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Obviously he's gonna quit hockey, then
1. Take up basketball and join the Miami Heat
2. In his spare time he will take up poker....
3. Between poker tournaments in the off season he will play in numerous chess tournaments and even stop by Ottawa to give a lecture(or two). He's likely 2100 already.
He is now a free agent without compensation again ...Will the L-A Kings will make another offer ...one thing is sure the Mtl Canadien have no money for the russian superstar .
He is now a free agent without compensation again ...Will the L-A Kings will make another offer ...one thing is sure the Mtl Canadien have no money for the russian superstar .
Les Canadiens should keep their money anyway - 'Chook is just another whinning Russian hockey player. Let him go to the KHL - the alternate Universe hockey league...
The NHL rejected the 17 year contract for salary cap circumvention. The saga continues...
rightly so...it is salary cap circumvention. if they allow that, why not allow a 100 year contract to someone for $200,000,000 dollars...only $2 million/year which would fit nicely in the salary cap. any mention how the contract was loaded (front or back)?
rightly so...it is salary cap circumvention. if they allow that, why not allow a 100 year contract to someone for $200,000,000 dollars...only $2 million/year which would fit nicely in the salary cap. any mention how the contract was loaded (front or back)?
I think on the sports news last night I heard them say that each of the last 7 years would have been $1million a year... very heavily front loaded then. I sure don't pretend to understand the cap and all of the details, but the salaries being handed out are absolutely insane - nobody is worth anything like the sort of money they are talking about in some cases. I am not a big fan of Kova anyway and don't really care where he goes.
He is now a free agent without compensation again ...Will the L-A Kings will make another offer ...one thing is sure the Mtl Canadien have no money for the russian superstar .
nhlpa will probably file a grievance which they would likely win as a precedent has already been set to allow this sort of contract with hossa, lecavalier, lushitgo, pronger, franzen and zetterberg
everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)
rightly so...it is salary cap circumvention. if they allow that, why not allow a 100 year contract to someone for $200,000,000 dollars...only $2 million/year which would fit nicely in the salary cap. any mention how the contract was loaded (front or back)?
nhl shot themselves in the foot by allowing numerous cases of cap circumvention already. will be hard to prove to an arbitrator that kovy won't play till 44 but an injury-prone mess like luongo will play till 42...
everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)
Les Canadiens should keep their money anyway - 'Chook is just another whinning Russian hockey player. Let him go to the KHL - the alternate Universe hockey league...
pure bigotry. just because he's russian, he whines? pretty sure kovy led the devils in playoff scoring and was one of their most physical players... but you're right, waste of money, habs do much better taking a >$7m cap hit on scott gomez e__e
I think on the sports news last night I heard them say that each of the last 7 years would have been $1million a year... very heavily front loaded then. I sure don't pretend to understand the cap and all of the details, but the salaries being handed out are absolutely insane - nobody is worth anything like the sort of money they are talking about in some cases. I am not a big fan of Kova anyway and don't really care where he goes.
it averages to 1m with exact figures of 3.5m, 750k and 550k*5
salaries being handed out could only be interpreted as "ridiculous" if you hate free markets O: star players create fans; fans create revenue. if players didn't deserve what they're being paid, owners wouldn't sign off on paying them that much... it's really that simple...
everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)
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