They're on the verge of a franchise record 10th straight road loss, but the big story behind the Arizona Coyotes tonight is the 20 game suspension the NHL just handed down to Jarred Tinordi for violating the league's Performance Enhancing Substances Program. Yup, the guy whose claim to fame in his career so far seems to be this:
It appears he was on the juice. What's the impact to Arizona? Not much, I'm sure. But it means they have to slot someone in with less experience. This is the 2nd such suspension this season by the league, and it makes one wonder just how prevalent PED use is in a sport that seems to have avoided the kind of scandals that plague football and baseball.