habsfan88 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Why are you talking about Darcy Tucker? ###### Darcy Tucker As for Emelin hopefully he shakes this off can come to North America next year and play here. haha well said kaos. We DID get a little sidetracked.... I hate Tucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaos Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Yeah and saying the f word got me a talking too from the powers that be....stupid Tucker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMMR Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 I am not a fan of kasparitis, I hope that Emelin is a great rough tough defenseman but I do not want to see this guy taking cheap shots at other players. The bone ratting hits I am a fan of though just keep those knees to yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaos Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 GOod point. I could never understand how guys could respect people like him and Marchement. They are messing with peoples livelyhoods. Remember what happened to Samuelson (the only postive thing Domi ever did). I can't believe somebody never did the same to Marchement or Kasparitis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepingminotaur Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I don't want anyone playing for the Habs who emulates Kasparitis. The guy is a thug and goes out of his way to injure people. Play tough, but not dirty. That's not in the Canadiens tradition. That being said, it looks like Emelin had some provocation for his answer. He was still very wrong to go after the other guy, but it wasn't premeditated, and it didn't come out of nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nasty Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I am not a fan of kasparitis, I hope that Emelin is a great rough tough defenseman but I do not want to see this guy taking cheap shots at other players. The bone ratting hits I am a fan of though just keep those knees to yourself. I don't like the dirty stuff either...but it is better than having him on another team taking cheap shots at our players. Hopefully he will be directed to be a hard nosed pest but to keep the play clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaos Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 DO we even know if he's a dirty player? Seems to me nobody really knows anything about the kid. Probably won't until he comes to North America. Hopefully this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smon Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I don't know personally I dont really know much about prospects until they at least make the AHL and play well..its just so uncertain and impossible to predict where and how they'll develop. The guys you least expect to make it, and the ballyhooed guys dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy26 Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 I don't know personally I dont really know much about prospects until they at least make the AHL and play well..its just so uncertain and impossible to predict where and how they'll develop. The guys you least expect to make it, and the ballyhooed guys dont. Love that word, "ballyhooed"! I hope Emelin's the real deal... prolly a good fit with Markov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalhabs Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 From what I saw on the video this was nothing. He did what 50-70% of all hockeyplayers would when someone blasts u with a puck after the whistle.. he punched the guy who did it... this time the other guy got unlucky. This isnt even worth a thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyhasbeen Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 From what I saw on the video this was nothing. He did what 50-70% of all hockeyplayers would when someone blasts u with a puck after the whistle.. he punched the guy who did it... this time the other guy got unlucky. This isnt even worth a thread. Agreed, he had it coming. Emelin forgot rule one though. Drop the stick, then the gloves before you throw a punch. Doesn't effect my opinion of him one bit. Great prospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CerebusClone Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Agreed, he had it coming. Emelin forgot rule one though. Drop the stick, then the gloves before you throw a punch. Doesn't effect my opinion of him one bit. Great prospect. With the Russian Hockey Federation acting like jerks (well, I can understand that they want to keep their players, or at least be compensated when they lose them), it could mean that NHL teams will stay away from Russian players in the first round, and thus draft a lot of quality Russian players in the later rounds. Now I'm wondering if there is anything in the new CBA regarding transfer fees to "buy" young European players. Otherwise, the rich teams like New York, Detroit, Philly, ... could get a serious unfair advantage over as all those millions they cannot spend on salaries could be used on transfer fees with the Russians. If Pittsburg cannot afford to give, for example, 5 millions to the Russians for Malkin, what will prevent the Rangers from signing him as soon as Pittsburg loses his rights? Or, what will prevent the rich teams from pulling a bunch of "Angelo Espositos" as other teams wont be willing to potentially waste a high draft pick on a Russian player? I hope the NHL is looking into that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonus Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 i guess part of the answer to your question is another question: does the NHL care about equality or the appearance of equality? also, does the league care about keeping team budgets low or player salaries low? AKA - are they more concerned about setting higher salary precedent for FAs than they are about any given salary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habscout Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Here's an update about that Emelin hit on Varlamov. Basically, Varlamov suffered a concussion from the hit, nothing was fractured like some websites were reporting. It's unlikely that the concussion was too severe since Varlamov was back on the ice 10 days after the incident, including 2 days spent in the hospital. I'm disappointed at some North American media, the Hockey News in particular, that picked up the initial rumoured stories then reporting them as much more than they were. So much for unbiased journalism and the need for verifying their sources before putting them up on the web or in print. Personally, I'd like to think that Emelin will turn out to be more like the Red Wings small but big hitting Vlad Konstantinov than a dirtier player like Kasparitis. Russian Hockey Digest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaos Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Good to hear that Varlamov is ok and back playing. Hopefully Emelin has learned from this incident, and will develop into a good physical (but clean) NHL defensman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montreal Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Emelin makes the Senior National team, played on the 4th pairing in game 1 of Euro Cup the final tour of EC for this season. Russia beat Finland 3-1. Also it appears as though Emelin will have a spot on the WC team which starts on May 5th. And another habs draft pick, Andrei Kruchinin made both teams as well. He is sometimes been paired up with Emelin while playing for Lada this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortcat1 Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Emelin makes the Senior National team, played on the 4th pairing in game 1 of Euro Cup the final tour of EC for this season. Russia beat Finland 3-1. Also it appears as though Emelin will have a spot on the WC team which starts on May 5th. And another habs draft pick, Andrei Kruchinin made both teams as well. He is sometimes been paired up with Emelin while playing for Lada this year. Good for Emelin. Kruchinin... I had forgotten about him. I take it he's fallen through the cracks - never made the grade or wasn't interested.... :king: :hlogo: :king: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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