Max will miss him and ask to be traded to the Preds. It'll be the 3rd act in a hockey bromantic comedy.
As long as Forsberg is coming our way fine.
#FireJulien#FireMarcBergevin Burn Geoff Molson in effigy! #worstmanagementstaffever
flashback
RDS, TSN and some nervous nellies thought we overpaid
Most of us were psyched
Habsy knew he'd do well and bolt
Some GMs get you to the playoffs and some GMs get you through the playoffs.
I also said I'd have given him that second year.
#FireJulien#FireMarcBergevin Burn Geoff Molson in effigy! #worstmanagementstaffever
Bumping this title is just rude... and confusing.
Basically says that Habs would have had to have paid Radulov $7.9 million annually for him to get the same take-home pay that he'll be getting in Dallas. Of course, this doesn't mean that MB couldn't have negotiated a better deal with him had he done so during the season, rather than wait until June.
http://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/b0bb...cd91%7C_0.html
Yeah, there is a difference and Quebec is one of the worst jurisdictions in North America when it comes to taxes.
Taxes, French, weather, media, lack of privacy, all factors keeping this team down.
That's on top of incompetent management and the complete disaster in terms of drafting and player development.
Habs one saving grace is pro scouting.
“We haven’t reached the ultimate, of where you walk into the building and you can sort of smell victory. But we’re a step closer to that this year than we were last year.”
“So now the pressure’s on to replicate.”
- Geoff Molson
It's also why Jr needs to mimic the Charlie Bronfman approach after Kirk Gibson wooing was the last straw in luring UFAs for the Expos.
Go all out on drafting & player development - set the bar for salary & bonuses for scouts & development staff to lure / poach the best & brightest.
“We haven’t reached the ultimate, of where you walk into the building and you can sort of smell victory. But we’re a step closer to that this year than we were last year.”
“So now the pressure’s on to replicate.”
- Geoff Molson
Nice idea. But there's not enough amateur hockey talent hiding for smart scouts to discover. There is no hockey equivalent of scouring the bushes of San Pedro or the Dominican to discover HOF talent like Vladimir Guerrero.
Pavel Datsyuk is the only example I can think of an obscure amateur gem. I could spend all day naming baseball equivalents.
Hockey is a low participation sport. Always will be.
Some GMs get you to the playoffs and some GMs get you through the playoffs.
Allan walsh says radulov would pay 25% flat tax in quebec by setting him up to live in europe after his career is over
Say what you want about walsh, but i trust an agent who does this daily for his players over guys working in hypotheticals.