03-10-2025, 03:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere
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Aaron Ekblad suspended 20 games forviolating Performance Enhancing Substances Program
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03-10-2025, 03:50 PM
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#2
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere
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https://media.nhl.com/public/news/18770
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Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad has been suspended for 20 games, without pay, for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the suspension is accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health for evaluation and possible treatment.
The National Hockey League will have no further comment on this matter.
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03-10-2025, 03:56 PM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Wow. That’s huge.
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03-10-2025, 03:57 PM
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#4
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Powerplay Quarterback
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He would miss 2 games in the playoffs assuming they dont recind or alter the suspension
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03-10-2025, 03:59 PM
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#5
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Franchise Player
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Damn... Could be a positive test result from other prescription drugs too, I guess?
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03-10-2025, 03:59 PM
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#6
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere
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03-10-2025, 04:02 PM
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#7
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Franchise Player
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Pretty sad. Maybe he didn't spend enough time getting clean. After seeing his statement, probably shouldn't just assume a pain killer is.OK.
His wife is a physican. No excuse.
Last edited by OldSam; 03-10-2025 at 04:09 PM.
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03-10-2025, 04:02 PM
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#8
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Lifetime Suspension
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I was hoping for my assistant mixed up my vitamins and I unknowingly took something that I shouldn't have.
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03-10-2025, 04:03 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Just in time for playoffs, how nice.
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03-10-2025, 04:04 PM
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#10
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Makes the Jones trade/return make a little more sense.
Have to think they had an idea this was coming.
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03-10-2025, 04:05 PM
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#11
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electric boogaloo
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How would they have caught it? Do they do random testing for whatever? I have no idea.
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03-10-2025, 04:08 PM
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#12
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All I can get
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Shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
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03-10-2025, 04:09 PM
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze2
How would they have caught it? Do they do random testing for whatever? I have no idea.
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Yes, Ekblad's statement says he failed a random drug test.
Not sure if it's changed but this article from 2018 says:
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"A maximum of 60 players are tested in the offseason, and they are selected randomly.Every team is subject to teamwide, no-notice testing once during training camp and once during the regular season.
Individual players can be selected for random testing during the regular season and playoffs. Any time the testing takes place, it must be done "at work on the day of a scheduled practice or meeting." Testing does not occur on game days."
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https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...-ped-cases-nhl
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03-10-2025, 04:11 PM
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#14
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First Line Centre
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Back in time for the playoffs. No big deal
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03-10-2025, 04:11 PM
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Franchise Player
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The guy has had a full beard since he was like 15. Always something fishy about him.
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03-10-2025, 04:13 PM
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#16
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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I get the cynicism, but I didn't expect the league to have the balls to suspend a star player for 20 games over this.
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03-10-2025, 04:15 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Do they get cap space?
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03-10-2025, 04:16 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
The guy has had a full beard since he was like 15. Always something fishy about him.
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I knew a guy who was 6 foot at 11 years old.
Some people are genetic freaks.
The fishy-ness has nothing to with that though. Probably ky more to do with the privileged man in Florida aspect.
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03-10-2025, 04:16 PM
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#19
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Maybe he can get a sponsorship deal with Tropicana.
"From now on, the only juicin' I'll be doing is with Tropicana's Pure Premium fresh-squeezed Florida orange juice."
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03-10-2025, 04:17 PM
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#20
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by devo22
I get the cynicism, but I didn't expect the league to have the balls to suspend a star player for 20 games over this.
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There is no grey area though, this is the puck over glass of suspensions.
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