The NHL, unlike a couple of the other major sports leagues in North America, has never really been known for marijuana use. Sure, the NHL has its own sad history of drug abuse, highlighted in recent months by story after story appearing in The Players' Tribune, but weed has simply never seemed to mix well with playoff beards, toothless smiles and ice - which is kind of weird, because you'd really think the opposite would be true. But nonetheless, marijuana and the NHL just don't seem to be made for one another, a fact which has again been highlighted, inadvertently, by the company Nutritional High International, Inc.
The NHL and commissioner Gary Bettman have forced Nutritional High and CEO David Posner to change their trading symbol on the Canadian Securities Exchange from "NHL" to "EAT," according to CNN Money.
"We're honored to follow in the footsteps of the Nordiques, who were also asked to change their name upon their move from Canada to Colorado," Posner said in a statement, via CNN. "The Avalanche won the Stanley Cup that year, so we figured why fight a winning formula? While we don't believe anyone would confuse our respective products, we decided to make the symbol change to avoid possible legal costs, despite being on solid legal ground."
Nutritional High, a company focused primarily on "developing, acquiring and designing products and brands in the marijuana-infused edible products and oil extracts sectors for medical and adult recreational use," will continue to trade in the U.S. under the symbol "SPLIF."
