Breaking: Coyotes under investigation by NHL for illegal scouting/drafting techniques

According to TSN's Darren Dreger, the Arizona Coyotes are currently under investigation by NHL for alleged improprieties from their scouting staff.

Sources say the NHL is investigating the Arizona Coyotes over allegations of physical testing of draft eligible CHL players. Full story tonight in Insider Trading. Link will be posted soon.

— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) January 30, 2020

On the "Insider Trading" segment, Dreger alleges that the Coyotes have been fitness testing draft-eligible players from the CHL, which is illegal before the scouting combine. Potential punishments for such activities could include fines up to $250,000 for each incident.

It's an ongoing NAtional Hockey League investigation, Dreger commented. [...] that Arizona, allegedly, has been fitness testing draft-eligible Canadian Hockey League players. Now the OHL, the Western Hockey League and the QMJHL have all sent their emails to their respective junior teams asking that any contact be reported. Now according to sources, multiple teams have replied saying 'Yes, there has been contact. It is clearly defined by the National Hockey League that there cannot be any physical testing before the combine.