If Joe Colbourne learned that lesson he might still be in the NHL. Thankfully in Joe's case, the Flames did.
Joe Colborne's career was ended due to injuries. He was always on the cusp to begin with, but once his back started acting up he could not even play in the AHL.
If anything the Joe Colborne example is a lesson to why players should always go for as much money as they possibly can on every chance they get. Sports careers are not long to begin with and can get cut short at any time due to injuries. Best to get as much guaranteed money as fast as possible, you never know when it will stop an leave you with a broken body (possible brain too from concussions) and not much for other career skills.
The only thing that would have changed if Joe Colborne took less money, is that he would have less money.
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It’s incredible that it’s Staples and he was well on his way to the quality of work that he produces now! He quotes others, reports other articles as if they were his own, and even links to CP! I wish that he had typed all the lyrics because I couldn’t help but sing them in my head.
It’s also funny because of the classic oilers koolaid crew deflection: “oh yeah? Well Calgary blah blah blah.” Barely halfway into 10 years of “rebuild” and Staples cannot even say “maybe Oilers shouldn’t have given up 10 goals!”
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Joe Colborne's career was ended due to injuries. He was always on the cusp to begin with, but once his back started acting up he could not even play in the AHL.
If anything the Joe Colborne example is a lesson to why players should always go for as much money as they possibly can on every chance they get. Sports careers are not long to begin with and can get cut short at any time due to injuries. Best to get as much guaranteed money as fast as possible, you never know when it will stop an leave you with a broken body (possible brain too from concussions) and not much for other career skills.
The only thing that would have changed if Joe Colborne took less money, is that he would have less money.
The Glencross case study
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I can't believe he dressed in full yellow-face. I hope the league takes a serious look at this and considers a lifetime suspension and banishes him to Shelbyville to live out his days coaching the Shelbyville Visitors to a single post-season appearance.
"(Pittsburgh) sounds like our team with Connor and Leon when they're playing well," McLellan noted Monday. "We should be a tough matchup for them. They should be talking about what it's like with 97 and 29."
"(Pittsburgh) sounds like our team with Connor and Leon when they're playing well," McLellan noted Monday. "We should be a tough matchup for them. They should be talking about what it's like with 97 and 29."
"(Pittsburgh) sounds like our team with Connor and Leon when they're playing well," McLellan noted Monday. "We should be a tough matchup for them. They should be talking about what it's like with 97 and 29."
"(Pittsburgh) sounds like our team with Connor and Leon when they're playing well," McLellan noted Monday. "We should be a tough matchup for them. They should be talking about what it's like with 97 and 29."
Joe Colborne's career was ended due to injuries. He was always on the cusp to begin with, but once his back started acting up he could not even play in the AHL.
If anything the Joe Colborne example is a lesson to why players should always go for as much money as they possibly can on every chance they get. Sports careers are not long to begin with and can get cut short at any time due to injuries. Best to get as much guaranteed money as fast as possible, you never know when it will stop an leave you with a broken body (possible brain too from concussions) and not much for other career skills.
The only thing that would have changed if Joe Colborne took less money, is that he would have less money.
Based on Treliving's statements after he signed, loosely "that offer was never on the table for us." it could be argued that Joe could have signed for more money over a longer term in Calgary, and maybe another contract. The argument that he maximized dollars is debatable at best and by no means a slam dunk.
He had an excellent arbitration case and his agent clearly thought he had the Flames in a corner. They walked. Then he got what he could.
"(Pittsburgh) sounds like our team with Connor and Leon when they're playing well," McLellan noted Monday. "We should be a tough matchup for them. They should be talking about what it's like with 97 and 29."
Lets look at the Pens, who have Crosby and Malkin who by the way doesn't need Crosby to be successful unlike Neon Leon the ultimate 200 pound soul sucking McDavid Parasite.
Beyond that they have Kessel one of the best pure scorers out there, Guentzel a far better blueline even with Schultz out.
The Oilers have Leon and McDavid and then crap. In fact the Oilers are like the WKRP softball team, so bad that when the Oilers outside of their top two step on the ice, they could take everyone off of the Ice and they wouldn't score. That's how terrible the Oilers are.
In fact poor Cam "Less Nessman" Talbot might as well be sitting out there alone praying please god don't let them shoot the puck at me because that would be a far better defense then the Oilers actually being on the ice.
frankly the Oilers haven't even managed in all their years of drafting high in every round found their Bucky Dornster
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