10-26-2023, 09:45 AM
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#21
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Originally Posted by jar_e
If it’s true Ottawa rescinded all their contract offers, will be interesting to see if someone low balls an offer sheet to force their hand or get a steal of a deal.
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That would be a good bet.
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10-26-2023, 09:46 AM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Originally Posted by kipperiggy
Wheel of Justice at it again... punishment does not fit the crime and hypocrisy is strong with this as others have stated.
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I think the punishment should be greater. It a player gets caught red handed gambling they should be banned from the league.
I know he was betting on other sports, but you have to send a message. 0 tolerance for cheating games.
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10-26-2023, 09:48 AM
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#23
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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How was he cheating games betting on another sport?
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10-26-2023, 09:48 AM
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electric boogaloo
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How are all of you so sure about anything? We have no idea what he did. Or maybe we do and I missed the article.
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10-26-2023, 09:49 AM
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#25
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jar_e
If it’s true Ottawa rescinded all their contract offers, will be interesting to see if someone low balls an offer sheet to force their hand or get a steal of a deal.
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I read in one of the articles that the league told Ottawa to stop negotiating with him, and that he might just sign his original QO so he can serve the suspension.
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10-26-2023, 09:54 AM
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#26
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Athlete's gambling on games is an existential crisis worse than PEDs.
It could crumble the integrity of the sport.
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If he were betting on games within his own sport, sure.
Pinto betting on an NFL game for example is no different than you or I doing it.
Players in these leagues outright talk about playing in fantasy leagues.. Do you think for a second they are not exchanging money in those pools?
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10-26-2023, 09:54 AM
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#27
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Send him an offer sheet. Flames need good young forwards. Don’t care how they get them.
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10-26-2023, 09:55 AM
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#28
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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He could retire as a player and just start doing advertisements instead.
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10-26-2023, 09:59 AM
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#29
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
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that tweet (X?) perfectly encapsulates the hypocrisy
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10-26-2023, 10:01 AM
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#30
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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The NHL runs gambling ads during games, they run gambling segments during intermission segments, they run gambling ads on their helmets, jerseys, ice, and boards, but then they act like gambling is some kind of horrible activity?
Get ###### NHL. You created this. You wanted this normalized. This is what you get.
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10-26-2023, 10:01 AM
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#31
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Franchise Player
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The league HAS to have a very firm and unrelenting hand against players betting - that goes without saying. But then making gambling sites your primary bedfellow for advertising possibly misses the mark a bit, don't you think , Gary?
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10-26-2023, 10:04 AM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bay Area
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Agree with hypocrisy everyone is highlighting.
But also....why is the Dec 1 deadline to sign waived for Pinto in this case? It should be a TFB. One has nothing to do with the other.
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10-26-2023, 10:05 AM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jan 2023
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jar_e
If it’s true Ottawa rescinded all their contract offers, will be interesting to see if someone low balls an offer sheet to force their hand or get a steal of a deal.
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He is not eligible for an offer sheet.
Sounds like his QO is still on the table, not sure what that was.
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10-26-2023, 10:07 AM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
Why the hell can't these professional athletes bet on sports outside of their own?
It's ridiculous.
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he likely didn't bet on hockey.
right in the article.
"Critically, the league did not accuse of Pinto of wagering on NHL games"
I agree with everyone who says how hypocritical and stupid it is to promote gambling so hard but not allowing their players to do it on non NHL events.
The game has no integrity. If it did, they wouldn't allow refs to manage the games the way they do.
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10-26-2023, 10:08 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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10-26-2023, 10:08 AM
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#36
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Franchise Player
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Do any of the other professional sports allow their players to gamble at all?
And do other professional sports also advertising betting?
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10-26-2023, 10:09 AM
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Just outside Enemy Lines
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Quote:
Originally Posted by devo22
there are more and more of those cases in sports. The NFL has been dishing out suspensions for sports betting, and there's several soccer players who have been hit with this lately (Sandro Tonali being the most recent and probably the most well-known player).
#### sports betting in general. There's just nothing positive about it.
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The NFL did have to re-assess some of their rules. They can bet on other sports and can do so as long as the bet is not made at the team facility...although that one is a bit odd.
These are young guys now who mostly grew up with phones and apps in hand for most of their life. So they're likely more prone to take up the habit.
Leagues will have fun with this for years.
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10-26-2023, 10:16 AM
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#38
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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I see two sides to this.
Idiotic to bet on your own sport...if you want to bet then bet on basketball or football or something.
But also so hypocritical of league that shoves sports betting down their throats at every second.
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10-26-2023, 10:17 AM
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Franchise Player
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Well I mean it's idiotic overall. If he knew the rules, then why take the risk at all particularly when you don't have a contract.
Kinda dumb.
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