10-17-2019, 12:36 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Valentin Zykov suspended 20 games for PEDs
What is up with Vegas? 2nd player in as many years caught with PEDs
Chris Johnston @reporterchris
Valentin Zykov of the Vegas Golden Knights has been suspended 20 games without pay for violating the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.
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10-17-2019, 12:37 PM
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Acerbic Cyberbully
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
What is up with Vegas? 2nd player in as many years caught with PEDs
Chris Johnston @reporterchris
Valentin Zykov of the Vegas Golden Knights has been suspended 20 games without pay for violating the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.
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Two players in two seasons have been levelled with this charge in that organisation. One might wonder about VGK's culpability in all of this.
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10-17-2019, 12:38 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Bunch of Cheaters
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10-17-2019, 12:39 PM
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Scoring Winger
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What was he taking?
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10-17-2019, 12:39 PM
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considering it's Las Vegas, I'd say performance-enhancing substances aren't the worst thing they could have in their systems.
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10-17-2019, 12:41 PM
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Yikes team says he used it with full knowledge.
Chris Johnston
@reporterchris
Key sentence from a #VGK release on the Zykov suspension: "Valentin knowingly used a banned substance without the consent, recommendation or knowledge of our team. We support the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program and respect the decision here."
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10-17-2019, 12:44 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Puppet Guy
considering it's Las Vegas, I'd say performance-enhancing substances aren't the worst thing they could have in their systems.
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Considering it’s the NHL, you can be sure every team has players with “Vegas goodies” in their system, no matter where they play
Last edited by bettercallbettman; 10-17-2019 at 12:46 PM.
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10-17-2019, 12:46 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dube
What was he taking?
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under the CBA the NHL has to keep it confidential. Unless the player says what it was, we will never know.
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10-17-2019, 12:47 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Yikes team says he used it with full knowledge.
Chris Johnston
@reporterchris
Key sentence from a #VGK release on the Zykov suspension: "Valentin knowingly used a banned substance without the consent, recommendation or knowledge of our team. We support the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program and respect the decision here."
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What is “it”?
Edit: nvm lol
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10-17-2019, 12:52 PM
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Acerbic Cyberbully
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Holy crap. VGK has already used $1.3 m of their $4.75 m of LTIR.
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10-17-2019, 12:54 PM
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Interesting that Zykov claims he doesn't know how he tested positive compared to the team statement that he knowingly used the PED.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1184889554089717761
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10-17-2019, 12:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
Interesting that Zykov claims he doesn't know how he tested positive compared to the team statement that he knowingly used the PED...
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Hmmmm. I am often the first to reject nonsensical conspiracy theories, but there is something about this that doesn't pass muster. This is the second time a VGK player has received a PED infraction. VGK is really tight to the cap. Could a PED suspension be a precursor toward contract termination? How does that work?
I could see how dumping a fairly ineffective player like Zykov would be beneficial for VGK.
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10-17-2019, 01:13 PM
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I say all teams that played Vegas and lost should be compensated with points! Typical Vegas.
Although I do find it funny that during the pre-game skate the Vegas club has a bunch of show girls at the visitor end shaking things and banging on the glass to trying to get the attention of the visiting players.
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10-17-2019, 01:24 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Jesse Granger @JesseGranger_
Despite Valentin Zykov’s statement saying he’s unaware of how he tested positive for a banned substance, George McPhee said Zykov told him in a conversation yesterday that he knowingly took the substance, and has taken that sort of substance for 4 years.
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10-17-2019, 01:49 PM
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PED's should be legalized. Most, if not all, professional athletes take them anyway.
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10-17-2019, 01:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
PED's should be legalized. Most, if not all, professional athletes take them anyway.
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10-17-2019, 01:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
PED's should be legalized. Most, if not all, professional athletes take them anyway.
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I agree that many more take it than get caught, but no way should it be legalized. There should be way more in competition and off season testing to catch cheaters
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10-17-2019, 02:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada 02
I agree that many more take it than get caught, but no way should it be legalized. There should be way more in competition and off season testing to catch cheaters
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It's practically impossible, which leads to "who gets caught" situation, which is inherently unfair. Medical advancements in PED's are incredibly fast. What's good (untraceable/uncheckable) today, becomes no good (traceable/checkable) tomorrow. Professional athletes choose to subject their bodies to a tremendous amount of physical and mental abuse; not just in NHL, in all pro-sports. PED's are just one of the tools available to them. Legalizing PED's would make them safer and more scrutinized, medically.
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10-17-2019, 02:15 PM
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I guess its just not Valentin's Day.
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10-17-2019, 02:19 PM
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
PED's should be legalized. Most, if not all, professional athletes take them anyway.
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Not only that, but I want elective surgery for athletes to improve their performances.
I want swimmers with blow holes in their heads. I want boxers with iron fists, I want hockey players with sharpened elbows and horse legs. I want receivers with hands like a lacrosse stick.
We need to move to the next stage of freakshow athletes.
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