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Say it aint so, Nate!! (suspended for doping)
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: alta on Monday September 03, 2018, 12:06:45 AM Eastern ---I find it rather odd that it happened this time of year, makes me think he took some OTC allergy/flu meds and wasn't aware of whatever he tested positive for was banned. If the amount he tested positive for is accurate, that would definitely be environmental contamination. That is a ridiculously minute amount.
and the automatic appeal I believe is part of the CBA
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yep, this whole thing is entirely to fishy. One player out of the all the NHL tests positive for a billionth of a percent for an undisclosed substance in once? And this player being the most popular on a team that the league was heavily scrutinized for, also while there hasn’t been a big suspension from this policy, oh and look what else started this weekend?
From the info released, Nate’s lawyers should have everything they need to wipe the floor with the NHL. What the league will do is stick and relay on the CBA as that is their only case in this.
DC_1908:
Binkys message about Schmitty
Maacoshark:
You make it sound like a conspiracy. I dont believe that at all. We really dont have enough information. Schmidt says it was a minute amount. The league hasn't said what the amount was or what the substance was. Considering the NHL has suspended so few players for PEDs, they must feel that this is a serious offense.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Monday September 03, 2018, 01:08:53 PM Eastern --- You make it sound like a conspiracy. I dont believe that at all. We really dont have enough information. Schmidt says it was a minute amount. The league hasn't said what the amount was or what the substance was. Considering the NHL has suspended so few players for PEDs, they must feel that this is a serious offense.
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Fair enough, but I don’t mean the be like the “we didn’t really land on the moon”,”the earth is flat”, or the government put mind control potion in the flu-shots . .
The NHL has the tendencies lto exploit media opportunities, particularly when it make the league “look good”, and this is a golden (pun intended) opportunity.
We’ll see how the NHL responds, how the NHLPA works with Natey8 and what what the lawyers can or need to do. Either way, for abnormal circumstances and occurrences like this, the league & NHLPA should step up and work this out with the contract so environmental contaminantiton will not throw off a test.
Or Gary can throw his hands up and say “this is the contract”, which I will bet he does
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Monday September 03, 2018, 03:40:46 PM Eastern ---Fair enough, but I don’t mean the be like the “we didn’t really land on the moon”,”the earth is flat”, or the government put mind control potion in the flu-shots . .
The NHL has the tendencies lto exploit media opportunities, particularly when it make the league “look good”, and this is a golden (pun intended) opportunity.
We’ll see how the NHL responds, how the NHLPA works with Natey8 and what what the lawyers can or need to do. Either way, for abnormal circumstances and occurrences like this, the league & NHLPA should step up and work this out with the contract so environmental contaminantiton will not throw off a test.
Or Gary can throw his hands up and say “this is the contract”, which I will bet he does
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My issue with the NHL testing procedure is that they have suspended so few players. I believe a lot more players are on PEDs than have been suspended. So is the testing procedure that easy to beat or are they covering up positive tests?
BTW I do like a good conspiracy theory. Some of those conspiracy theories you mentioned could be possibly true. Who knows.
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