Around the NHL: Part XVI - Born on the First of July

[eco's bones]

professional athletes can lose all their money much faster than an average person and have much shorter career windows. the jack johnson story should be a screeching reminder. he might be in the top earners but he is signficantly less protected than those that he's in company with and from a young age has had to surround himself with the right people to make sure he can sustain himself for the rest of his career.



man you took this quote way too literally.

it's a critique of how harsh we're critiquing someone for............admitting they had a bad season and saying they ****ed up. some posters would love nothing more than for him to say "i'm an abject disappointment and deserve nothing but the worst. I ****ing suck".

Well you write something--did you mean for us to not take it seriously and read it un-literally?

As far as Johnson goes he's kind of an exceptional case (and his goofball parents have a lot to do with his problems) and I hardly think Shatty's run through all his cash. What I would suspect is he has his agent and financial advisers and quite likely has seeded some of his earnings into other investments and has made even more. That I would think is more the general trend with most athletes these days--apart maybe from boxers who have been notoriously screwed throughout history. But again as we know Kevin is getting millions more from the Rangers in the next four years + Tampa's paying him now too.

Look---I made less than $2 mil between the mid 70's and early 2013 when I retired. I know exactly how much because I applied for Social Security and they send you a form detailing your earnings from year to year and all you have to do is add it all up. I'm doing very much okay (or better than most people I know) with pensions and everything else even if my earnings don't even approach what Kevin's made by age 30. In that regard he is a f***ing lucky guy. I've lost jobs along the way and I know plenty of people who have lost everything from losing their jobs. What age it happens for instance can really f*** someone over. He's not a Ranger anymore sure--but he's still living the life of a very successful pro athlete. He should be just fine financially when his hockey career is over.

 

[TheTakedown]

Athletic article from Russo about the Fenton era: The downfall of Paul Fenton: Inside the GM's turbulent 14...

Very very eye opening look at an idiot who could surpass Chiarelli.

And I bet there are more GMs like this than we think that are currently employed.

The Nino/Rask section was absolutely brutal.

Literally did 0 scouting on Rask before making the trade. None. Zilch. Fenton didn't even ask Eric Staal who played with Rask a single thing about him.

Carolina now has a guy who went 13-16-30 in 36 games with them and Minnesota has a guy who the Hurricanes were going to buy out at the end of the year.

Absolutely insane read. Jaw was dropped at the Nino Trade section. This guy got the power he was waiting for and then abused the shit out of it.

Nobody should ever, and I mean EVER, complain about Gorton

 

[NYR94]

The Fenton situation is Minnesota was a mess, but what exactly is Dundon waiting for regarding Waddell in Carolina? Waddell interviewed for the Wild GM position today, yet also made a (minor) trade for Carolina even though he doesn't even have a contract with them. Waddell must have impressed Leipold with the Niederreiter fleecing.

 

[Miamipuck]

Sometimes you have to wonder how a Jackass like that can accumulate the amount of money required to buy a sports franchise.

 

[Thirty One]

The Fenton situation is Minnesota was a mess, but what exactly is Dundon waiting for regarding Waddell in Carolina? Waddell interviewed for the Wild GM position today, yet also made a (minor) trade for Carolina even though he doesn't even have a contract with them. Waddell must have impressed Leipold with the Niederreiter fleecing.

I don't think he's waiting for anything, he knows that he's going to lose him if someone offers him the same job at the going rate that he's unwilling to pay.

 

[Leetch3]

 

[leetch99]

I am not sure if I already posted this a couple of weeks ago or not . I was recently in a golf tournament on PEI and I played with a Junior coach who told me that Dion Phaneuf had paid for every road meal the local junior club had in the last playoffs which was a couple of rounds I think . I thought that was pretty good of him and a lot don't like him for whatever reason but sometimes these guys don't get enough praise for their good deeds . Dion has relatives that play on the team and his grandparents were/are from PEI and his summer home as well. Hockey players as a rule have big hearts and most don't forget where they come from .

 

[frozenrubber]

That's pretty poor form of the Rangers. I wholly support declining teams the ability to interview in-season, in preparation of the draft, or for a lateral position. But a team shouldn't deny an employee an opportunity for a promotion, especially when there looks to be no opening for the Rangers GM in the short-term.

 

[Leetch3]

That's pretty poor form of the Rangers. I wholly support declining teams the ability to interview in-season, in preparation of the draft, or for a lateral position. But a team shouldn't deny an employee an opportunity for a promotion, especially when there looks to be no opening for the Rangers GM in the short-term.

based on the fact that we are the rangers, I feel pretty confident guaranteeing that the rangers didn't refuse to let him interview just cause they felt like being dicks. they are holding onto him because they have big long term plans for him within the organization. and I also think its pretty safe to assume that the rangers are taking care of drury and he's gonna be just fine.

 

[eco's bones]

That's pretty poor form of the Rangers. I wholly support declining teams the ability to interview in-season, in preparation of the draft, or for a lateral position. But a team shouldn't deny an employee an opportunity for a promotion, especially when there looks to be no opening for the Rangers GM in the short-term.

Keep in mind though the the timing is probably not great for the Rangers to be looking for a replacement for Drury one month before Traverse and right before training camp begins. He is our guy running the Hartford franchise. We are trying to upgrade our AHL team. Minnesota firing their GM after one year and halfway through summer is kind of odd and kind of f***ed up and tells me that someone important in their organization doesn't know what the f*** he's doing and maybe it's the very same guy who wanted to talk to Drury.

 

[RangerBoy]

Mike Russo was a guest on Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) | Twitter yesterday



Russo said Drury isn't a candidate for the Wild job. The Wild are talking to many people to gather information. Why would Drury waste his time interviewing for the job when he isn't a serious candidate for the position?

Listen to the Sidney Crosby interview. So funny. Ryan Whitney was teammates with Crosby in Pittsburgh. So many great stories. Russo is first and Crosby comes on after Russo.

 

[Gardner McKay]

Sometimes you have to wonder how a Jackass like that can accumulate the amount of money required to buy a sports franchise.

Who? Tom Dundon?

That's pretty poor form of the Rangers. I wholly support declining teams the ability to interview in-season, in preparation of the draft, or for a lateral position. But a team shouldn't deny an employee an opportunity for a promotion, especially when there looks to be no opening for the Rangers GM in the short-term.

There is also the optics of it. Maybe Drury requested that the Rangers deny? I mean if Drury had no desire to be the GM of Minnesota but one day does want to be a GM elsewhere, it actually helps him more if he asks the Rangers to refuse permission vs. him flat out saying no.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The "it's all about the hockey" commercial on the NHL Network is embarrassing. Not only is the commercial bad, hockey players have an embarrassing lack of personality. They seem to have traded in their talent for being normal people.

 

[Miamipuck]

Who? Tom Dundon?


There is also the optics of it. Maybe Drury requested that the Rangers deny? I mean if Drury had no desire to be the GM of Minnesota but one day does want to be a GM elsewhere, it actually helps him more if he asks the Rangers to refuse permission vs. him flat out saying no.

Yes

I listened to Russos podcast about Fenton, which was interesting in regards to how bad a GM he actually was. Obviously it morphed into a larger discussion on who is next for the Wild. The Waddell situation was also brought up and made Dundon sound not only cheap but Pejorative Slured.

The Minnesota job wasn't serious for Drury and I can't blame the Rangers to tell them no thanks.

 

[FultonReed]

when you see it... (click the photo)

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

That's amazing

 

[aufheben]

when you see it... (click the photo)

LMFAO

 

[leetch99]

Little bit of language in this one ....golfers will like it . Opps...must have lost the link...anyways...can be Googled ...BizNasty , Whitney, McKinnon and Crosby playing some golf . I gotta run...will look later for the link. If not allowed...Sorry ...delete it .

 

[will1066]

Could've been worse. Could've been a non-hockey NY team.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Check out @NYRangers’s Tweet:

 

[Miamipuck]

That is fantastic.

 

[Bob Richards]

Hahahahahahahaha. That’s amazing.

 

[bobbop]

Mike Russo was a guest on Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) | Twitter yesterday



Russo said Drury isn't a candidate for the Wild job. The Wild are talking to many people to gather information. Why would Drury waste his time interviewing for the job when he isn't a serious candidate for the position?

Listen to the Sidney Crosby interview. So funny. Ryan Whitney was teammates with Crosby in Pittsburgh. So many great stories. Russo is first and Crosby comes on after Russo.

Interviews for open jobs are often great cover to find out what the competition is thinking. When I was at Pizza Hut we did that with great success. Candidates love to talk. We even found an occasional gem that way.

 

[aufheben]

That trophy engraver definitely did not know New York had two professional hockey teams lirl.

 

[Irishguy42]

That trophy engraver definitely did not know New York had two professional hockey teams lirl.

Yeah. Sabres and Rangers.