BlueKross Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Andrei Kostitsyn signed a 1 year deal with Chelyabinsk Traktor today. Farewell. Thank God he is over there, not that we are going to be playing anytime soon. I could just see him playing for the Leafs or the Bruins and coming back and killing us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 Doan re-signs in Phoenix, 4 years and $21.4 M including $2 M in deferred bonus money. Milan Lucic signs a 3 year, $18 M extension with Boston. I find that one a little pricey but I suspect they had to pay a bit more per year to get him to sign a shorter-term deal which is a wise decision in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 The Lucic contract is fine. He is incredibly important to the Bruins, puts up 60 points and is their poster boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 The Lucic contract is fine. He is incredibly important to the Bruins, puts up 60 points and is their poster boy. Yes poster boy that hits fights and works hard when it counts; even if his playoff numbers are sub par. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Yes poster boy that hits fights and works hard when it counts; even if his playoff numbers are sub par. Shall I mention Erik Cole's post-season numbers now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Shall I mention Erik Cole's post-season numbers now? Sure but only mention games played in the Bell Centre, aka 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Guy Boucher makes the opening pitch at a Rays game. Hockey style... http://25stanley.com...-de-lannee.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbp Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Completely random comment. Was just looking at some stats, and while I know hitting stats are a bit skewed Stamkos's hitting numbers have jumped by 20 each season. Not sure what else plays into that, but all i've heard about him is that he is a pure sniper... has there been a visible change in his style of play? I mean 68 hits in '10 and 109 in '12 thats a bit jump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 It stands to reason that as Stamkos gets stronger physically (I'd imagine he wasn't as strong as he is now in 2010, his second season) and checking on him gets tighter that he has to play with more of an edge. That should account for an extra hit every 4 games (which is what 20 hits over an 82 game season roughly works out to). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 Sportsnet is reporting that Luongo will be a Leaf...although the specifics of the trade won't be finalized until the new CBA is in place. I respect John Shannon but boy, that seems hard to believe (even if the notion of Luongo to Toronto is pretty realistic). http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl-lockout/2012/10/19/john_shannon_roberto_luongo_to_be_traded_to_toronto_maple_leafs/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 It's pretty much buzzing everywhere through legit journalists. That said, if John Shannon is wrong, the only way he saves face is to burn his source, which would burn his career, which would be dead anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 John Shannon was the Producer of Hockey Night in Canada back when Hockey Night was the industry standard for how to produce a hockey broadcast (it started its downhill run after that). He left to basically be the guy to start up and run Leafs TV. Then he went to Sportsnet as an analyst. The guy is pretty connected, and is not known as someone who has thrown out crazy rumors only to be proven false. In fact I cant even remember him having a rumor before this. So I tend to give him the benefit of the doubt right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 The problem with such a rumour is that it could be completely legitimate but when the new CBA is reached, Gillis decides to trade Luongo to a different team and suddenly Shannon looks like a complete tool when he was right and plans just changed. Putting your neck out there for such a rumour is risky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Our resident Russian, Max looks at what the lockout has meant for the quality of KHL play and the attendance in KHL arenas. http://lastwordonsports.com/2012/10/23/nhl-lockout-impact-on-khl-revenue-and-growth/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Is the Isles move all its cracked up to be. Our resident Long Island living, Russian born, writer Max Vasilyev takes a look at the Barclay centre deal. http://lastwordonsports.com/2012/10/25/the-ny-islanders-to-move-to-barclay-center-by-2015-is-not-all-its-cracked-up-to-be/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 This is something worth noting separate from the lockout thread. Ryan O'Reilly, one of the RFA's to remain unsigned before the lockout, has signed a two year deal in the KHL. There is reportedly a clause in the contract that says if an NHL team (likely Colorado) was to offer more money than he is receiving with Metallurg when the lockout ends, that they would allow him to leave. That then implies that it is far from a guarantee that O'Reilly will return to the NHL when games once again get underway (I would imagine Metallurg is giving him pretty good money to put that type of clause in there). http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/07/colorados-oreilly-signs-two-year-deal-with-khl-metallurg/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 This is something worth noting separate from the lockout thread. Ryan O'Reilly, one of the RFA's to remain unsigned before the lockout, has signed a two year deal in the KHL. There is reportedly a clause in the contract that says if an NHL team (likely Colorado) was to offer more money than he is receiving with Metallurg when the lockout ends, that they would allow him to leave. That then implies that it is far from a guarantee that O'Reilly will return to the NHL when games once again get underway (I would imagine Metallurg is giving him pretty good money to put that type of clause in there). http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/07/colorados-oreilly-signs-two-year-deal-with-khl-metallurg/ Good for OReilly, more unsigned players (Subban) maybe should go that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Good for OReilly, more unsigned players (Subban) maybe should go that route. Go the route of us possibly losing him? Uhhh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Go the route of us possibly losing him? Uhhh? And how would they lose him? you think he would choose to stay in Russia?, or that the Habs would relinquish their right to him as a RFA? Zero chance of either, and better for him to be playing competitive hockey and developing; than doing goofy TV crap and sitting on his ass till next fall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 And how would they lose him? you think he would choose to stay in Russia?, or that the Habs would relinquish their right to him as a RFA? Zero chance of either, and better for him to be playing competitive hockey and developing; than doing goofy TV crap and sitting on his ass till next fall? Only place I'd want to see Subban play during the lockout is Hamilton. You're really not going to develop in Russia. It's a different game and the competition is weaker. I doubt there's a single player who isn't playing that is suddenly going to have a step back that wouldn't have happened naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 And how would they lose him? you think he would choose to stay in Russia?, or that the Habs would relinquish their right to him as a RFA? Zero chance of either, and better for him to be playing competitive hockey and developing; than doing goofy TV crap and sitting on his ass till next fall? That's the thing though, the O'Reilly deal doesn't have a typical out clause, there's a good chance he will stay in Russia unless Colorado really antes up (and that's not something they're known to do lately). The KHL is only permitted to sign (I believe) three "lockout" contracts, Subban would have to sign something similar to O'Reilly in order to do that as most teams would have filled those slots by now. I certainly don't want Subban signing a contract more or less sending him to the highest bidder between the KHL team and the Habs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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