According to Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts podcast, a team complained to the league about Mark Stone being on LTIR and asked the league for medical records to make sure Stone had a second back surgery rather than the team using Stone's designation to circumvent the salary cap. And as a followup, the NHL did a deep investigation, according to Friedman, including digging up Mark Stone's medical records. Friedman said the NHL "went hard" in its investigation. VGK will probably be facing more scrutiny since winning the Stanley Cup. Friedman said the NHL concluded that Stone had a bad back and will be in and out of the lineup moving forward. We are wondering which team filed the original complaint. We also talk about players who we feel can step up next season. And odds for VGK to repeat are out.
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