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Blackstrom2
Washington Capitals
Location: richmond, VA
Joined: 10.11.2010

Jun 6 @ 10:10 AM ET
No respect for players who buy Stanley Cups. Imagine if Mario said I’ll go play here a year so I can get a cup. It’s a bad look.
- Grinder47



Mario, the guy who won 2 cups already?

You can have an opinion, but it's wrong here. Bourque re-signed as a free agent after being traded, and was a major contributor to the Avs in his final year.

But I love the disconnect in logic here. If players aren't dedicated to winning the Cup and only sign for money, they are demonized for not caring. Apparently if a player only cares about winning a Cup, they are demonized for buying a Cup.
RoloTahmasee
Joined: 07.24.2009

Jun 6 @ 10:16 AM ET
Mario, the guy who won 2 cups already?

You can have an opinion, but it's wrong here. Bourque re-signed as a free agent after being traded, and was a major contributor to the Avs in his final year.

But I love the disconnect in logic here. If players aren't dedicated to winning the Cup and only sign for money, they are demonized for not caring. Apparently if a player only cares about winning a Cup, they are demonized for buying a Cup.

- Blackstrom2


Jumping onto a front runner will always net you an asterisk....


j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Jun 6 @ 10:29 AM ET
Jumping onto a front runner will always net you an asterisk....
- RoloTahmasee


Asterisk? Where? Must be next to his name at his HOF stall in Toronto.
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Jun 6 @ 10:30 AM ET
Asterisk? Where? Must be next to his name at his HOF stall in Toronto.
- j.boyd919


Nah, not even there.
Rinosaur
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Somewhere, NJ
Joined: 01.21.2016

Jun 6 @ 10:32 AM ET
This board is having one rough off-season.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Jun 6 @ 10:52 AM ET
Jumping onto a front runner will always net you an asterisk....
- RoloTahmasee


He didn't jump on a front runner, he was traded to them and later resigned with them.
Guile
Joined: 03.04.2014

Jun 6 @ 11:03 AM ET
This board is having one rough off-season.
- Rinosaur



I'm quite content. I got my own administrative assistant at work recently.

They do absolutely nothing useful, but the ego boost is solid.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Jun 6 @ 11:27 AM ET
I'm quite content. I got my own administrative assistant at work recently.

They do absolutely nothing useful, but the ego boost is solid.

- Guile


Do you dictate to them what to post on HockeyBuzz?
Guile
Joined: 03.04.2014

Jun 6 @ 11:32 AM ET
Do you dictate to them what to post on HockeyBuzz?
- jmatchett383



I'd be posting far more often if I did that.
YouMeAndDupuis9
Pittsburgh Penguins
Joined: 06.09.2014

Jun 6 @ 12:02 PM ET
So I guess we're gonna offer sheet Travis Konecny?
Rinosaur
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Somewhere, NJ
Joined: 01.21.2016

Jun 6 @ 12:10 PM ET
So I guess we're gonna offer sheet Travis Konecny?
- YouMeAndDupuis9


Source?
sammy87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: CO
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 6 @ 1:11 PM ET
Mario, the guy who won 2 cups already?

You can have an opinion, but it's wrong here. Bourque re-signed as a free agent after being traded, and was a major contributor to the Avs in his final year.

But I love the disconnect in logic here. If players aren't dedicated to winning the Cup and only sign for money, they are demonized for not caring. Apparently if a player only cares about winning a Cup, they are demonized for buying a Cup.

- Blackstrom2


Players should be concerned about 1 thing....$$$$$. They didnt get to this level just by coasting. THey have a stupid amount of talent and lucky to be born with it. Do your best to try and control your own destiny and make as much as you can along hte way. Nobody cares about your career other than you. So who cares if a player asks to get traded or pulls a Hossa....really dumb argument for a player to only be loyal to a certain team or that a team owes a player something to keep them around til they fall apart.
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Jun 6 @ 1:22 PM ET
Players should be concerned about 1 thing....$$$$$. They didnt get to this level just by coasting. THey have a stupid amount of talent and lucky to be born with it. Do your best to try and control your own destiny and make as much as you can along hte way. Nobody cares about your career other than you. So who cares if a player asks to get traded or pulls a Hossa....really dumb argument for a player to only be loyal to a certain team or that a team owes a player something to keep them around til they fall apart.
- sammy87


Nah.
eskimomike
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Woodland, CA
Joined: 08.10.2010

Jun 6 @ 1:30 PM ET
Try it on NHL 19 and see if it goes through
WSCTeton17
Joined: 07.29.2013

Jun 6 @ 2:01 PM ET
Players should be concerned about 1 thing....$$$$$. They didnt get to this level just by coasting. THey have a stupid amount of talent and lucky to be born with it. Do your best to try and control your own destiny and make as much as you can along hte way. Nobody cares about your career other than you. So who cares if a player asks to get traded or pulls a Hossa....really dumb argument for a player to only be loyal to a certain team or that a team owes a player something to keep them around til they fall apart.
- sammy87

Well that’s your opinion. Why is Karlsson hoping for offers from Montreal and Ottawa? It’s not all about money. These guys want to play with their buddies and their wives want to be by their families

Fun fact (something you guys might not know): the players have a portion of their contracts sit in escrow and it goes back to the owners based off revenue or something like that. Was just discussing it with players last week. So they pay taxes, escrow, agent fees, and then they get a take home pay
sammy87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: CO
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 6 @ 2:11 PM ET
Well that’s your opinion. Why is Karlsson hoping for offers from Montreal and Ottawa? It’s not all about money. These guys want to play with their buddies and their wives want to be by their families

Fun fact (something you guys might not know): the players have a portion of their contracts sit in escrow and it goes back to the owners based off revenue or something like that. Was just discussing it with players last week. So they pay taxes, escrow, agent fees, and then they get a take home pay

- WSCTeton17


How do you know hes hoping for offers from there?

Look at McCutchen from hte Pirates. He took a discount to stay with the Pirates. what did it get him? Years on a lousy team and then traded.

From hte other side. Nobody does it better than the Pats. They will use you for waht they can, make you buy into their system and get rid of you. If they cared about the long term, they would have kept Jimmy around, but every year they re-tool and pick players that fit their system. Gotta love/hate the pats.

I get it with teh family part, signing in EDM or Peg would be difficult from a family perspective or young single dude perspective. I wouldnt want to do it. If it were me FLA, Nash for the taxes. Avs would be up there. Chicago or SOCAL if I were younger and single.
WSCTeton17
Joined: 07.29.2013

Jun 6 @ 2:16 PM ET
How do you know hes hoping for offers from there?

Look at McCutchen from hte Pirates. He took a discount to stay with the Pirates. what did it get him? Years on a lousy team and then traded.

From hte other side. Nobody does it better than the Pats. They will use you for waht they can, make you buy into their system and get rid of you. If they cared about the long term, they would have kept Jimmy around, but every year they re-tool and pick players that fit their system. Gotta love/hate the pats.

I get it with teh family part, signing in EDM or Peg would be difficult from a family perspective or young single dude perspective. I wouldnt want to do it. If it were me FLA, Nash for the taxes. Avs would be up there. Chicago or SOCAL if I were younger and single.

- sammy87

It’s all over Sportsnet with the articles, video reports, and radio reports. He’s hoping for offers from Montreal and Ottawa because his wife misses her family
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Jun 6 @ 2:23 PM ET
It’s all over Sportsnet with the articles, video reports, and radio reports. He’s hoping for offers from Montreal and Ottawa because his wife misses her family
- WSCTeton17


Yeah I've been reading about it. The Habs are an interesting team with some pretty solid young players. They put together some good streaks of solid play last year and only missed playoffs by 2 points. Adding someone like EK would make them much better.
sammy87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: CO
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 6 @ 2:25 PM ET
It’s all over Sportsnet with the articles, video reports, and radio reports. He’s hoping for offers from Montreal and Ottawa because his wife misses her family
- WSCTeton17


I dont remember...was he traded or a FA? MTL would be cool...especially if you dont speak French...wont be able to tell if the media hate you or not.
WSCTeton17
Joined: 07.29.2013

Jun 6 @ 2:42 PM ET
Yeah I've been reading about it. The Habs are an interesting team with some pretty solid young players. They put together some good streaks of solid play last year and only missed playoffs by 2 points. Adding someone like EK would make them much better.
- MattStrat

There’s a big mix on MTL adding EK. On one hand that’s a lot of money tied up in EK, Weber, and Price plus they already have Petry. On the other hand, it’s EK65 and Petry will be 32 next year. IMO they should absolutely sign EK and trade Petry, for which there would be some demand. The bigger need is obviously Duchene but also Gardiner makes a lot of sense... it’s going to be a heck of an offseason
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Jun 6 @ 2:43 PM ET
There’s a big mix on MTL adding EK. On one hand that’s a lot of money tied up in EK, Weber, and Price plus they already have Petry. On the other hand, it’s EK65 and Petry will be 32 next year. IMO they should absolutely sign EK and trade Petry, for which there would be some demand. The bigger need is obviously Duchene but also Gardiner makes a lot of sense... it’s going to be a heck of an offseason
- WSCTeton17



Yeah its gonna be a busy Canada Day (free agent frenzy).
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Jun 6 @ 2:47 PM ET
I dont remember...was he traded or a FA? MTL would be cool...especially if you dont speak French...wont be able to tell if the media hate you or not.
- sammy87


Montreal is the coolest. I suck at French but its my favorite city Ive ever been....Ive visited there 8 or 9 times, 5 of which to watch the Pens in the Bell Centre.

Pretty much everyone in Mtl is bi-lingual and they have a knack for knowing if you're all English haha.

Highly recommend Montreal to anyone that hasn't been there but especially single men or groups of them. What a time to be had.
sammy87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: CO
Joined: 05.05.2011

Jun 6 @ 2:57 PM ET
Montreal is the coolest. I suck at French but its my favorite city Ive ever been....Ive visited there 8 or 9 times, 5 of which to watch the Pens in the Bell Centre.

Pretty much everyone in Mtl is bi-lingual and they have a knack for knowing if you're all English haha.

Highly recommend Montreal to anyone that hasn't been there but especially single men or groups of them. What a time to be had.

- MattStrat


Yeah I hear good things. Quebec and VAN are on my list as well. TOR was kinda meh...just a big city.

We had a family friend that lived down teh street growing up that was a Steeler assistant. They got so much hate mail and the radio/news would talk to much poop....you felt bad. THis was a long time ago.
Tojo.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Aliquippa, PA
Joined: 11.11.2014

Jun 6 @ 3:02 PM ET
There’s a big mix on MTL adding EK. On one hand that’s a lot of money tied up in EK, Weber, and Price plus they already have Petry. On the other hand, it’s EK65 and Petry will be 32 next year. IMO they should absolutely sign EK and trade Petry, for which there would be some demand. The bigger need is obviously Duchene but also Gardiner makes a lot of sense... it’s going to be a heck of an offseason
- WSCTeton17

It would be pretty hard to pass up Karlsson if you're Montreal and all of a sudden he wants to go there. I worry those injury issues will linger for him, but he's such an amazing talent.
Grinder47
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Somerset, PA
Joined: 10.20.2013

Jun 6 @ 3:26 PM ET
He didn't jump on a front runner, he was traded to them and later resigned with them.
- jmatchett383

Uh huh. Bourque has I say. It’s just a bad look. Should have retired with dignity.
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