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2026 NHL UFA/Trade Thread

TheCountofMonteCristo said:
Nick and Caitlin have been together for years as have Samuel and Daryanne. To call marriage a financially catastrophic error is a tad nihilistic. Not all get divorced.
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Your job and future earnings depends on the divorce rate remaining high. Instead of saying not all get divorced, let's look at divorce rates for pro hockey players.

In Canada, the divorce rate for us "Jos Publiques" is around 38%. For NHL players, however, it's around 70%. This tells us that marriage is not a good idea for players unless they're allergic to having any money in the bank.

So, to expand on Geeman's Golden Rule:

1. Secure your bag.
2. Get a fucking prenup.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
what is the use of having money and still acting poor?
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Because spending like a "playa" is the quickest and easiest way for a pro athlete to return to poverty. These are, for the most part, not nepo babies who were born rich nor are they so well educated that they have a six or seven figure job to fall back on once their playing careers end. In other words, the money they're making during their careers is as much big money as they will ever make.

Additionally, a player has no idea about how long their careers will last. For most players, it's between 4-6 years and not all of them earn life-changing money for very long. Considering that most players are done by age 30, they need to make sure they can live off of what they made for the next 50 years. Otherwise they need to get a job.

So while they dont have to shop at Walmart or rent rather than buy, they should still exercise frugality. You can have a nice car, but it doesn't need to be a Ferrari and you dont need more than one or two vehicles.

Because that rainy day will come.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
Because spending like a "playa" is the quickest and easiest way for a pro athlete to return to poverty. These are, for the most part, not nepo babies who were born rich nor are they so well educated that they have a six or seven figure job to fall back on once their playing careers end. In other words, the money they're making during their careers is as much big money as they will ever make.

Additionally, a player has no idea about how long their careers will last. For most players, it's between 4-6 years and not all of them earn life-changing money for very long. Considering that most players are done by age 30, they need to make sure they can live off of what they made for the next 50 years. Otherwise they need to get a job.

So while they dont have to shop at Walmart or rent rather than buy, they should still exercise frugality. You can have a nice car, but it doesn't need to be a Ferrari and you dont need more than one or two vehicles.

Because that rainy day will come.
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Fear based thinking.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
Fear based thinking.
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Realistic thinking. The world is littered with former pro athletes who ended up in poverty because they had no impulse control and acted like the money faucet would never run dry.

Players need to remember the old Chris Rock routine about how they may be rich, but they are not wealthy. Nick Suzuki is rich. Geoff Molson, the guy who signs Nick's paycheque, is wealthy. Molson has generational wealth. Thanks to passive income, he wakes up every day richer than when he went to bed the night before. HE can spend without thinking. The players, not so much. Not if they dont want to end up poor, that is.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
For NHL players, however, it's around 70%. This tells us that marriage is not a good idea for players unless they're allergic to having any money in the bank.
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Of that 70% stat, how many of those better halves are “puck bunnies” (not that there’s anything wrong with that) vs having careers / their own foundation as a person?

Trouba forced a move to NYC for his wives medical career, same JT to Toronto, Fisher to Nash for Carrie Underwood etc..
 
The Underwood's, Yamaguchi's, etc. are the exceptions. When you see all these photos from this summer's weddings, the vast majority of WAG's appear to be puck bunnies straight out of central casting.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
Your job and future earnings depends on the divorce rate remaining high. Instead of saying not all get divorced, let's look at divorce rates for pro hockey players.

In Canada, the divorce rate for us "Jos Publiques" is around 38%. For NHL players, however, it's around 70%. This tells us that marriage is not a good idea for players unless they're allergic to having any money in the bank.

So, to expand on Geeman's Golden Rule:

1. Secure your bag.
2. Get a fucking prenup.
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My rule is secure your fucken bag and security for life , who cares if you might give up some money down the road
Nobody predicted Covid that fucked up wages for years


The marriage prenup thats up to the players I am not in their daily lives
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
Realistic thinking. The world is littered with former pro athletes who ended up in poverty because they had no impulse control and acted like the money faucet would never run dry.

Players need to remember the old Chris Rock routine about how they may be rich, but they are not wealthy. Nick Suzuki is rich. Geoff Molson, the guy who signs Nick's paycheque, is wealthy. Molson has generational wealth. Thanks to passive income, he wakes up every day richer than when he went to bed the night before. HE can spend without thinking. The players, not so much. Not if they dont want to end up poor, that is.
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yawn

You are making no distinction between guys like Pezzata who make league minimum for 5 years and a guy who signs a 65 million contract (leaving aside any endorsement money). Even if the latter loses half in tax etc, he still has 32 million left. I am pretty sure out of that he can afford to buy a Land Rover, Escalade etc and a 3-5 million house and still be fine. He doesn't have to live in a 250000 condo, and drive a Honda Fit while buying his wife a cubic zirconium engagement ring because he will be retired in 10 years before going into whatever else he will do.

Most of the ones who ended up bankrupt is because they bought stuff/houses for parasitical family members who saw the player as a meal ticket. Take care of yourself first, then maybe your parents, but cousins, aunts, uncles etc, fuck them.
 
GEEMAN said:
My rule is secure your fucken bag and security for life , who cares if you might give up some money down the road
Nobody predicted Covid that fucked up wages for years


The marriage prenup thats up to the players I am not in their daily lives
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prenups are rare for first marriages unless you bring huge amounts into the marriage. In the case of the guys involved here, they have been with the same girl since they were poor. The girl stuck with him and now they should not sign any such prenup.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
yawn

You are making no distinction between guys like Pezzata who make league minimum for 5 years and a guy who signs a 65 million contract (leaving aside any endorsement money). Even if the latter loses half in tax etc, he still has 32 million left. I am pretty sure out of that he can afford to buy a Land Rover, Escalade etc and a 3-5 million house and still be fine. He doesn't have to live in a 250000 condo, and drive a Honda Fit while buying his wife a cubic zirconium engagement ring because he will be retired in 10 years before going into whatever else he will do.

Most of the ones who ended up bankrupt is because they bought stuff/houses for parasitical family members who saw the player as a meal ticket. Take care of yourself first, then maybe your parents, but cousins, aunts, uncles etc, fuck them.
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These guys always have posses, relatives, and other hangers-on who see the gravy train pulling into the station. A lot of these guys dont know how to say "no" and those guys get victimized by greedy friends and relatives, or corrupt agents, financial or legal advisors, etc.

The NHLPA should mandate training for the players as to how to not only secure their bag, but keep other people's grubby hands out of that bag.
 
and as for mandating, at what point is an adult an adult and not having to be babied and say, "oh watch out for the those bad people"
 
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