Comments for September 17, 2012 at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Sat, 25 May 2013 23:16:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4905-september-17-2012#comment-22587 With another lock-out...what are the odds that the NHL loses more fans....with football starting and baseball ending...seems like I have better things to watch than a maybe NHL league. What dolt figures that constantly insulting the fan base with greed makes sense? If we don't start by October, I probably won't be back until I see few years of actual playing, I don't like adjusting stats for labor disputes. Even drafting for fantasy seems like a futile exercise. Hell even soccer (futball) would be better than a blank screen. No chance to see the AHL as I am on the West Coast. - SharkMeat Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:48:48 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4905-september-17-2012#comment-22585 If you want to watch stud prospects in front of a stud goalie, look no further than the Binghamton Senators. The AHL will be wild for a couple of months or so. - Big Ev Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:21:58 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4905-september-17-2012#comment-22584 When was Yakupov ever going to Oklahoma City? He was drafted out of the CHL and isn't 20 yet. The guys under 20 out of the CHL who get to play in the AHL this year have all played NHL games. Yakupov hasn't, so it's either Sarnia or Russia for him as I understand it. - Dakkster Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:50:23 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4905-september-17-2012#comment-22582 Yesterday: Наиль Якупов ‏@Nail10_1993 Going to Russia today :)! And, Dmitry Chesnokov ‏@dchesnokov #KHL Neftekhimik General Director says Nail Yakupov may play for the club as early as Wednesday. (via SovSport) #Oilers As for Tarasenko: Despite Tarasenko having been sent down to the AHL, his agent confirms talks with #KHL's SKA are ongoing. #stlblues - thatbirdguy Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:14:00 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4905-september-17-2012#comment-22581 I don't understand the NHL executives logic: if players have options (playing in other leagues) and rather than sitting on their hands and doing nothing, they exercise that option, how is that bad for players? Desperation is the first sign of weakness. Second sign of weakness? Attempting to justify your position by arguing how it helps the other side. - slacker_george Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:49:19 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4905-september-17-2012#comment-22580 http://www.bergerbytes.ca/2012/09/nhl-players-undermining-their-cause/ Some choice quotes from an anonymous GM: “Let ‘em go,” howled the executive, instantly recognizable to all hockey fans but requesting – as he must – anonymity. “The players think they are threatening the owners by signing contracts in Europe. In fact, what they’re showing is they don’t have a lot of stomach to remain together in this fight. And that’s what we expected.” When asked – albeit rhetorically – what edge the players might have in this dispute, the executive replied, “None. We took away all of their leverage by canceling the playoffs in 2005. And, we’ll do it again, if we have to.” - Dakkster Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:45:18 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4905-september-17-2012#comment-22579 Anyone who one punches Natt Cooke deserves every penny he gets to my mind. - Shoeless Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:44:40 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4905-september-17-2012#comment-22578 Honestly I don't think that's a bad signing by the jets. Kane has a ton of upside and is progressing at a steady pace. There have been a number of questionable signings this offseason (e.g., Wideman) but Kane's is actually right about where I would have pegged it. - MGW Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:09:29 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4905-september-17-2012#comment-22577 Kane has barely scratched the surface. 30 goals in 74 games, 2nd line, 2nd PP unit, sub-par linemates mostly. - DuklaNation Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:20:42 +0100