Dreger: NHL Investigating Arizona Over Testing Draft Eligible CHL Players

[7even]

The risk vs reward on this seems extremely marginal. Hard to understand.

 

[Vijo Morganstein]

imagine cheating on a test and still getting a D-

aka drafting Hayton over Q Hughes

Imagine judging a draft 1.5 years after it happened. Too bad about that bust Scheifele.

 

[General Disarray]

Bettman will save them

 

[GeeoffBrown]

Why is this bad? Every team should be doing this.

Why is there a reason not too?

The NHL and CHL have a symbiotic relationship. It is bad for the CHL if NHL teams are constantly testing the CHL's best players. Other teams are not doing this because it is illegal. Therefore it is an unfair advantage for Arizona. I think they should lose a draft pick.

 

[ranold26]

Rumors suggest the testing was to see which prospects would actually eat a hotdog with Phil Kessel.

 

[hi]

If you're going to do this, you might as well go all out and start gambling with other GM's at the combine.

Chayka: Hey I'll bet you $100,000 that this next prospect does 0 pull-ups

Other GM: It's a bet!

Chayka:

 

[BlackDogg]

Bettman probably lets the Yotes off easily

This.

His baby is a bad kid.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

If you're going to do this, you might as well go all out and start gambling with other GM's at the combine.

Chayka: Hey I'll bet you $100,000 that this next prospect does 0 pull-ups

Other GM: It's a bet!

Chayka:

That gif is amazing.

 

[57special]

Amateurish, if true. Smacks of manipulation of juveniles...not a good look for the NHL, which is why they are going to come down on that idiot.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Chayka and his trusty laptop got in trouble with the league? Whoops.

 

[al secord]

Putting MLSE's money to good use.

 

[benedictTavares]

yawn

 

[Warden of the North]

Amateurish, if true. Smacks of manipulation of juveniles...not a good look for the NHL, which is why they are going to come down on that idiot.

Soccer and baseball have agreements or whatever with literal children and no one cares.

 

[93LEAFS]

Coyotes probably have the most inexperienced front office in the league. Chayka had one year of experience with an NHL team when made GM, guys like Goldberg and Sullivan have no experience outside the Coyotes, and Hofford was head of a region for the Leafs before he got promoted to AGM by the Coyotes (on the word of Goldberg who he worked under in London).

But, this is the type of error while relatively minor you shouldn't make. It reeks of either an arrogance you won't get caught. The big thing is, I doubt it gave them much of a competitive advantage, which made it a stupid risk.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

Chayka thought they will take the fines, the information they get from this is more valuable? It's hard for me to think that they didn't know they were breaking the rules.

 

[AvroArrow]

If you're going to do this, you might as well go all out and start gambling with other GM's at the combine.

Chayka: Hey I'll bet you $100,000 that this next prospect does 0 pull-ups

Other GM: It's a bet!

Chayka:

LOL. who is that ?

 

[Rysto]

The risk vs reward on this seems extremely marginal. Hard to understand.

Especially for a team that doesn't have their first and third round pick this year.

 

[POVERTY]

How did they not manage to catch Clayton Keller being 12 years old when they drafted him?

 

[93LEAFS]

Especially for a team that doesn't have their first and third round pick this year.

I doubt it happened this year. It probably happened in the lead up to the last draft or two.

 

[Guardian17]

This could get very expensive for the Coyotes.

"It is clearly defined by the National Hockey League that there cannot be any physical testing before the NHL combine. If guilt is established, and again it's an ongoing investigation, the Arizona Coyotes could face substantial fines – $250,000 or more per incident at the discretion of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman."

NHL investigating Arizona Coyotes for allegedly has been fitness testing draft-eligible CHL players - TSN.ca

 

[lawrence]

didn't they invite a 15 year old Auston Matthews to one of their practices at one point ?

 

[SotasicA]

I understand its illegal, im asking why is it illegal? What is the reasoning?

It'd be a waste of time and money if every team did it. That's exactly why the combine exists. To make things easier for all parties.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

This could get very expensive for the Coyotes.

"It is clearly defined by the National Hockey League that there cannot be any physical testing before the NHL combine. If guilt is established, and again it's an ongoing investigation, the Arizona Coyotes could face substantial fines – $250,000 or more per incident at the discretion of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman."

NHL investigating Arizona Coyotes for allegedly has been fitness testing draft-eligible CHL players - TSN.ca

Bettman: "this one is on me guys"

 

[Voight]

Should lose draft picks nevermind paying a fine. I don't know but for some reason it doesn't shock me that Chayka/ARZ are the culprit.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Soccer and baseball have agreements or whatever with literal children and no one cares.

Classic case of whataboutism.

There is a combine for a reason, it isn't much more complicated.