The NHL gambling scandal

scaeagles · 02-09-2006, 08:09 AM

This is gigantically huge.

In case you haven't heard, there was a several month investigation of an illegal gambling ring with mob ties. One of the major players is a Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach named Rick Tocchet. Apparently, he facilitated around 1.7 million in bets over a period of 40 days recently.

Well, if goes much deeper. Wayne Gretzky is the head coach of the Coyotes. His wife placed about 500K of those bets. Gretzky, at a press conference, said that he didn't track everything his wife did.

It has come out this morning, however, that there are wire taps with Gretzky discussing the bets with Tocchet (insert Bush/NSA jokes here).

This isn't some thug enforcer. This is the Great One. Most likely the greatest hockey player ever. His number is retired across the entire league.

If Pete Rose was banned from baseball, as he should have been, does the NHL start clearing out the Gretzky wing of the NHL hall of fame? Do all the Gretzky jerseys come down from the rafters of wherever they are? Is 99 no longer retired?

This is amazing. How can you have hockey if The Great One becomes personna non grata? I'm not saying he would not deserve to be banned, but Gretzky IS hockey.

Wow.

02-09-2006, 08:09 AM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	The NHL gambling scandal This is gigantically huge. In case you haven't heard, there was a several month investigation of an illegal gambling ring with mob ties. One of the major players is a Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach named Rick Tocchet. Apparently, he facilitated around 1.7 million in bets over a period of 40 days recently. Well, if goes much deeper. Wayne Gretzky is the head coach of the Coyotes. His wife placed about 500K of those bets. Gretzky, at a press conference, said that he didn't track everything his wife did. It has come out this morning, however, that there are wire taps with Gretzky discussing the bets with Tocchet (insert Bush/NSA jokes here). This isn't some thug enforcer. This is the Great One. Most likely the greatest hockey player ever. His number is retired across the entire league. If Pete Rose was banned from baseball, as he should have been, does the NHL start clearing out the Gretzky wing of the NHL hall of fame? Do all the Gretzky jerseys come down from the rafters of wherever they are? Is 99 no longer retired? This is amazing. How can you have hockey if The Great One becomes personna non grata? I'm not saying he would not deserve to be banned, but Gretzky IS hockey. Wow.
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