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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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 Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject: NHL ice hockey player just signed a $ 124,000,000 contract |
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http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=226952&hubname=
The sport is far from dead in America.
Watch the first 20 seconds of this music video of his highlights and you'll see why he's getting so much money:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eorWhtV9Aqk
Inhumane ability.
If the team hadn't signed him by this summer any other team could have signed him to even a richer contract. |
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PBEnglish
Joined: 24 Nov 2006
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: NHL ice hockey player just signed a $ 124,000,000 contra |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| If the team hadn't signed him by this summer any other team could have signed him to even a richer contract. |
That's not 100% true. If he hadn't signed buy the summer, other teams could have offered him a contract, which the Capitals had the right to match. What they've done here is ensure that there wasn't going to be a bidding war for him.
Regardless, he's insanely talented and amazing to watch! |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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please forgive my ignorance. it has been a long time since i cared about the NHL:
isn't there a salary cap in the NHL ?
are NHL contracts guaranteed (like MLB) or shammed up hoaxes and voidable by the team like the NFL? |
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PBEnglish
Joined: 24 Nov 2006
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="mistermasan"] isn't there a salary cap in the NHL ?
There is a salary cap in the NHL, but Ovechkin's (sp?) contract is a 13 year contract, so per year he fits under the cap. |
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ernie
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Location: asdfghjk
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| i just can't believe that the previous 'mega-deals' he eclipsed were rick dipietro and mike richards! i admit i haven't been watching a lot of hockey in korea, but wtf?! a second line center and some goalie i've never heard of are on the same level as ovechkin?! |
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: NHL ice hockey player just signed a $ 124,000,000 contra |
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Inhumane ability.
If the team hadn't signed him by this summer any other team could have signed him to even a richer contract.[/quote]
Washington had to sign him. He is their franchise.
The problem for Washington now is that they probably won't be able to afford to sign anyone to help him. They might make the playoffs in a few years but I don't expect any trips to the Stanley Cup finals.
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The sport is far from dead in America.
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Not dead. But the NHL is pretty much a fringe organization in the US right now. Their TV rating are comparable to darts and the national spelling bee. |
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DaeguKid
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Ovechkin is Great! I enjoy watching him play and he loves the game, he is like a kid out there. When he scores he shows such emotion! The best part of his contract for me is that he negotiated it himself.
If you have ever seen the guy, he is always laughing and smiling and joking around...I can see the how the negotiations would have started...
AO: Ok! I want 200 MILLION! (with a big grin on his face, knowing he is playing around, but checking their reaction!)
Another thing about Alex, they asked him why he wears a tintied visor, he said that so he can check out the chicks during the game without being caught!
My kind of fella! |
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Suwoner10
Joined: 10 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| One-trick pony. He does the same move every time. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Suwoner10 wrote: |
| One-trick pony. He does the same move every time. |
Yes, one trick.... plus the 15 other tricks he did in that video.  |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I will remain unimpressed with hockey until the day that black men begin to take an active part in the sport. |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| How about Iginla? He's almost as black as Obama. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| I will remain unimpressed with hockey until the day that black men begin to take an active part in the sport. |
Jarome is only one of the heroes of Canada's Olympic gold in 2002, captain of an NHL team, twice the league's top goal scorer (2002, 2004) and is tied for second in league scoring this season ('07-'08 to date).
And is model example of community service with his charities and willingness to be available for fans:
And five-time Stanley Cup champion Grant Fuhr is now in the hockey hall of fame:
Those are the two best I can think of, but I can list a couple dozen more black NHLers if you'd like. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Although I'm not much of a hockey fan, I can say that it's not dead, at least in Chicago. Until the end of the month, I'm a Blackhawks employee, more or less. Despite a decade long blackout on home games, the Blackhawks are drawing their largest crowds in seven years, and even had a few games on TV right after Bill Wirtz died. I would imagine it will always be strong in the Original Six cities and in Canada and the Great Lakes region. |
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jvalmer
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| I think the NHL missed a golden oppurtunity by not putting a team in Seattle or Portland in the 90's. There was a time when the Junior (Seattle Thunderbirds) team in Seattle outdrew the Sonics. But noooooo... they had to put two teams in Flordia and a handful of teams in the South, most with questionable attendance, leaving the whole NW area without a NHL hockey team. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| I think the NHL missed a golden oppurtunity by not putting a team in Seattle or Portland in the 90's. There was a time when the Junior (Seattle Thunderbirds) team in Seattle outdrew the Sonics. But noooooo... they had to put two teams in Flordia and a handful of teams in the South, most with questionable attendance, leaving the whole NW area without a NHL hockey team. |
Apt to the recent discussion: I met a black guy in Seattle a few years ago who was a big Thunderbirds fan. I was gonna ask him how he got interested in them but before I could ask he said he was from Philly and I just nodded, as that's Flyers country. |
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