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Tony DeAngelo's contract with SKA St. Petersburg is terminated

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barriers said:
At least they're making it seem like an amicable split. Hope everything is all right with his family


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Rough translation
Tony Deangelo helped us a lot in this segment of the championship, spent most of the regularity with us. This is a high-class professional – he came to Russia with great interest and open heart and SKA demonstrated his level from the first matches. We went towards the player, as we understand that the – family is most important. In any situation, you need to remember loved ones, and we did not begin to obstruct Tony at the moment when he needed to be close and dear. I want to sincerely thank Tony for his joint work, it was a useful and interesting experience for everyone. Now we do not need speculation – we part as friends, and I am sure that Tony himself will also be extremely kind words to speak about the time spent in St. Petersburg. Many thanks to Tony for the honest game in our team – he always went on ice with passion and excitement, surrendered 100%. Who knows, maybe in the future he will still play for SKA, we leave this door open. Thanks, Tony. See you later!
 
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Moose Head said:
Maybe he had an out if an NHL offer came along? If that’s the case, would he have to clear waivers?
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13.23 In the event a professional or former professional Player plays in a league outside North
America after the start of the NHL Regular Season, other than on Loan from his Club, he may
thereafter play in the NHL during that Playing Season (including Playoffs) only if he has first
either cleared or been obtained via Waivers. For the balance of the Playing Season, any such
Player who has been obtained via Waivers may be Traded or Loaned only after again clearing
Waivers or through Waiver claim. This section shall not apply to a Player on the Reserve List or
Restricted Free Agent List of an NHL Club with whom the Player is signing an NHL SPC or is
party to an existing SPC with such NHL Club.
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WarriorofTime said:
Well did you expect the top scorers to be NHL 2nd liners that moonlight for a KHL team? Leivo is exactly the type of marginal NHL player that you'd expect to thrive in the KHL.
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Yup. The KHL has a few elite, but young and developing, Russian players but is mostly made up of high end AHLers and older guys who once played at a higher level in the NHL. It’s got to be something personal (imo) why TD is leaving. He’s the level of player who should dominate in that league.
 
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Fatass said:
Yup. The KHL has a few elite, but young and developing, Russian players but is mostly made up of high end AHLers and older guys who once played at a higher level in the NHL. It’s got to be something personal (imo) why TD is leaving. He’s the level of player who should dominate in that league.
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Sure, if he had a brain
 
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WarriorofTime said:
Well did you expect the top scorers to be NHL 2nd liners that moonlight for a KHL team? Leivo is exactly the type of marginal NHL player that you'd expect to thrive in the KHL.
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I guess I expected the top players to be Russian players who would be good enough to play in NHL but decided to not do so because they want to stay home, not NHL rejects.

Has the level dropped significantly? I mean, Radulov used to be the best player in KHL and when he came to NHL he was a legit 1st/2nd liner player. Kaprizov? When he entered NHL, he's one of the best players in the entire league. Panarin? Same deal.

So yeah, I'd say I'm justified in being surprised of Leivo being the star player in KHL. I was under the impression that the best players in the league would also be good players in NHL, but maybe the league's become far worse over the years.
 
ijuka said:
I guess I expected the top players to be Russian players who would be good enough to play in NHL but decided to not do so because they want to stay home, not NHL rejects.

Has the level dropped significantly? I mean, Radulov used to be the best player in KHL and when he came to NHL he was a legit 1st/2nd liner player. Kaprizov? When he entered NHL, he's one of the best players in the entire league. Panarin? Same deal.

So yeah, I'd say I'm justified in being surprised of Leivo being the star player in KHL. I was under the impression that the best players in the league would also be good players in NHL, but maybe the league's become far worse over the years.
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I’m sure NHL contracts are way more lucrative than KHL contracts
 
ijuka said:
I guess I expected the top players to be Russian players who would be good enough to play in NHL but decided to not do so because they want to stay home, not NHL rejects.

Has the level dropped significantly? I mean, Radulov used to be the best player in KHL and when he came to NHL he was a legit 1st/2nd liner player. Kaprizov? When he entered NHL, he's one of the best players in the entire league. Panarin? Same deal.

So yeah, I'd say I'm justified in being surprised of Leivo being the star player in KHL. I was under the impression that the best players in the league would also be good players in NHL, but maybe the league's become far worse over the years.
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Look at the other top players in the league around Kaprizov and Radulov and you will find it is filled with Leivo-like careers.
 
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ijuka said:
I guess I expected the top players to be Russian players who would be good enough to play in NHL but decided to not do so because they want to stay home, not NHL rejects.
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Every top Russian plays in the NHL...
ijuka said:
Has the level dropped significantly? I mean, Radulov used to be the best player in KHL and when he came to NHL he was a legit 1st/2nd liner player. Kaprizov? When he entered NHL, he's one of the best players in the entire league. Panarin? Same deal.
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Radulov circumstances were unique and in a circumstance with a different Ruble to USD ratio. Outside of the 5 or so notable names that chose to play in KHL when they could have played in NHL (i.e., Jagr, Radulov, Kovalchuk, old man Datsyuk), the level of play is not fundamentally different and perhaps a little better since Russian hockey created a dedicated junior league and an affiliation with the 2nd division for development.

There are prospects developing in KHL, same as when Panarin and Kaprizov were there. We'll see if they are able to match the impact those players had. If Alexander Nikishin is a top pair NHL Defenseman on day 1 and looks great, will you retroactively say this year's KHL must have been pretty good?
ijuka said:
So yeah, I'd say I'm justified in being surprised of Leivo being the star player in KHL. I was under the impression that the best players in the league would also be good players in NHL, but maybe the league's become far worse over the years.
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Any veteran player that can secure an NHL top six contract would certainly be in the NHL. That's pretty obvious. Not sure why you would expect there to be an entire class of players out there when literally every top Russian player plays in the NHL. I suppose you take pride in not being aware of that? idk
 
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ijuka said:
I guess I expected the top players to be Russian players who would be good enough to play in NHL but decided to not do so because they want to stay home, not NHL rejects.

Has the level dropped significantly? I mean, Radulov used to be the best player in KHL and when he came to NHL he was a legit 1st/2nd liner player. Kaprizov? When he entered NHL, he's one of the best players in the entire league. Panarin? Same deal.

So yeah, I'd say I'm justified in being surprised of Leivo being the star player in KHL. I was under the impression that the best players in the league would also be good players in NHL, but maybe the league's become far worse over the years.
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Like Japanese baseball, the absolute top stars and some of the hot younger players are absolutely able to play in the NHL, along with a few role players, but a lot of guys who just aren't quite good enough for the NHL can find a very successful role in the weaker league.

The overall quality of the KHL is probably worse, but nothing magically made the top Russian players any worse over the last few years.
 
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