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sworkhard · 10-31-2013, 10:15 AM

Part of the problem with many of these "Best Players outside the NHL" is that they want to get paid a reasonable fraction of what they are getting in the KHL. Due to their pay grade, they then have no choice but to perform right away.

Take Cervenka, for example. The Flames either offered him a second contract, or told him the pay range they were interested in him for. Cervenka, however, probably made the right choice by going back to the KHL for a lot more money even if he could have become a 40-50pt NHL player for a few years after adapting to the north American game.

10-31-2013, 10:15 AM	#19
sworkhard First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2009 Exp:	Part of the problem with many of these "Best Players outside the NHL" is that they want to get paid a reasonable fraction of what they are getting in the KHL. Due to their pay grade, they then have no choice but to perform right away. Take Cervenka, for example. The Flames either offered him a second contract, or told him the pay range they were interested in him for. Cervenka, however, probably made the right choice by going back to the KHL for a lot more money even if he could have become a 40-50pt NHL player for a few years after adapting to the north American game.