This was the absolute failed strategy by Montgomery last year. He rode Ullmark like a rented mule. Ullmark was not right. He had a healthy Sway on the bench. Stick with the rotation! Keep the goalies fresh. They are not used to playing each and every game.
I love reading the spitballing on Crosby. Like the Bruins could have fit his contract under the cap?
Why leave Pittsburgh? Because they aren’t a playoff team and in need of rebuild. So why go to the Habs? IF* he were to leave, I’d assume it’d be to a team he’s confident can compete for a Cup. Boston Florida Tampa Toronto Vegas Carolina Winnipeg Edmonton NYR Colorado etc.
Marchand is his other homie. The three of them keep their own little practice squad.
If I am the Penguins, he's not going to an Eastern Conference rival.
Are you willing to bet $59.5 million that they can? Because that's what left on his contract after this season. I would rather pay Lindholm who doesn't mail it in half the time.
Sounds like a “sucks for you” kinda thing that he didn’t have to deal with. Nobody is saying it’s some personal tragedy, they’re saying it sucks and we get why he doesn’t want to do that and understand why that may be a reason a pro athlete declines a trade
Again, it’s the concept, the principle, that, for hockey players, getting traded at the TDL and being away from their families is part of the business, and so not a huge personal tragedy. Again, in *principle*. I have zero issues, zero, with Ullmark listing teams at the the other side of the country, or in another country, on his no-trade list. He got a no-trade clause and deserved it and had every right to invoke it and good for him that he did. My problem is not with this instance (Ullmark’s) of the principle but with the concept of the principle itself, namely, that being traded at the TDL, or anytime for that matter, is inflicting some sort of personal emotional injury on professional hockey players. It’s part of the business and part of being a professional hockey player. How many times do I have to spell out the same thing in the same terms before people stop bringing up a particular instance of the principle?
I think you’re arguing against an argument nobody was making. Nobody is claiming it’s some terrible “personal tragedy”. They’re just saying it would suck and get why that would influence a players decision to not want to accept a trade. We all understand it’s a business. There’s a reason why multiple people are like “wtf is this guy even arguing?” lmao
The real problem was when they were locked in the bubble for months at a time during COVID. Also, some players have been known to leave their families in their hometown for the entire season. Of course, they visit during the season, but many players do this, although I don't think that it's done as much as it used to be done, but I don't have any data on it.
