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TAMPA, Fla. -- The NFL Players Association wants to determine if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers leaked information about quarterback Josh Freeman being in the NFLs substance abuse program. NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said Tuesday, "We are sufficiently concerned about what weve heard to begin an investigation." Freeman said in a statement released by his agent late Monday that he voluntarily entered the substance-abuse program and submitted to random testing more than a year ago after he mistakenly took Ridalin instead of Adderall to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The Bucs benched the fifth-year pro last week after Freeman played poorly in the teams first three games, all losses. The quarterback believes someone within the Bucs organization leaked information about him being in the leagues drug testing program. Smith was in town Tuesday to meet with Tampa Bay players as part of a league-wide tour to discuss player benefits and other union matters. Meanwhile, coach Greg Schiano said he was "absolutely not" the source for an ESPN report that Freeman is in Stage I of the substance-abuse program. Freemans statement, released through agent Erik Burkhardt, said he has passed all 46 drug tests hes taken for the league since entering the program. The quarterback said he is "prescribed and permitted to take medication" to treat ADHD for the entirety of his NFL career and that he has never tested positive for "any illegal drugs or related substances." While Schiano said league rules dont permit him to comment on the situation, he did respond to questions about whether he was involved in leaking any information. "I really dont want to get into what Joshs thoughts are about how things got out. I know what Ive done, and Im 100 per cent comfortable with my behaviour," the coach said. "Certainly thats not what you want to happen at all. But, alluding to the accusations, I dont appreciate that either when someones accused of something thats not true," Schiano said. "At the end of the day, its not a good thing, and we need to just keep moving forward beyond it." Smith did not discuss specifics, either. "I will say this, we have a collective bargaining agreement that mandates and protects confidentiality and privacy." Smith said. "If we believe that any member of the team management or anyone from the league has deliberately taken steps to thwart that privacy and breach that confidentiality, this union will take every step and file every grievance and pursue any law to rectify that. "I appreciate the manner in which Josh has handled this personally because hes a good young man. But this issue is a bigger issue about whats right with respect to the relationship between player and management," Smith added. "And when those issues come to bear, this is a union that will stand up for its players." Freeman said random testing has been conducted at the Buccaneers training facility "because I spend all of my time there and I have nothing whatsoever to hide or be embarrassed about." The quarterback was declared inactive for last Sundays game against Arizona. He watched from a suite at Raymond James Stadium as rookie Mike Glennon made his pro debut during a 13-10 loss that dropped the Bucs to 0-4. "I think we are sufficiently concerned about what weve heard to begin an investigation. I believe that the league has the same interest that we have in trying to determine what happened," Smith said, adding that hes looking forward to working with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and other league officials on the matter. "Its also important for all of our players and the fans to know our system works if people abide by the rules," Smith said. "If we have a concern that the rules have been intentionally broken, then no one is going to be exempt from the consequences." 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Simmonds scored in the first period and twice more in the second for his first career post-season hat trick. Mason survived a busy first period and stopping 31 straight shots until Carl Hagelin scored late in the third.ST. LOUIS - Martin Brodeur may one day return to the New Jersey Devils, where he won three Stanley Cups and cemented his place as the goaltender with more wins than any other in NHL history.Up first, though, is some serious time with the St. Louis Blues.The 42-year-old Brodeur formally announced his retirement Thursday to take a front-office position with St. Louis, where he wrapped up his career after 21 outstanding years with the Devils. He said he is leaving the game with a smile on his face and excited about his next opportunity.Im leaving the game really, really happy, Brodeur said.Brodeur joined the Blues as a free agent in early December after No. 1 goaltender Brian Elliott was sidelined by a knee injury. He went 3-3 with a 2.87 goals-against average and .899 save percentage. He extended his NHL record for shutouts to 125 with a 3-0 win against Colorado on Dec. 29, his final NHL victory.When Elliott returned, Brodeur became the odd man out among the teams three goalies, including Jake Allen. He took a leave of absence to contemplate his future and word came Tuesday that he was done.If Ells (Elliott) didnt get hurt, I was never going to be here, Brodeur said. For me it was a great opportunity.Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said the team was excited to have Brodeur join the team as a senior adviser.Hes going to travel with the team on a daily basis, hes going to interact with our players and our coaches, Armstrong said. Our goals are very simple in St. Louis with this team, its to prepare and be competitive to win a Stanley Cup and to ultimately win a Stanley Cup. When I look up here and you see the number of Stanley Cups up here on this stage, all these people we can tap into as we learn and we move forward.Over 22 seasons, Brodeur piled up a 691-397-176 record, 2.24 GAA and .912 save percentage in 1,266 career regular-season games. The native of Montreal holds the league records ffor wins, shutouts, games played and minutes played.dddddddddddd He also had 113 career postseason victories to go along with those three Cups and four Vezina Trophies as the NHLs top goaltender.Asked what he was most proud of, Brodeur cited the wins — and his health.If you play hockey, you might as well win, he said. The most important record is the wins record that I have. My durability is just something I took a lot of pride in, that I was able to play 70 games over and over and over and they add up to 1,200-and-something games, plus the playoff games, plus whatever. Its hard to do.Brodeur said he planned to learn as much as he can as a front-office employee with the possibility of one day running a team.He also said the possibility exists that he will return to New Jersey in a front-office role at some point in the future. He said he has talked with Lou Lamoriello, the Devils president/general manager, about returning to New Jersey.We talked and he knows that eventually were going to cross paths again, if its next year, in two years, in three years, I cant answer, Brodeur said. Im doing this now as a St. Louis Blue and I want to learn as much as I can and well see where thats going to bring me. I might not like this. I might just go and say playing golf every day looks a lot better than doing this. Ill make a decision on my future whenever it comes around. Right now Im just going to go all in on this. Not that I needed the blessing of Lou, but he understands it.Brodeur made it clear how important his years with the Devils mean to him.For me, my hockey career is all about the Devils, Brodeur said. Nobodys going to associate me with the Blues as a hockey player and a retirement arrangement will be made for New Jersey in the future. It could be this year. It could be next year. I dont know whats Lous plan. Im so appreciative with all the fans, what the organization did for me. ' ' '