In TSN’s story on the NHL beginning talks with the NHLPA concerning the possible addition of cocaine to the banned substance list, TSN senior correspondent Rick Westhead reports that a Leafs team executive was in contact with police concerning alleged cocaine use, or “association” with the drug, by Leafs players last season.
Last season, a senior Maple Leafs team executive met with Toronto Police Service officers to address concerns that Leafs players were purportedly using cocaine or were associating with those who were, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The story comes on the heels of a report out of Sweden quoting Marlies defenceman Viktor Loov, who feels cocaine use is a problem in the NHL. It would appear to add more fuel to what was a colossal mess on and off the ice for the Leafs last year.
NHLer Jarret Stoll and former NHLer Ryan Malone have both been charged with possession of the drug in the past year and a half. “The number of [cocaine] positives are more than they were in previous years and they’re going up,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told TSN.
Read Westhead’s full story here.
