on the referral to the PAP, he's already assuring us, he's learned this lesson.

Well damn son, that makes all the difference in the world. Dude doesn't even need the suspension or referral, he's learned his lesson already.

That letter reads like if I asked AI to help me write an apology where I don't actually take the blame but accept the consequences because i have no choice but to ensure everyone even though I am blameless, I have somehow learned a lesson?
 
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Serious question on PEDs. Hard enough keeping my own ducks drugs in a row, but are their any valid uses for the PEDs that these dudes are getting popped for?

Like, if I had a similar injury, would my doctor prescribe me something similar, if i was working construction or something requiring more physically intensive effort? If so, are players allowed to use them under the guidence of a league certified medical professional?

Or... are there no theuraputic effects to these PEDs and they are only about cranking the body past limits natural growth wouldn't allow?
 
Jasenr said:
I 100% agree with this. There is no "easy" path in playoffs. If you sweep someone youre just that much better than everyone else at that year or got really lucky or both.

If you lose 4-2 you werent gonna win anyway.

Looking at any of the teams except Vancouver&Minny there is no teams with adversity to face and you cant face either of them.

So lets man the f up and beat everyone they face since thats how Central is.

Avs have the pieces in place and are healthy at the moment before playoffs first time since the cup so Im confident they can do it.
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Give me an easy first round every time over a difficult opponent where the series is likelier to go 7 games and likelier to cause injuries.

With that said, if Heiskanen is out for the first round but returning for round 2 there's a pretty good case to be made that it's better to play Dallas in round 1.
 
dahrougem2 said:
"I didn't know what I was taking but I took it anyways."

These athletes always make me laugh when they say stuff like that. This guy 100% knew what he was taking, he just never thought he'd get caught for it. This isn't Nicklas Backstrom testing positive for using f***ing allergy medication by the IIHF.

Ekblad knew what he was doing and got caught.
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"I accept full responsibility for not doing anything wrong" 🤣
 
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McMetal said:

Not only was Dallas on his list of teams, it sounds like the second place contender was EDMONTON, who almost got him but the Canes liked Stankoven more than whatever they offered. I honestly cannot decide which colors I would hate to see Rantanen in more.

I hope Rantanen's next contract is paid 30 pieces of silver at a time.
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Yikes.

I mean the teams we hate the most. I guess the players don't care.
 
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