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Old 11-02-2014, 01:18 PM   #28
Rerun
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Originally Posted by Vulcan View Post
That Vanek seems to be gambling on sports is what is disturbing to me. This is also one of the reasons mentioned why no major sports team has gone to Vegas.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
I'm not a Vanek fan by any means but you would be misguided in thinking Vanek is an isolated case. Lots of professional athletes dabble in gambling. I personally don't see the harm of a hockey player gambling on football or baseball, etc. If he's gambling on NHL hockey then he's in Pete Rose territory and there should be severe consequences.
Seems to me that if the NHL awards Las Vegas a team, they are just asking for more problems like this.

To me it just doesn't seem like the smart thing to do, no matter how viable a LV franchise might be.
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