Confirmed Signing with Link: Chris Tierney signs with KHL HC Dinamo Minsk

[MMC]

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[TheBeard]

I'm a little surprised he couldn't find work in the NHL.

 

[Jacob]

A young man’s strange erotic journey from Montreal to Minsk.

 

[T_Cage]

A young man’s strange erotic journey from Montreal to Minsk.

Dang, you beat me to the joke well played

 

[Jared Dunn]

Still truly flabbergasted that this man nearly scored 50 points one season. Literally didn't do one impressive thing in Montreal

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I'm a little surprised he couldn't find work in the NHL.

After seeing him in Montreal I'm surprised the KHL even wanted him

 

[armani]

I'm a little surprised he couldn't find work in the NHL.

Tierney was a NHLer because he played for the Ottawa Senators. Melnyk dressed pigs in lipsticks and Pierre Dorion called it a team.

Best of luck to him in the KHL, he was one of the most vanilla players to have played through the Ottawa system.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Tierney was a NHLer because he played for the Ottawa Senators. Melnyk dressed pigs in lipsticks and Pierre Dorion called it a team.

Best of luck to him in the KHL, he was one of the most vanilla players to have played through the Ottawa system.

To be fair, he was a productive pro before coming to the Senators. He was PPG in the AHL as a 20 year old and ended up on San Jose right away, then he was eventually a top 5 scorer on San Jose.

Getting traded to Ottawa was probably the worst thing to happen to him, because they were never going to give him term after his bridge deal was up.

Both Tierney and Brown had really bad luck with both being on Ottawa when they were ready for their big payday, and with their payday coming in 2020 when COVID restricted the cap. Ottawa wasn't giving anybody term except for the top young stars (Chabot, White, Tkachuk, etc).

Had both of them been on a different team, there is a chance that they would have signed a longer term deal a year early before COVID hit, because they were still seen as productive players relative to their role.

He probably would have been bought out a few years down the line, but still - going to Ottawa probably cost him millions of dollars.

 

[Sting]

To be fair, he was a productive pro before coming to the Senators. He was PPG in the AHL as a 20 year old and ended up on San Jose right away, then he was eventually a top 5 scorer on San Jose.

Getting traded to Ottawa was probably the worst thing to happen to him, because they were never going to give him term after his bridge deal was up.

Both Tierney and Brown had really bad luck with both being on Ottawa when they were ready for their big payday, and with their payday coming in 2020 when COVID restricted the cap. Ottawa wasn't giving anybody term except for the top young stars (Chabot, White, Tkachuk, etc).

Had both of them been on a different team, there is a chance that they would have signed a longer term deal a year early before COVID hit, because they were still seen as productive players relative to their role.

He probably would have been bought out a few years down the line, but still - going to Ottawa probably cost him millions of dollars.

Ehh I think his disinterest in playing the game a certain way would have caught up to him regardless of where he went. You could argue Tierney was placed in a favorable position initially because he was given a top 6 spot that he assuredly did not deserve.

He wasn't good. Nobody ruined his development. He was fortunate to have made as much money as he did, in my opinion.

 

[TheBeard]

After seeing him in Montreal I'm surprised the KHL even wanted him

Was he really that bad there??

 

[matt trick]

A young man’s strange erotic journey from Montreal to Minsk.

Glad someone delivered this joke!

 

[NyQuil]

He was literally invisible to the point of bending light around him.

I recall a game sheet where he didn’t have one play of any kind that was statistically tracked.

It was like he was never there.

 

[GCK]

Seriously he is a useless player

 

[Alaskanice]

I remember when my Sharks drafted him in the second round. I hadn’t heard of him at that time. He turned into a very serviceable player for us. Being traded to Ottawa seemed to crush his progress.

 

[JoeThorntonsRooster]

Still truly flabbergasted that this man nearly scored 50 points one season. Literally didn't do one impressive thing in Montreal

There was nothing impressive about his near 50 point season either; his primary scoring rates and underlying numbers were mediocre at best. He just played the most minutes of any Senators forward, got opportunities with decent linemates, and racked up a bunch of secondary assists.

 

[banks]

Low event player. He was a good guy to have stashed in the AHL in case the team got hit with the injury bug and lost like 4 players at the same time. He could dress for an NHL game and not hurt you in almost any spot.

The drawback is that he didn't help the team in any way either. Having him on the ice was like removing time from the game clock, because nothing happened for a shift. Riley Nash was the same way. There's times when that's what you need from someone just filling a sweater.

I'll be curious if his scoring returns in the KHL.

 

[Treb]

I remember when my Sharks drafted him in the second round. I hadn’t heard of him at that time. He turned into a very serviceable player for us. Being traded to Ottawa seemed to crush his progress.

I think it's the classic case of a guy that will produce if given top6 minutes, but who won't be good enough to get them on a good healthy team and isn't anything special in the bottom 6.

 

[dumbdick]

He was the pre-stutzle jewel for the sens in the karl trade. He could obviously never live up to that. Got a hard ride here.

I liked him okay as a 3C. Quietly effective some times, but never much of a gamer.

 

[hohosaregood]

I liked him when he first entered the league but in hindsight, he was just too much of a passive and reactive player to really thrive in the NHL.