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booth is not lucky lol

and pyatt knocks chara downnn

i dont think u can offer a paycut to an RFA. that'd be less than their qualifying offer lol

Less contact with fans, the better.

i like sergei k

Ovie should get a penalty for charging.

Haven't heard Theodore's name chanted at the Bell Center in a while.

He was the gay one, right? Tragic loss, I watched the documentary on him on TSN(I think), pretty inspiring story IMO. RIP

Roy never played at the Bell Center for Montreal.

That's not saying much for Quebecois players, now is it?

Pouliot just ######ed Redden up. Who's Lats?

funny, because a couple of seasons ago, people were saying Montreal's player development was amongst the best in the league. It was on HockeyFutures and stuff. now we have the worst lol

I've noticed a bias since the beginning of me watching Montreal. Then again, I'm biased myself just for being a habs fan. but carbonneau complained about the same things didnt he?

The worst part is regardless of what we gave up, anything more than a bag of pucks would be a fleecing for Gomez. I kinda like Gomez, but his contract and his numbers don't match.

we traded for gomez... and gave up too much.

The Departed is a copy of Infernal Affairs(HK, circa 2002).

uhh how is that a penalty on metro? smith wasnt even in his crease.

activated markov in my pool. lets do this!

Ninja Assassin is the best movie Ive seen in a while. Pure action, stupid plot be damned!

Well, Gomez Cams and Gionta's contracts are for the next 4-5 years. They are the new core. I'm not expecting a winning season/deep playoff run for at least 2 years.

Yeah, but minimum salary in the NHL is $500k. Emelin would probably get rookie max which is like $900k. Even after taxes(don't forget, foreign workers AKA europeans don't get taxed as much as Canadian citizens), he would come out ahead. Then after his rookie contract, he will most probably be in the $1M+ salary range. There is more money in the NHL than the KHL. Point final.

For the most part, a draftee that plays in the AHL will receive upwards of $100k salary, not to mention signing bonuses and shit. That's a pretty good living, IMO. Maybe the KHL will offer more in the beginning to a young player, but there's no way a KHL team will pay any player the NHL league maximum or match the possible endorsement deals. The mean salary in the NHL is probably higher than the mean in the KHL. So the money potential goes to NHL. So prospects that decide to return to the KHL or whatever, it is because they want the money NOW rather than later in their careers where they could make more. Or maybe they know they'll never be good enough for the NHL. Either way, they simply didn't want to stay and tough it out. A 10 year NHL vet 4th liner or 5-6th dman can make at least a million. I'd be happy. Shit we got Laraque in the press box making $1,5M. I would think, given the size of the KHL and the market, a million is what they'd pay their top 6 forwards or top 4 dmen. I don't think they can pay anywhere close to NHL salaries.

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we already have access to english language schools. i grew up in the french immersion program and went to english schools all my life. I am 100% bilingual.

i got him in my pool on ir :/