Shane Pinto Suspended For Gambling + Burke Talks Decentralizing the NHL Draft

The Jeff Marek Show

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4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Jeff kicks off the show with The Athletic's Ian Mendes to break down the breaking news surrounding Shane Pinto’s 41 game suspension from the NHL for gambling. Then, former NHL head coach Bruce Boudreau stops by to chat about how a team approaches handling a suspended player while they are still practising with the team, the best player he ever saw play, and the idea of decentralizing the draft. Bruce also reflects on his draft day experience from a year when the draft was done over the phone, what goes on at a team's draft table, and his thoughts on the current state of the Washington Capitals (21:41). Next, Executive Director of the PWHPA Brian Burke joins the show to share his opinion on Shane Pinto's suspension the NHL's rules on gambling and alcohol (50:00). Then, they move on to the NHL's vote to decentralize the NHL draft, and get into the business that gets done on the draft floor, the drama, what it means to the players and their families, and the possibility of the NHL ruining the “greatest spectacle in pro hockey”. Lastly, he gives his thoughts on the NHL’s reversal of their pride tape ban. To wrap up, Hurricanes reporter Cory Lavalette weighs in on the goaltending situation in Carolina, the problems that can occur without having an AHL affiliate, Seth Jarvis’ strong start to the season, and more (01:24:10)! The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

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0:00.0	This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network.
0:07.0	Today we're going to talk a lot about gambling.
0:12.0	If you miss the news that just broke about 30 minutes ago,
0:17.0	Shane Pinto of the Ottawa Senators has been suspended 41 games for violating the NHL's gambling rules. Now a couple of things here before we bring
0:26.4	Ian Mendez to the program from the athletic who covers the Ottawa Senators, a mainstay on this program and
0:31.4	others as well and leading authority on everything Ottawa senators.
0:35.8	It is not believe that Shane Pinto gambled on NHL games, not exactly sure what the violation was specifically.
0:45.3	There have been situations as Elliot Friedman mentioned in his piece at
0:49.0	SportsNet.CA right now, where players have been fine slash suspended for gambling on team
0:56.4	facilities I don't know if that's the situation here a couple of other things as well.
1:03.0	The suspension, by the way, as it stands right now is 35 games.
1:07.5	The suspension actually started with game one of the Ottawa Senators season. It is half the season, 41 games and the rule
1:16.7	about not being able to sign after December the 1st is being waived in this
1:20.9	situation as well. So I would assume that after December the first or at some point he will sign a
1:29.0	League minimum or a close to league minimum deal.
1:34.0	Maybe as a thank you to the Ottawa Senators
1:36.4	for not going public with this previous.
1:39.7	One of the sidebar to all of this is,
1:41.5	you know, Pier Dorian general manager the Ottawa senators
1:43.7	has taken a lot of bullets and a lot of daggers and a lot of insults and a lot of
1:48.4	speculation about what he's doing for his inability quote I'm using ironic quotation marks there
1:54.9	inability to sign chain Pinto and now we know why.
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