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Gostarsgo12
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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 Posted - 07/11/2008 : 09:19:07
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Alexander Radulov signs with Russia and leaves Nashville.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=243143&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main
Too bad a guy I had in my pool last year and he was going to get even better. Huge loss for preds. According to the article Radulov sounds like he gets treated like a God in Russia saying the conditions are much better. Interesting.
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I´m also Cånädiön
Rookie
Sweden
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Axey
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
877 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2008 : 21:47:43
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| If he leaves he is banned from all international play, so I doubt he will leave. This whole Russian league nonsense is pissing me off. |
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Beans15
Moderator
Canada
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Posted - 07/12/2008 : 10:42:18
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Firstly, I don't understand why he wouldn't be able to play internationally?? I thought the transfer agreement was between the NHL and CHL, not IIHF.
Secondly, what's wrong with the Russian league and why would it piss anyone off? Players have a right to play where ever they want and make as much money as they want. The NHL has had a monopoly on hockey for the past 50 years, what's wrong will a little health and very real competition??
I think it is actually good for the sport as it will have the money grubby players and send them to Siberia. |
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99pickles
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
671 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2008 : 13:20:48
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I believe the IIHF facilitated the overall transfer agreement - the one that Russia would not sign. So I suppose they could ban someone from international competition. Have they done this before? I can't recall that they have, though.
Doesn't this remind anyone of turn-of-the-century professional hockey where the Pacific Coast league, and later, the Western League (not the junior one from today, obviously) were stealing players back and forth from the CAHA, the NHA, the Federal League, and finally the NHL??
Or does anyone even know about this stuff??
Just like the telephone company: competition, variety, choice, more opportunities make things better overall in the end. I just wish I could watch some of their games online - that would be nice. Maybe they could work out a nice deal with the NHL Network, no?? |
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Guest4043
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Posted - 07/12/2008 : 21:36:47
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| would the competition not drive the price of the players up? |
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I´m also Cånädiön
Rookie
Sweden
217 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2008 : 02:44:16
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Originally posted by Axey
This whole Russian league nonsense is pissing me off.
If you think a couple of players is bad can you imagine what this does to "smaller markets" like the nordic leagues? With the NHL pulling from one direction and the KHL from the other?
There are talks about a Nordic League as a way to raise the player salarys and to increase hockey interest in Denmark and Norway. |
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99pickles
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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Posted - 07/13/2008 : 03:05:52
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Originally posted by Guest4043
would the competition not drive the price of the players up?
This would normally be the case in a general supply-and-demand scenario, but the variable factor is: status.
I doubt that for $1M extra per season Crosby would play in any European league whether it be Swedish Elite, the Finish League, Russian Super league, the Continental league or wherever.
But it might actually drive up the price of middling players, marginal players, and career twilight players (Read: Anson Carter in Switzerland, Ed Belfour in Sweden, Chris Simon in Russia, Jamie McLennan in Japan etc...) although it won't have a significant long term effect on the elite level guys.
Of the 4 players I list as examples, in a different era they would simply have retired quietly, or disappeared, rather. Keep in mind CuJo has extended his career by playing abroad until an opportunity came along. Most of these guys are hoping the same. Except for the Strakas and Jagrs who are merely going home...a new type of hometown discount. |
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Axey
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
877 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2008 : 08:06:58
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| The agreement was that neither league can offer contracts to players who are still under contract with their organization in either league, the consequences are that the IIHF will ban them from all international play. |
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99pickles
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
671 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2008 : 16:42:31
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So off the top of my head:
- Alexander Radulov signs with Ufa (Russia)
- Stefan Ruzicka, Philly forward, signs with Spartak Moscow
- Patrick Thoreson, Philly forward, signs with HC Lugano (Swiss)
- Martin Straka signs with HC Plzen (Czech)
- Ray Emery signs with Atlant Mystichy (Russia)
- Chris Simon signs with Vityaz Chekhov (Russia)
And of course, Jagr signed with Avangard Omsk.
Coming the other way:
- Yashin wants to come back
- Foppa says he will only come back to Colorado, and it will not be until Nov/Dec due to more foot rehab
- I'll bet Belfour would come back |
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Leafsfan_94
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 07/15/2008 : 18:18:39
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meh
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99pickles
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
671 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2008 : 07:28:40
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Originally posted by Leafsfan_94
meh
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Whose "meh" and who did he sign with?? |
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leigh
Moderator
Canada
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Posted - 07/16/2008 : 10:51:30
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| I still can't believe that no team took a chance on Emery. It baffles me. even the Flames need a decent back up. |
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99pickles
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
671 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2008 : 14:35:57
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Originally posted by leigh
I still can't believe that no team took a chance on Emery. It baffles me. even the Flames need a decent back up.
This 3 team deal we keep hearing the rumours about ....Ottawa should have put it together with Emery instead of Gerber....kill 2 birds with one stone. And of course, get something different back from Chicago than Khabiboulin, if they were keeping Gerber. |
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NHL loses another player to Russia 
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