On the same day that news broke of Evgeny Kuznetsov being suspended for four years of international play for testing positive for cocaine, retired Caps fan favorite John Erskine was charged in a May collision that critically injured himself.
This sucks, not just for the players, their families, and the organizations, but the fans – especially children – who hold these folks in such high esteem.
NHL players collectively seem to have far fewer negative off-ice incidents than athletes in other professional leagues, like the NFL (at least, it seems that way).