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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
I think this whole Backstrom situation is a negative for the NHL going to the Olympics. Casual fans will see he tested positive without looking into the situation to find out why he tested positive. This helps create an image that hockey and the NHL are not clean, which will detract from the game IMO.
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Good grief, it was one player banned for taking a longtime med. last I checked folks are still buying tix to the nfl despite the numerous players with legal issues.....
Growing the game will take money to build more rinks, money to have more franchises be it an any level.......perhaps we can have a carbon finer tax and it would push some folks back to wood sticks, and for the rest who continue to buy carbon fibre sticks -they will fund new rinks........