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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
"Hi, I scored two points last season and was sat for more than half of my team's games. I'm still going to get a seven figure contract from my NHL team, but please, Mr. Russian Oligarch, pay me more. I don't actually care about you, I just want to use you to stick it to my current employer for refusing to send other players to go play in a tournament I will never sniff." 
I got your point, dude. It's just not a significant risk. Only the KHL can pay the kind of salaries the NHL does, and even then, only for a very small number of players. They aren't going to bother on mid level players.
Also, I like how you completely glossed over my part about Hockey Canada's awkward position in your scenario. |
Where did sticking it to the employer come from?? If you read my posts, I was saying an owner may regret this stance if an RFA/UFA jumped at the chance to sign a one-year deal overseas so they could play in the Olympics...which you just agreed could happen. So what are you arguing?
As for glossing over Hockey Canada's awkward position...I didn't respond cause your point didn't make sense. If Player X signs an overseas contract this summer with the specific intent to play in the Olympics, Hockey Canada would be ecstatic to add them to the Olympic roster (provided they're good enough). The league they're playing in will shut down for the Olympics and the NHL would have nothing to gain by trying to step in and force a Suiss team to ban a player from playing. It'll only get awkward if players with existing NHL contracts insist on playing at the Olympics (like Ovechkin)....but that wasn't what I was talking about.