Nhl thread

[Beanflicker]

I am no expert but surely old quicky should have saved the 1st goal..

For sure, he should have had that one. He was really sold on Teemu making the pass (like people usually do in that position on the backhand) and Teemu caught him off guard. Weak goal that really took the air out of the sails early.

[Beanflicker]

Backstrom not playing in the GOLD MEDAL GAME because he has a headache. Can you imagine the flack a Canadian or American player would get if they ducked out of a GOLD MEDAL GAME because of a headache? If Crosby did it he would be called a faggot for the rest of his career. You gotta man up!

[El Kabong]

Backstrom not playing in the GOLD MEDAL GAME because he has a headache. Can you imagine the flack a Canadian or American player would get if they ducked out of a GOLD MEDAL GAME because of a headache? If Crosby did it he would be called a faggot for the rest of his career. You gotta man up!

Crosby will be called that regardless

[Beanflicker]

Aaaaaand still, the undisputed #1 hockey nation!

[palmerq]

backstrom failed a drug test that is why he didnt play.. seems it is something found in anti allergy medicine so it could be nothing really

[El Kabong]

I often wonder why steroids never took hold in hockey. physical play demanding schedule long season....made me wonder.

[Beanflicker]

I often wonder why steroids never took hold in hockey. physical play demanding schedule long season....made me wonder.

PED's are as big a part of hockey as any other sport, I would imagine. The NHL's drug testing policy has always been very lax - for a long time (and still to this day as far as I know) they only test during the off-season.

Hockey's never been in the spotlight for steroids because there really haven't been any big steroids scandals like in baseball and football. People don't think about it because the NHL is mostly made up of medium-sized white guys. During the huge steroid booms of the 80s and 90s, the faces of most mainstream sports were jacked super athletes, while the face of hockey was a lanky 170lb white guy with not a hint of a muscle on his body.

Where there's big money and lax testing, there's gonna be PED use for sure.