Rumor: Reilly Smith - 8 teams on no-trade list, including all Canadian teams

[Galaxydoggystyle]

I wish in the next CBA that the owners demand there be a limit on how many NMC and no team trade lists a team can have.

 

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If you think that current day Reilly Smith is needed to finally win a Cup, then I think I’ve located the problem of the great Canadian Cup drought.

Nope, not saying he is. Just putting things into perspective.

 

[Thechozen1]

Some American team will be getting a gem!

Back to Florida I’m guessing.

 

[PAZ]

I wish in the next CBA that the owners demand there be a limit on how many NMC and no team trade lists a team can have.

Owners can already limit how many NMC/NTC a team has.

Plus why would they care? It's a negotiation tool that saves them money (in theory).

 

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You know, we all talk about taxes in Canada being a negative, but if we’re playing that card, should we not consider that if you are paid in USD while living in Canada your spending power is up like 43% due to the exchange rate? I’ll tell ya, I’ve been to the USD a lot, and things don’t cost 43% more here, so there’s definitely a benefit there.

I remember Allan Walsh said something like this on Spittin' Cliclets back in 2020. And how if you keave Canada for at least two years after retirement you get all those extra taxes back.

I was shocked so many other experts didn't know this and boldly thought that it would be a game changer for free agency in Canada.

Instead, it fell of deaf ears.

 

[krutovsdonut]

News flash, that is majority of the league and 99% of non-Canadian players. Economics, politics, how they handled the lockdowns, losing teams, tax exempt states, weather, soooo many reasons to choose literally anywhere else.

lyou have it backwards. it's actually canadians who don't want to play in canada.

for example, there are only two canadians on the canucks roster. everyone else is a foreigner. there are way more americans or swedes on that roster than canadians. of the players who signed as ufa and choose their destinations, most are not from canada.

otoh, there are 12 canadians on the knights roster, and you guys have only 2 americans (canucks have 9.) you guys actually have more russians than americans. well done.

i guess by your logic americans don't want to play in the us in spite of all the supposed benefits.

 

[KevinRedkey]

Housing price difference is enough that all the other savings don’t make up for it. A million in Texas gets you two McMansions, in Canada it’s 6 months rent in the basement of a crackhouse (with roommates)

You know there's cities in Canada outside the GTA, right?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Don't get the hate at all. He's not a great player, but has been one of the only guys on our team that brings the same effort level every game. He's basically a solid middle six winger on a contender. Perfectly reasonable and acceptable hockey player that could only help any team.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

You know there's cities in Canada outside the GTA, right?

Likewise, does this person think buying a house in New York, Chicago, or Boston (All cold, hockey crazed cities) is cheap?

 

[OmniSens]

Even Canadians don't want to play here

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Fellas....you're over thinking this....he's married. B###ches be crazy.

 

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Likewise, does this person think buying a house in New York, Chicago, or Boston (All cold, hockey crazed cities) is cheap?

This is a similar response I have when people list "nightlife" as a readon why players don't want to play in Canada.

Sure, NYC, LA, Vegas and Miami have better nightlife than anywhere in Canada.

But....Buffalo, Columbus, SLC, and Seattle?

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

That 8th team has to be the Sharks lol

Buffalo

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

This is a similar response I have when people list "nightlife" as a readon why players don't want to play in Canada.

Sure, NYC, LA, Vegas and Miami have better nightlife than anywhere in Canada.

But....Buffalo, Columbus, SLC, and Seattle?

Plus a lot of players don't want nightlifes either, especially Nordic players who are far more introverted. PS: Seattle looks like a lovely city to be.

 

[RogerRogerr]

I remember Allan Walsh said something like this on Spittin' Cliclets back in 2020. And how if you keave Canada for at least two years after retirement you get all those extra taxes back.

I was shocked so many other experts didn't know this and boldly thought that it would be a game changer for free agency in Canada.

Instead, it fell of deaf ears.

Agents and players know, fans probably don't and blaming taxes is much more cathartic than digging through other reasons.

 

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Plus a lot of players don't want nightlifes either, especially Nordic players who are far more introverted. PS: Seattle looks like a lovely city to be.

Seattle is great, it's much like Vancouver. But just like Vancouver, it's nightlife is decent at best IMO.

 

[SmytheKing]

Dry heat vs Humid isn't really comparable though same with dry bs damp cold.

Also the hottest days in Vegas/Texas would be the offseason where I would be home in Northern Ontario anyways hence the 2nd home near family.

Odds are id have not too much time over 110 given the summer months are offseason

I've been in Vegas when it's been 120 outside and it's unbearable. Dry or otherwise. Everything is dangerously hot to the touch.

I'm not speaking about you specifically though. I'm saying athletes and their families. While some would go live somewhere else during the summer months, many will be staying there where their wives and kids friends are.

Also, even though it's warmer, 0/31 degrees is still damn cold which is where your wife and kid would be going to school and work in for 3-4 months of the year too.

I'm just saying I would much prefer to have more temperate weather even if it means I'm losing 5% or so to taxes. Making 5 million instead of 5.5 million isn't going to matter to me.