GDT: SKA versus Avtomobilist - October 12th, 10:00 EST

[Hanji]

Nah you're out to lunch.

He's giving it away by blaming US agents and Journalists.

But sure, bring up some middling nobodies that also didn't get ice time in their D+1 to make your point.

Is Buchelnikov a middling nobody? He signed a 3 year deal with SKA and also received little to no ice time. There was no way on gods green earth he wasn't good enough to play on SKA.

 

[Hacketts]

crazy fool

 

[The Last Red]

I know, Russian disinformation . . . shocking.

10M is pocket change for Molson, he should already be on it. Getting his future superstar far away from the power-tripping clown coach should be his priority right now.

Geoff is notoriously frugal.

 

[Zine]

As if we needed more proof SKA treats all juniors like scrubs.
Canadiens supporters who believe SKA is punishing or holding Demidov hostage need to remove the tinfoil hat. Rotenberg just lives in a warped self centered and self rigghteous bubble.

Russian media is starting to question Rotenberg about his blanket misuse of young players, as they should.

It's NHL fans/media who focus solely on their own individual prospects and, of course, sprinkle it with conspiracy theories and negative stereotypes because Russia is the ready-make bad guy.

In truth Roma Rotenberg is a horrible mixture of arrogance and incompetence. Nothing more or less.

 

[Gravity]

This not only makes me further question Rotenburg's knowledge of hockey but football as well.

 

[Zine]

Holy shit what an absolute imbecile.

He figured us out guys, we're all being paid off by US agents.

To be fair, Rotenberg is talking about NHL player agents located in the US attempting to influence hockey media. Not US political/government agents.

Not that it makes it any less absurd.

 

[Next Best Thing]

He's got nightmares abous about NA shadow agents in his sleep, asking him logical questions.

The psychose is real.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Do we believe Flyers paid SKA a bonus to get Michkov out of his contract? I presume that is against the rules and asswipe Gary should be penalizing them. Of course that would mean Ottawa losing another 1st.

There is no transfer agreement between the KHL and the NHL due to Russia's aggression towards Ukraine. Bettman has nothing to do with this at all.

When there was an agreement the player could buy out his own contract but could not use funds from the team that he was transferring to. Rotenberg's heavy handed behaviour is very common in Russian bureaucracies and this was to be expected.

I guarantee that this is as much or more about Rotenberg's ego vs western media and western social media narratives than it is about Demidov himself.

 

[Zine]

There is no transfer agreement between the KHL and the NHL due to Russia's aggression towards Ukraine. Bettman has nothing to do with this at all.

When there was an agreement the player could buy out his own contract but could not use funds from the team that he was transferring to. Rotenberg's heavy handed behaviour is very common in Russian bureaucracies and this was to be expected.

I guarantee that this is as much or more about Rotenberg's ego vs western media and western social media narratives than it is about Demidov himself.

The NHL and KHL never had a proper transfer agreement. It was merely a MOU agreeing to not poach players.
The NHL later suspended their end of it but Bettman told the KHL they’d still abide by the spirit of the agreement.

The NHL’s prohibition on reimbursing, or fronting money to KHL clubs is an internal NHL matter - and still in effect AFAIK.
It’s why the Flyers had to go ‘under the table’ to front Michkov money so he could afford his buy-out fee.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Thanks for posting the presser info. I got Michel Therrien vibes when reading that.

He was only missing "that's second guessing!"

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Molson will never pay that. He loves money. He tarnishes a sacred, legendary jersey with pathetic advertisements for a few extra bucks.

Geoff has been in 'cater/please-Gary-mode" for 15 years, chumming-up, trying to get a bigger seat at the table