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Bettman Talking Suspensions For No Shows At ASG
by Paul on 01/23/09 at 03:01 PM ET
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via Darren Dreger of TSN,
Pittsburgh has no intention of testing NHL commissioner Gary Bettman’s threat to suspend those who choose not show in Montreal for this weekends All Star festivities.
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is en route to Montreal and will arrive early this afternoon to fully participate in all off-ice All Star activities.
The NHL says it will enforce an understanding that all players who decline to show after being named to the All Star must miss at least one game before or one game after the All Star weekend.
If so, Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk and Nicklas Lidstrom may be forced to sit the Red Wings next game if they don’t immediately change their All Star break plans and report to Montreal.
added 1:34pm, A2Y has some updated information…
Suspensions
Update 3:01pm ET (alanah): Datsyuk and Lidstrom both suspended for one game—details at ESPN. Note that this policy does not thus far impact the YoungStars game, according to Scott Burnside’s report.
added 3:51pm, via Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
I just now was told by an NHL spokesman that Lidstrom and Datsyuk “are sitting out (Tuesday) due to ‘nagging injuries,’ which will preclude them from participating in the first game following the break.”
So sitting out, suspension, same result except they don’t have to hand over suspension money.
*original post time was 12:14pm.
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