Micklebot
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Yep, that's why I'm not particularly interested, but some suggest Winterpeg dicked around their prospects in the past, I'm not familiar enough to know if that's a valid criticism or not,
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Its common for players to come out of college and to burn a year off their ELC. Players these days look at every chance to get paid quicker. Sounds like he was not happy about that
frightenedinmatenum2
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I don't know if it is entitlement as much as it is leverage.
In a perfect world, you want all your players to embrace the challenge of living in a $500 a month hotel with Scott Sabourin before they make it up to the big leagues, but 99 percent of NHLers are pampered upper class athletes who have had life on easy street. So I'm not going to judge a College free agent who recognizes that they have the leverage to call their shot anymore than your average player.
Yeah this is expected. Imagine if we told Sanderson lol no at burning his ELC. Philadelphia would still have Cutter Gauthier if they signed him and let him burn the year.
I'm sure there are a few cases where players were told no and stayed, but it seems uncommon. I remember with Colin White, they insisted that he sign an ATO with Belleville. Strangely, the ATO didn't even come with a post-dated ELC. He signed his post-dated ELC after a few games. It was incredibly strange how it played out.
Sometimes players sign ATOs when their ELC is still in a position to slide, because it gets them into important pro games, but if I recall Colin White's was not going to slide.
In a perfect world, you want all your players to embrace the challenge of living in a $500 a month hotel with Scott Sabourin before they make it up to the big leagues, but 99 percent of NHLers are pampered upper class athletes who have had life on easy street. So I'm not going to judge a College free agent who recognizes that they have the leverage to call their shot anymore than your average player.
Yeah this is expected. Imagine if we told Sanderson lol no at burning his ELC. Philadelphia would still have Cutter Gauthier if they signed him and let him burn the year.
I'm sure there are a few cases where players were told no and stayed, but it seems uncommon. I remember with Colin White, they insisted that he sign an ATO with Belleville. Strangely, the ATO didn't even come with a post-dated ELC. He signed his post-dated ELC after a few games. It was incredibly strange how it played out.
Sometimes players sign ATOs when their ELC is still in a position to slide, because it gets them into important pro games, but if I recall Colin White's was not going to slide.
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It’s been reported he doesn’t want Winnipeg because they didn’t guarantee him an NHL spot off the bat. Not because of the market.
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BonHoonLayneCornell
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I'm all for making a deal, but not Greig. He's the dog on the team.
For McGroarry? The jets don’t even know who those players are lol
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That's fine, I have no idea who McGroarry is...so we're even
frightenedinmatenum2
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It took me a while to believe that Rutger McGroarty wasn't a fake EASHL drop in player name.
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Best thing for Ottawa / Edmonton / Calgary / Buffalo and Winnipeg can do is trade their assholes prospects to each other so these American prospects who aren’t signing with their teams learn to respect the small markets
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haha I was reacting to someone eles post on sending ostapchuk as part of some deal. I hope they don't move him.
BonHoonLayneCornell
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If our scouting was half ass over the last 3 f***ing years we could package some prospects for McGroarty
Ostapchuk is probably in the same boat. Every team has an ostapchuk
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I don’t see a reason to deal Greig for Rutger. Is it just for the sake of making a trade here?
You've never heard of Rutger McGroarty, Labrador Detective? He was a cartoon dog who solved crimes, was really big in the 90s, I'd watch the show every saturday morning.
No idea if he's any good at hockey though.
While Rutger McGroarty is a very enticing prospect and potentially a good fit, Grieg is already a proven NHLer with much upside to still progress towards along with his current intangibles.
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I would do it based on the division alone. Even if we improve the may not come close to the top 4 in the division
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I don’t think those players would generate a lot of interest from the Jets & the returns from players of this ilk in a trade (if it were a stand alone trade for those players) would be meager.
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