Wrong Time for Aces and Blades

I'm sure their hearts are in the write place, but the timing could not be worse for the inaugural fundraiser of the Buffalo Sabres Foundation, Aces and Blades. According to the advertisement on sabres.com, the event will feature "Ice, Hockey, and High Stakes.
A week ago this seems like innocuous fun but with the recent accusation against Rick Tocchet by New Jersey police "for financing a U.S. sports gambling" (tsn.ca), all NHL teams and organizations associated with them may need to think twice before lending their name or taking part in any event that involves gambling.
Aces and Blades ends their annoucnment with the slogan "Where the players are the dealers and you are the star!" There is not much doubt that some gambling-type activity will be involved. If it is discovered that current NHL players or coaches (or their wives) were betting on NHL games this could turn into a scandal of steroid-size proportions.
Although there will most likely be no sports gambling at this event, the Sabres and other NHL teams will have to be careful in the future to avoid associating with gambling, even if it is for a good cause.