Aaron Ekblad suspended 20 games for PEDs

[Aashir]

wtf

this came out of nowhere

 

[Gil Gunderson]

This is less egregious than Shane Pinto having Bet365 on his phone, right?

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Everyone is on them, but you have to be truly stupid to get caught

 

[WarriorofTime]

Brutal timing before Free Agency

 

[notbias]

I have some bad news if you think in 20 years of post lockout PED rules, they've caught like 3-4 guys........

If you're dumb enough to get caught, you deserve a suspension longer than a vacation til the playoffs.

 

[abax44]

Don’t they usually go hand in hand?

Usually performance enhancing drugs, you know... enhance performance.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

I hope he gets the help, support, and love he needs.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

They are all on it

 

[Zirakzigil]

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.

It most definitely does.

 

[VeteranPresence]

More Florida favoritism- so Ekblad misses the rest of the regular season and the first two games of round 1. Who cares? Gary of course won't hinder the Panthers from another deep run. This would actually mean something if it included the entire playoffs.

 

[NVious]

If you're dumb enough to get caught, you deserve a suspension longer than a vacation til the playoffs.

Alright that's a fair point.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Contract year brother, can't afford the slow recovery time!

 

[Koivu11]

 

[abax44]

They are all on it

No, they're not all "on it".

 

[Akrapovince]

Ottawa somehow has to give up a first round pick for this….

Simple solution: Florida forfeits their cup to the Oilers and McDavid’s legacy is cemented.

 

[NYR94]

Last guy to get suspended for this was Nate Schmidt in Sept 2018

 

[NVious]

Get to work HF. Make me laugh

Aaron PEDblad

 

[Mr Kot]

Does he even deserve to have his name spelled correctly in the title? Probably not.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

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

 

[abax44]

Ottawa somehow has to give up a first round pick for this….

Simple solution: Florida forfeits their cup to the Oilers and McDavid’s legacy is cemented.

This stopped being "funny" a long time ago.

 

[Prairie Habs]

If you're dumb enough to get caught, you deserve a suspension longer than a vacation til the playoffs.

As someone who takes drug tests for work, they're an IQ test, not a drug test

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

They are all on it

What is "it"? What PED was he on?

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Honestly if this is the best he can do on PEDs they should just let him do it

 

[bov]

The NHLs testing is a joke anyways and I don't put much stock into it. Same with Schmidt a few years ago, can't sit here and act like the guy is juiced out of his mind for an unfair advantage. He got caught which sucks.

I wish it was more transparent like USADA was for the UFC. Would be interested to know if it was indeed steroids of some sort, and if the levels are actually indicative of someone who uses them to gain a competitive edge vs a temporary treatment, recovery, tainted supplement, or a trace amount.