Aaron Ekblad suspended 20 games for PEDs

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Inb4 some shit about taking a supplement recommended by a doctor...

Does this apply to playoff games? If so, he'll miss first 2 games for Panthers.

I would assume it does because It's a 20 game suspension

and that bleeds into the playoffs.

 

[T REX]

Jon Jones trade ?

Ok. I laughed out loud.

These guys are super trained not to touch anything without talking to the team first.
Seriously, someone screwed up on the Panthers. No way was this unsupervised IMHO
Someone is getting fired.

 

[Panteras]

Dammit Bettman you weren’t supposed to be this obvious in helping us win our 2nd cup

 

[PenguinSuitedUp]

Not at all. It's always been discussed on the Pens board.

It really hasn’t.

 

[BurnabyJoe7]

glad he at least owned up to it instead of the nate schmidt "bro it's a grain of salt in a swimming pool" nonsense

hard to resist though, can't blame him

He blamed it on not checking recovery meds so he didn't own up to it. That's always the default excuse and it's utter bs.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Time for Nate Schmidt to step up and play more minutes.

Ironically, he's the last player to get a suspension for PEDs.

 

[RabbleMasterBlaster]

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

Considering that TRT and other types of PEDs are already omnipresent, my guess is that you wouldn't see a difference in thr game now. PEDs are widely misunderstood and it's not just bodybuilders who take them. There's plenty of drugs that help with cardio vascular performance and steroids are known to help speed up recovery from injury.

It's impossible to imagine a world where every athlete is a genetic freak. The game is faster and players are bigger and tougher, to keep up and maintain a long career, there's no doubt players are getting help.

It's like believing that Chris Hemsworth's diet was rice and brocoli only when filming Thor. Or that Alan Richtson went from Chad to giga Chad from just TRT.

 

[winnipegger]

He certainly doesn't need testosterone he's looked 35 since he was 18.

 

[Bizz]

welp, time to put an asterisk on Florida's 2024 Cup.

 

[hangman005]

Time for Nate Schmidt to step up and play more minutes.

Ironically, he's the last player to get a suspension for PEDs.

Incorrect. He wasn't even the last Golden Knight... that would have been Zykov

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

I didn't take no stereo

 

[kingsholygrail]

You're supposed to use someone else's pee, not your own.

 

[OysterForever]

This is Florida LTIR

 

[IslesNorway]

Tip of the iceberg for sure.

 

[hirawl]

Probably more related to his future in Florida and contract negotiations than any recovery from injury. His decision making has been like that on the ice. Hungry for personal points rather than making the right play. It's been really noticeable for some time now. Kinda sticks out like a sore thumb when everyone around is making correct plays left and right and one guy has his own agenda.

I think they were going to let him walk anyway and this might just make it easier.

 

[LaCarriere]

Can they suspend the Panthers for 20 games? Probably all juucee up at this point.

 

[DearDiary]

I called this as soon as he was drafted. He looked like a 30 year old kid with dry veiny arms.

 

[ron hubbard]

Didn't help with the way they lost to the knights and struggled with the oilers.

 

[FinnLightning26]

The new hit excuse is having sex so maybe those substances got absorbed through his dick or something.

 

[Felidae]

Absolutely oathetic, really sullies the Panthers Stanley Cup win

 

[ugrakarma]

Critical failure during an INT check.

 

[ItWasJustified]

Still has a full head of hair so probably not.

Never knew creatine could cause you to lose your hair........Thankfully i never lost my hair

Tried it a long time ago (over the counter of course)

Creatine only causes hair loss if you already have baldness in your family (on your mother's side).

 

[elmaco]

Absolutely oathetic, really sullies the Panthers Stanley Cup win

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Odds Panthers knew this was coming when they traded for Jones? That would be more pathetic

 

[Hall of Faber]

outrageous, should be forced to finish the regular season with a 20 postseason game suspension