07-23-2025, 12:51 PM
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#3361
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
The other factor that will play into this is, none of these players are actually very good. Some of them have barely played or stopped playing.
So is an NHL team going to take the PR risk for a player that is basically replacement level?
Carter Hart is probably the most capable but even he was OK at best, and hasn't played since mid-way through the 2023-2024 season.
I just don't see a team thinking the benefit outweights the negatives.
These guys can all go play in the KHL.
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They should form their own team!
The Rejects of the Steppes!
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07-23-2025, 12:57 PM
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#3362
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Edmon-suck hasn't figured their goalie situation out yet because they're waiting to hear if Carter Hart gets cleared obviously.
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07-23-2025, 12:57 PM
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#3363
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Originally Posted by MegaErtz
Public relations nightmare for sure, but if they are all found not guilty as we expect, don't they have the right to earn a living in their profession?
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Even if they're found not guilty it doesn't mean they weren't guilty of doing some really slimy things to a young woman. Of course the Oilers could sign one or more of those guys, we know they don't care about that PR stuff or character issues at all. But most teams actually do care if they employ players like the ones that were charged.
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07-23-2025, 01:06 PM
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#3364
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Party Elephant
The Oilers don't care about PR. They hired Bowman FFS.
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And Craig McTavish. He actually killed someone.
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07-23-2025, 01:52 PM
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#3365
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Franchise Player
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Lots of ways to make a living without playing in the premier hockey league on the planet.
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07-23-2025, 01:54 PM
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#3366
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Lots of ways to make a living without playing in the premier hockey league on the planet.
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"Why yes Mr. Dube, I would like fries with that..."
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07-23-2025, 02:21 PM
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#3367
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Locke
"Why yes Mr. Dube, I would like fries with that..."
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You mean
"Da, comrade Dube, ya by khotel kartoshku fri k etomu blyudu."
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07-23-2025, 02:22 PM
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#3368
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
You mean
"Da, comrade Dube, ya by khotel kartoshku fri k etomu blyudu."
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The Swedish Chef works in Russia?
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07-23-2025, 02:23 PM
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#3369
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
You mean
"Da, comrade Dube, ya by khotel kartoshku fri k etomu blyudu."
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Fair enough. You earned that one. 
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07-23-2025, 02:37 PM
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#3370
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
The other factor that will play into this is, none of these players are actually very good. Some of them have barely played or stopped playing.
So is an NHL team going to take the PR risk for a player that is basically replacement level?
Carter Hart is probably the most capable but even he was OK at best, and hasn't played since mid-way through the 2023-2024 season.
I just don't see a team thinking the benefit outweights the negatives.
These guys can all go play in the KHL.
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Is KHL a new synonym for Edmonton?
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07-23-2025, 02:55 PM
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First Line Centre
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If Bowman wants any chance to rehabilitate his name, he can't sign any of these guys. Signing Hart would suggest he has no problem with sexual assault and what happened in Chicago was no mistake.
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07-23-2025, 02:59 PM
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#3372
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Franchise Player
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Deport Dube back to Belarus.
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07-23-2025, 03:00 PM
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#3373
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Vail
If Bowman wants any chance to rehabilitate his name, he can't sign any of these guys. Signing Hart would suggest he has no problem with sexual assault and what happened in Chicago was no mistake.
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But if his owner wants Hart, there nothing he can do, he'll just have to sign Hart. We all know what kinda character Katz is.
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07-23-2025, 03:08 PM
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#3374
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Vail
If Bowman wants any chance to rehabilitate his name, he can't sign any of these guys. Signing Hart would suggest he has no problem with sexual assault and what happened in Chicago was no mistake.
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Does he even care about that at all? Did he ever own up to any wrong doing?
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07-23-2025, 03:18 PM
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#3375
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Originally Posted by The Cobra
I assume the standard NHL contract has a morality clause of sorts.
I recall in the NFL the Steelers Big Ben was suspended by his team for multiple games even though he was never tried.
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Well for one they were not in the NHL yet when this happened, and second they would definitely have grounds to file a grievance if they are found not guilty. Look, I don't want them in the league anymore then anyone else, I'm just saying what I would expect. Hell, I don't even think the Flames should be playing Jake Bean ever again after his multiple calls telling guys what room to go to "for pizza". He knew exactly what that pizza was.
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07-23-2025, 03:24 PM
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#3376
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Well for one they were not in the NHL yet when this happened, and second they would definitely have grounds to file a grievance if they are found not guilty. Look, I don't want them in the league anymore then anyone else, I'm just saying what I would expect. Hell, I don't even think the Flames should be playing Jake Bean ever again after his multiple calls telling guys what room to go to "for pizza". He knew exactly what that pizza was.
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Filing a grievance and winning a grievance are two different things.
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07-23-2025, 03:54 PM
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#3377
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
The other factor that will play into this is, none of these players are actually very good. Some of them have barely played or stopped playing.
So is an NHL team going to take the PR risk for a player that is basically replacement level?
Carter Hart is probably the most capable but even he was OK at best, and hasn't played since mid-way through the 2023-2024 season.
I just don't see a team thinking the benefit outweights the negatives.
These guys can all go play in the KHL.
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Carter Hart looked like a very promising goalie. He had solid and pretty consistent numbers on a not so great team.
McLeod was becoming a solid middle six fan favorite type, but likely would have had $1-2 million type contracts until early to mid 30s and then retired.
Dube did not look very good in his last year and had probably signed the biggest contract he was going to get.
If they all end up in the KHL, monetary wise, the only guy who is losing lots of cash is likely Hart. He could have easily signed a $40+ million contract next and was set to become a UFA.
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07-23-2025, 04:20 PM
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#3378
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MTL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Vail
If Bowman wants any chance to rehabilitate his name, he can't sign any of these guys. Signing Hart would suggest he has no problem with sexual assault and what happened in Chicago was no mistake.
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If they are not guilty than signing them wouldn’t suggest anything other than trusting the justice system to do its job.
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07-23-2025, 04:32 PM
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#3379
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Originally Posted by Funkhouser
If they are not guilty than signing them wouldn’t suggest anything other than trusting the justice system to do its job.
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There are a lot of categories between guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and what likely happened here that would prejudice an employers desire to hire someone.
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07-23-2025, 05:06 PM
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#3380
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Big Erned Nevergivn
Is KHL a new synonym for Edmonton?
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I thought Stockton was Edmonton from one of the Solovyov thread.
Now I’m confused
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