NHL fines are a joke.

[sam9ball]

$5000. is a joke for a fine due to bitching out a referee.
Be a man not a whimp Brandon Prust

"It was tough, it was emotional, I had just gotten in a fight, we had just lost 6-2 and five minutes later I was doing interviews. I wasn't myself. My emotions were -- my heart was beating, I was agitated -- and I shouldn't have been doing the interviews. ...

"If I could go back and redo it, I would,"

[DOM_Toretto]

Phoenix Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet was suspended merely 3 months after running a sports book of over $1.7mil in bets with clientele including NHL affiliates.

Their prescribed fines for athletes gambling on games are under $1,000 for first offense.