for those of you who might not have known, "current" edmonton oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin was charged in February with a DUI and speeding. apparently he was found guilty the other day and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. this is the minimum sentence under arizona law, which is where all this went down.
now apparently, he's appealing the decision. whatever. you're guilty, but you've gotta do what you can. i won't comment on this because i'm not a lawyer or anything, but you seemed fucked to me Khabi.
what i'm wondering is what the oilers are going to do with camp just a few weeks away. the appeals process can and will take some time to complete. will they keep him on the team and play him, assuming he can travel with the team at all? will they attempt to void his contract for some reason in hopes to sign a younger goalie and move forward from there? this should be an interesting drama to watch. or it could be a non issue, but i think with edmonton doing all it can to get younger and more competitive, this could be the end for khabibulin in edmonton. could it also spell the end for him in the NHL? Who knows. i'm sure the folks up in oiler county are particularly interested in it though.
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