have you been watching Red Dawn or Rocky IV or something lately? lol

I'm not saying the KHL isn't potentially just as bad and self serving, what I'm saying is that THIS YEAR they aren't the ones who gave up on the players, the sport and the fans, unlike the NHL.

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P=1 DPts=1.2 +/-=.32 PIM=.08 PPP=.4 SHP=.6 S=.015 Blk=.2 Hit=.08
W=2 OTL=.8 GA=-.64 SV=.08 SO=3

Pro (23 keep 17)
C- Filppula,Turris,Stastny,Backstrom
D-Boyle,MDZ,Karlsson,Robidas,Goligoski,Schenn,Seiden berg
G-Anderson,Hiller,Rinne
LW-Malone,Parise,Rolston,Eriksson,Ruutu
RW-Alfredsson,Callahan,Setoguchi,Brown,Ryder,Vrbata

Farm (9 keep all, max 200 GP, 100 Goalies)
Colborne,Leblanc,Loktionov,Perreault,Tangradi,Blum ,Poulin,Markstrom

Oh, just F'en lovely!!! I make a big trade last year to get Kovi and now he may not come back...I make a big trade at our draft to get Quick and Nash (costing my Ovi) and Quick has back issues....Damn it, I have spent the better part of 2 years putting together what I really believe is a winning team, and this happens....sigh....

I love fantasy hockey!! LOL

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Skater Pts: goal = 2, assist =1, +/-, PIM = .5
Goalie Pts: win = 5, SO = 3, Sv = .1, GA = -.9

FORWARDS:
C. Giroux, I. Kovalchuk, E. Malkin, D. Clarkson, D. Perron, J. Pominville, J. Tootoo, R. Mason, R. Nash, J. Iginla, S. Gagner, R. O'Reilly, T. Bozak
DEFENSE:
C. Letang, Mike Green, A. Edler, N. Kronwall, D. Engelland, K. Yandle, B. Dillon, P. Martin
GOALIES:
R. Miller, J. Quick J. Hiller, C. Nilstorp

no but the language being used and the chest thumping going on makes it clear that they still have this 80s mentality towards us

the nhl and the khl are businesses first and foremost if you think for a minute that somehow the khl wouldnt do exactly what the nhl did if they had to you are naive

and i dont want to hear how its different because they didnt actually do it if you have sin in your heart you are a sinner period and thats from an athiest

also what the khl is attempting to do this year is to deprive nhl fans and the teams of the players who signed contracts by convincing them that somehow they dont have to fulfill their obligations

im not sure how that action can be viewed in any way shape or form as not bad for the sport and the fans

maybe they should worry about making sure they have defibrulators at their rinks and maintain a plane every once in a while instead of attempting to poorly interpret north american labor law

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G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, GWG
W, GAA, SV, SV%
3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, 3 F, 6 D, 2 G, 5 Bench
Keep 10 - 6 F, 3 D, 1 G


20 Team Yahoo HTH League
G, A, +/-, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, FW
W, GAA, SV, SV%
4 C, 8 W, 6 D, 1 G, 6 Bench
Dynasty, Farm 20 Prospects under 135 GP

Did the Devils lose Parise because they couldn't afford him after signing this clown? Or was that for other reasons? It feels like it was so long ago lol

Anyway, you're damn right Kovalchuk will be back. NHL will not take this lightly, blah blah blah. Why would he even bother to be such a dick about it?

I do agree with what magoo said on the first page though.

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14 team, keep 20. H2H points
C Perez 1B Butler 2B Cano SS Tulo 3B Longoria OF Choo, J. Upton, Quentin UTIL Sandoval
SP- Hamels, Wainwright, Harvey, Zimmerman
RP- Medlen, Murjica
BN- Gallardo, Sanchez, Konerko Stanton(DL), Henderson
Minors- Dahl, Springer, Lindor, R. Montero

12 team H2H, keeper
C Mcann
1B Fielder
2B Gyorko
SS Andrus
3B Wright
OF Bautista, Jennings, Brown
SP Shields, Wainy, Greinke, Wilson, Liriano
RP Soriano, Mujica
Bench - Harper(DL), Utley(DL), Granderson(DL), Revere, Straily, Garza, Reed, Bell
Minors d'Arnaud, Myers, Walker

They could have afforded to sign Parise and had he not wanted to play home with Suter, he would have re-signed with the Devils. Atleast that's what Parise said after signing with the Wild.

Well NHL was being a dick about Kovalchuk's contract first

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24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League Daily
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team

C- Tavares, Stepan, Hodgson, Shaw, Bjugstad
LW- Ryan, Perron, Downie, Killorn, Paajarvi
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Frattin, Rinaldo
D- Schultz, JJ, Bogosian, EJ, Josi, Cowen, Muzzin
G- Lehtonen

F: Granlund, Silfverberg, Jensen, Dalpe, Bowman, Knight, Fasth, JAM, O'Dell
D: Beaulieu, Koekkoek, Gelinas, Pysyk, McCabe, Irwin, Gryba
G: Nilsson, Poulin, Nilstorp, Ramo, Berra, Brossoit, C.Gibson

For what its worth, Kovy IS listed as being on the roster for the KHL All Star game this weekend and fully intends on playing in it.

https://mobile.twitter.com/dchesnoko...2893419521?p=v

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25 Man Roster, top 20 monthly point getters count
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt

Stamkos, Tavares, Hall, Couture, Hanzal, Wheeler, Stastny, Versteeg, Fisher, Hornqvist, Eriksson, Hodgson, Setoguchi, Turris, Steen, Letang, DRoy, Yakupov, Grabner, Byfuglien, Baertschi

G-Rask, Halak, Schneider

Ahh I thought it was just a money thing.

lol touche. Good point. I just meant that it's not great for his teammates.

"Yeahhh, I might stay over here. I know I'm worth more than the rest of you combined and the corn in my crap has more talent than Brodeur, but I really, REALLY like Russia.".

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14 team, keep 20. H2H points
C Perez 1B Butler 2B Cano SS Tulo 3B Longoria OF Choo, J. Upton, Quentin UTIL Sandoval
SP- Hamels, Wainwright, Harvey, Zimmerman
RP- Medlen, Murjica
BN- Gallardo, Sanchez, Konerko Stanton(DL), Henderson
Minors- Dahl, Springer, Lindor, R. Montero

12 team H2H, keeper
C Mcann
1B Fielder
2B Gyorko
SS Andrus
3B Wright
OF Bautista, Jennings, Brown
SP Shields, Wainy, Greinke, Wilson, Liriano
RP Soriano, Mujica
Bench - Harper(DL), Utley(DL), Granderson(DL), Revere, Straily, Garza, Reed, Bell
Minors d'Arnaud, Myers, Walker

As far as Kovie is concerned is that the CBA has not been ratified yet so there is no rush to return. He wants to play the KHL all star game and can still return after for training camp start for Sunday/Monday.

At the end of the day he has a huge contract with the Devils that he will not just walk away from. He will still get paid, what(?), $6M for the 48 game season?

We're both making fantasy world type statements in this thread, the difference between them is that I'm simply envisioning a sceanrio where the greedy and self-serving in the world of hockey get what's coming to them (NHL, KHL, AHL, whatever) and you're raving on like a McCarthyist from my old man's era.

The NHL owners basically came to the table this time round with the stance that 'we we're stupid and made dumb contract signings and we don't feel we should have to be held accountable for them now'. That's bullshit. Thankfully the NHLPA didn't let them get away with it (not fully anyway) but it doesn't change the fact that they're shitty, self-serving and have little regard for the game I love. That's the reason I'd like to see them get theirs, its got nothing to do with loving the KHL more or any such nonsense, I'm sure they would be capable of the same. All I'm saying is I'd love to see a system that punished that kind of crap.

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P=1 DPts=1.2 +/-=.32 PIM=.08 PPP=.4 SHP=.6 S=.015 Blk=.2 Hit=.08
W=2 OTL=.8 GA=-.64 SV=.08 SO=3

Pro (23 keep 17)
C- Filppula,Turris,Stastny,Backstrom
D-Boyle,MDZ,Karlsson,Robidas,Goligoski,Schenn,Seiden berg
G-Anderson,Hiller,Rinne
LW-Malone,Parise,Rolston,Eriksson,Ruutu
RW-Alfredsson,Callahan,Setoguchi,Brown,Ryder,Vrbata

Farm (9 keep all, max 200 GP, 100 Goalies)
Colborne,Leblanc,Loktionov,Perreault,Tangradi,Blum ,Poulin,Markstrom

im not raving at all im just not buying the idea that the khl is any less self serving than the nhl is that somehow what they are doing is because of some noble love of the game and the fans

its about lining their own pockets plain and simple

of course they are shitty self-serving and have little regard for the game its business to them nothing more nothing less and any expectation for them to act contrary to their best business interests is naive

the nhl owners will no more 'get theirs' than those who caused the recession got theirs things just dont work that way

one thing i do agree with though is that envisioning a world where they get what is coming to them is a fantasy

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W, GAA, SV, SV%
3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, 3 F, 6 D, 2 G, 5 Bench
Keep 10 - 6 F, 3 D, 1 G


20 Team Yahoo HTH League
G, A, +/-, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, FW
W, GAA, SV, SV%
4 C, 8 W, 6 D, 1 G, 6 Bench
Dynasty, Farm 20 Prospects under 135 GP