Aaron Ekblad suspended 20 games for PEDs

[wonton15]

Honestly it’d be fun to just allow all substances and watch supermutants fly around and take 150 mph shots

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

He'll probably appeal and maybe get a game or two taken off, so he can play to start the playoffs.

Or is it an automatic 20-game for PEDs?

...automatic, iirc...

 

[Coffee]

Oh yeah, he must be the only one in the NHL doing those

the schedule is pretty lax for all teams

Wow.

 

[PuckG]

20 games is a pretty inconsequential punishment for doping.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Honestly it’d be fun to just allow all substances and watch supermutants fly around and take 150 mph shots

...so Chara...

 

[Legion34]

Sorry how is that only 20 games?

 

[Mr Positive]

I'd hope the procedure would be that Ekblad will be tested more often from now on

 

[KCC]

I'm honestly surprised this doesn't happen more often. I feel like quite a few players are taking PED's but they find a way to get around it or they just don't test very much.

 

[Coffee]

Sorry how is that only 20 games?

Because he’s been nothing but a class act since coming into the league

 

[Cats711]

I can’t imagine taking PEDs and still being ass

Needs a bloody refund, been crap for years!

 

[Puckstuff]

Allowed to play in the playoffs what a joke!

 

[Gjman2019]

Read the first page, do people actually think Ekblad is bad? Probably going to be overpaid his next deal but he's still good and this is not ideal. Since he's back game 3 round 1 Florida should be fine but I wonder if his FA stock takes a hit.

I don't think it will effect his free agent value one way or the other.......

 

[Mr Positive]

I'm honestly surprised this doesn't happen more often. I feel like quite a few players are taking PED's but they find a way to get around it or they just don't test very much.

I looked this up and every team gets tested once during training camp, once during the season, and then 60 random players during the offseason. All are given without any notice. Seems okay to me

 

[CycloneSweep]

Because he’s been nothing but a class act since coming into the league

Cause he’s been high.

 

[vancityluongo]

Did the Panthers know this before the Jones trade? If so, makes a lot more sense now

or the other way around, they planted them on him after the jones trade....

 

[TGWL]

Can Lafreniere get some of that?

 

[KaN19]

What an idiot! Learn from the pros like Ovechkin.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Dammit. the Panthers' secret to success has finally been revealed to the public.

 

[Mobiandi]

He’s got a few weeks off now to devise a plan to not get caught next time. Everything always works out

 

[Realgud]

Shouldn't he get booed every time he touches the puck from now on, even from his own fans? Shameful.

 

[Coffee]

Everything always works out

needed to hear that, man

 

[Victoire HuGo]

Sorry how is that only 20 games?

Seems to be standard. That's what Schmidt got like 6 years ago

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I’ve always wondered what % of professional athletes have used PED’s at least once in their life? I’d reckon it’s higher than we’d think. I don’t really care though. Are we really going to pretend that that McGwire/Sosa race wasn’t great to watch?

 

[PeE eL DuBoiS]

Couldn't have gone with the classic gas station dick pills excuse?

His friend left some lying around the bathroom, and he accidentally fell and sat on them.