Friedman: Gaudreau negotiations will be put on hold during World Cup

[Frequitude]

Originally Posted by underclassman

Brad and Brian are shafting Johnny , why would he want to sign the deal ?

Johnny and Lewis are also shafting Brad. Why would he want to sign the deal?

...see what I did there.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by underclassman

Brad and Brian are shafting Johnny , why would he want to sign the deal ?

Because it will make him wealthy?

[MarkGio]

Conroy explicitly left US cities to play in Calgary and then permanently decided to stay in Calgary following his career as a player.

I could see JG being young and intimidated, if there's any substance to this notion of being an American in a Canadian culture. But frankly I don't buy it unless he has the personality of Tim Thomas

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Canadian teams make up 30 per cent of the franchises in the league. Only 10 per cent of star American players play on Canadian teams. Seems like a pretty clear disparity to me.

There are a variety of reasons why NHL stars prefer to play in the U.S. Climate, proximity to family (for Americans), taxes, media attention, ease of air travel (direct flights).

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/C...297/story.html

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I would be interested to see how many American players drafted by Canadian teams have opted to sign with US teams in free agency after their first or second contract.

I still think that this question needs to be addressed as a major factor in this discussion.

[Table 5]

During negotiations Gaudreau likes to put on his serious face and be called John.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

I agree with what you're saying, and I also wouldn't trade Johnny for Gostisbehere and Simmonds, but I wouldn't class Gostisbehere as a "support player" either.

I didn't mean 'support' as an average or bad player. I like both of those players and would love to have them on the Flames. But there's no rush to trade JG so if they did they better be getting at least a star back in return to make it worth their while.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Table 5

During negotiations Gaudreau likes to put on his serious face and be called John.

Like when a dude with long hair puts it in a ponytail.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Only 2 of canada's world cup roster play for canadian market teams, and one of them was jsut traded there and hasn't played a game in their jersey yet.

Sounds like a conspiracy.

Yup, the World Cup roster with the fewest players from Canadian-based teams is Team Canada, and as you said, that number doubled with the Subban trade.

Should we be worried that Canadian players don't want to play in Canada now?


Fewer than 25% of the teams in the NHL are based in Canada (until the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg, it was an even 20%), and for the last decade two of them have been historically bad (and the others have had their weak seasons too). It shouldn't really be a surprise than Canadian teams aren't better represented at these tournaments.


Really, at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter if 99.9% of US-born players say they do or don't want to play in Canada. All that matters is this one specific player.

Craig Conroy and Joel Otto are two US-born players who played for Team USA numerous times and played both in Canada and the US and both decided to retire in Calgary.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by getbak

Yup, the World Cup roster with the fewest players from Canadian-based teams is Team Canada, and as you said, that number doubled with the Subban trade.

Should we be worried that Canadian players don't want to play in Canada now?


Fewer than 25% of the teams in the NHL are based in Canada (until the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg, it was an even 20%), and for the last decade two of them have been historically bad (and the others have had their weak seasons too). It shouldn't really be a surprise than Canadian teams aren't better represented at these tournaments.


Really, at the end of the day, it really doesn't if 99.9% of US-born players say they do or don't want to play in Canada. All that matters is this one specific player.

Craig Conroy and Joel Otto are two US-born players who played for Team USA numerous times and played both in Canada and the US and both decided to retire in Calgary.

Rene Corbet is similar - he's a very Francophone Quebecker but settled here after a very limited time with the Flames.

[underclassman]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

So he doesn't lose money maybe? If he sits out, he doesn't make money you know.

Yeah he knows that , and your problem is ?????

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by underclassman

Yeah he knows that , and your problem is ?????

He's not identifying a problem - he's identifying a reason Johnny would want to sign. Every day sitting out partially negates any gain in the contract amount.

[StrykerSteve]

This is easily my most hated thread on all of CP. I wish it was banned like the hot women thread.

[FlamesAddiction]

If Gaudreau isn't signed early into the season, he could theoretically sign in the KHL for a season like Giordano did and make up any lost money. I don't think he would hold out and not play anywhere and lose all that casheesh.

[Pliddy]

The hot women thread looks pretty good right Now

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by Pliddy

The hot women thread looks pretty good right Now

The hot women thread always looked pretty good.

[hummdeedoo]

preparing for a barrage of hot women pics/gifs...

[Alpine Fisher]

If you thought the 3 Goalie issue was a yuge distraction last year, Gaudreau's contract stalemate is going to be 10 times worse.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

This is easily my most hated thread on all of CP. I wish it was banned like the hot women thread.

The thing is that thread served no purpose, I can find hot women anywhere. But see I can't find this kind of comedy anywhere else, so this thread needs to stay.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Alpine Fisher

If you thought the 3 Goalie issue was a yuge distraction last year, Gaudreau's contract stalemate is going to be 10 times worse.

Was it a huge distraction to the players last year? I tend to think the early season performance would not have been much better with a standard rotation of any two of the three Flames goalies in 2015.

[getbak]

I wonder how much of the delay is because Gaudreau and Kucherov's agents are both trying to wait until the other one is signed so they'll have a comparable to negotiate against?

I bet once one of them signs, the other will sign shortly after.