[Trade] Flames trade McNiven to Sens for future considerations

[CroFlames]

What do future considerations actually amount to? I don't think I've ever seen a followup to what came out of a "future considerations" trade.

Can it be unofficial and off the books? Like one GM buys another GM a round of golf?

I would think every transaction has to be official.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Kipper_3434

They do if the job requires it. Why are you so intent on arguing that McNiven has a terrible life. Are you McNiven? Should we ask him for an interview to get to the bottom of this?

If your average joe is being moved all over north america by their employer they are making a hell of a lot more than the what $65k? A minor league plug would be lucky to make. Business people who have jobs like this do pretty well for themselves and absolutely can find opportunities to opt out of that lifestyle in their line of work for less money.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Never Given, Michael McNiven

Always Earned, Never McNiven.

[Kipper_3434]

Originally Posted by #-3

If your average joe is being moved all over north america by their employer they are making a hell of a lot more than the what $65k? A minor league plug would be lucky to make. Business people who have jobs like this do pretty well for themselves and absolutely can find opportunities to opt out of that lifestyle in their line of work for less money.

He makes 75k per season but sure....i guess his life is terrible cause people on a forum say so.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Kipper_3434

He makes 75k per season but sure....i guess his life is terrible cause people on a forum say so.

He actually made a fair bit more because he played a game for the Habs, so he would have made NHL minimum for a day or so.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Kipper_3434

They do if the job requires it.

Very few jobs do. No regular jobs allow your employer to sell your employment contract to a different company without your consent.

[Cheese]

1st Flames goalie to leave with a 0GAA and and batting a thousand on SV%. Damn!

[Burner]

Werner hasnt been doing that well in the AHL - would have liked to seen him sent to Ottawa and give this McNiven a tryout to the end of the year

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Burner

Werner hasnt been doing that well in the AHL - would have liked to seen him sent to Ottawa and give this McNiven a tryout to the end of the year

McNiven has been much worse in the AHL this season...at least as far as the counting stats go.

[Burner]

Originally Posted by transplant99

McNiven has been much worse in the AHL this season...at least as far as the counting stats go.

Maybe but he wasnt playing for the first placed team either

[Strange Brew]

I wouldn't call playing minor league pro hockey a terrible life. But you also better have a plan for what you're doing next, it's a short career.

A good friend of mine played pro in Europe for a number of years and it was fantastic. But he did struggle when he came back to NA to begin his second career and found himself starting with a bunch of people 15 years younger than him. There is a mindset you need to adopt.

[browna]

Originally Posted by transplant99

McNiven has been much worse in the AHL this season...at least as far as the counting stats go.

So what your saying is futures won't be Brady Tkachuk?

[Kipper_3434]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Very few jobs do. No regular jobs allow your employer to sell your employment contract to a different company without your consent.

Even the nhl can't sell your contract without your consent. Of course witholding consent voids the contract ....

This is all coming down to semantics now.

I still see 0 reason why playing pro hockey = having a terrible life.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Kipper_3434

Even the nhl can't sell your contract without your consent. Of course witholding consent voids the contract ....

The NHL does not employ hockey players. Teams do. Teams can trade players without their consent, and do so all the time. Withholding consent does not void the contract, it puts the player in breach of contract and gets him suspended.

That you think this stuff is just semantics does not speak well for your understanding of the situation.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by Cheese

1st Flames goalie to leave with a 0GAA and and batting a thousand on SV%. Damn!

don't forget Cujo the first time

[Reggie Dunlop]

Did McNiven even report to Stockton?

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Did McNiven even report to Stockton?

Doubt it, the guy played 12 games all year and all in Quebec, this was just a contract sweep x2