Phillip Garrett Verified Member Posted Saturday at 02:05 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:05 PM View full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewterschmidt Verified Member Posted Saturday at 04:58 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:58 PM Hopefully it helps him get 100% healthy. I’m starting to wonder how many years of peak Ek we’re going to get. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldDutchChip Verified Member Posted Saturday at 05:27 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:27 PM 26 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said: Hopefully it helps him get 100% healthy. I’m starting to wonder how many years of peak Ek we’re going to get. or get his ass more injured and see his play deteriorate as a result. same for brodin and gus. all for what? some made up tournie! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewterschmidt Verified Member Posted Saturday at 06:01 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:01 PM 30 minutes ago, OldDutchChip said: or get his ass more injured and see his play deteriorate as a result. same for brodin and gus. all for what? some made up tournie! Yah I bet the players association is going to put some language into next agreement that says the nhl can stick this mid season no stakes exhibition tournament where the sun don’t shine. But P-Nation the players are playing for their country and their pride blah blah blah. I bet they fully understand they’re being exploited in this cash grab by the owners. I assume that’s who’s getting paid here. Go back to the all-star game where players are shooting pucks at surfboards on a beach somewhere, until we can get back to league play. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldDutchChip Verified Member Posted Saturday at 07:01 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:01 PM 55 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said: Yah I bet the players association is going to put some language into next agreement that says the nhl can stick this mid season no stakes exhibition tournament where the sun don’t shine. But P-Nation the players are playing for their country and their pride blah blah blah. I bet they fully understand they’re being exploited in this cash grab by the owners. I assume that’s who’s getting paid here. Go back to the all-star game where players are shooting pucks at surfboards on a beach somewhere, until we can get back to league play. They could also just do North America vs Europe (Draisaitl, Pasta, Kap …vs US/Canada would be awesome!) or have some balls and allow any NHL player to participate and expand to 7 countries and then 8th be all other 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted Saturday at 09:25 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:25 PM 4 hours ago, Pewterschmidt said: Hopefully it helps him get 100% healthy. I’m starting to wonder how many years of peak Ek we’re going to get. I wish he was 100% resting instead. But he knows his body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted Saturday at 09:37 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:37 PM 3 hours ago, Pewterschmidt said: put some language into next agreement that says the nhl can stick this mid season no stakes exhibition tournament …in preseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkolWild73 Verified Member Posted Sunday at 02:12 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:12 AM I get what everyone is saying about this tournament. But if you watched the first 9 seconds of USA vs Canada, and the game so far, it sure looks like it means something to the players. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Nels Verified Member Posted Sunday at 03:53 AM Share Posted Sunday at 03:53 AM 10 hours ago, OldDutchChip said: or get his ass more injured and see his play deteriorate as a result. same for brodin and gus. all for what? some made up tournie! “Made up” our not these guys have been playing their asses off. Fun to watch. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkolWild73 Verified Member Posted Sunday at 04:11 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:11 AM 10 hours ago, Pewterschmidt said: Yah I bet the players association is going to put some language into next agreement that says the nhl can stick this mid season no stakes exhibition tournament where the sun don’t shine. But P-Nation the players are playing for their country and their pride blah blah blah. I bet they fully understand they’re being exploited in this cash grab by the owners. I assume that’s who’s getting paid here. Go back to the all-star game where players are shooting pucks at surfboards on a beach somewhere, until we can get back to league play. Found this about pay. Wasn’t sure so looked it up. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/02/03/nhl-nhlpa-4-nations-face-off/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLake Verified Member Posted Sunday at 06:31 AM Share Posted Sunday at 06:31 AM Hopefully Billy, Heinz, Gus, Faber, Boldy, Brodin, Ek get us Kap resigned, Rantanen here, and a fucking round 1 win this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewterschmidt Verified Member Posted Sunday at 12:56 PM Share Posted Sunday at 12:56 PM (edited) 8 hours ago, SkolWild73 said: Found this about pay. Wasn’t sure so looked it up. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/02/03/nhl-nhlpa-4-nations-face-off/ Revenue is split 50-50 by the players and the owners and this year‘s four nations will earn 4 to 5 times what a All-Star game typically earns. thanks Skol. anybody else think the first period animosity and fights was due to the fans booing our anthem? looking forward to a Canada rematch in the final Edited Sunday at 12:57 PM by Pewterschmidt 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezig Verified Member Posted Sunday at 02:12 PM Share Posted Sunday at 02:12 PM 19 hours ago, OldDutchChip said: They could also just do North America vs Europe (Draisaitl, Pasta, Kap …vs US/Canada would be awesome!) or have some balls and allow any NHL player to participate and expand to 7 countries and then 8th be all other Agreed. There are too many Russian players in the league to not have them in this tourney. It doesn't matter what side you're on in regard to the war, the players didn't start it and they aren't fighting in it. This tourney should be about the best players on ice facing off. Moving it to pre-season instead of mid-season would be a great jump start to the NHL season. If someone does get inured, the GM's would at least have some pre-season time to make roster adjustments. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkolWild73 Verified Member Posted Sunday at 02:41 PM Share Posted Sunday at 02:41 PM 1 hour ago, Pewterschmidt said: Revenue is split 50-50 by the players and the owners and this year‘s four nations will earn 4 to 5 times what a All-Star game typically earns. thanks Skol. anybody else think the first period animosity and fights was due to the fans booing our anthem? looking forward to a Canada rematch in the final I had heard that M. Tkachuk was not happy about the booing of it in the first game. Might have been that or maybe they just wanted to set a tone to get Canada to play more physical to maybe limit their speed and get them out of their game? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkolWild73 Verified Member Posted Sunday at 03:51 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:51 PM 20 hours ago, OldDutchChip said: They could also just do North America vs Europe (Draisaitl, Pasta, Kap …vs US/Canada would be awesome!) or have some balls and allow any NHL player to participate and expand to 7 countries and then 8th be all other To expand, they would have to allow players that are not on an nhl roster to compete. Finland barely had enough players to even field a team. Russia has the 4th most players on an nhl roster (opening day that is) with 46. Finland next at 37. Czech is 6th with 22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Verified Member Posted Sunday at 05:11 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:11 PM 10 hours ago, RedLake said: Hopefully Billy, Heinz, Gus, Faber, Boldy, Brodin, Ek get us Kap resigned, Rantanen here, and a fucking round 1 win this year. Yea, we definitely need Kap resigned. But what does Gus, Faber, Boldy, Brodin, or Ek have to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnt Toast Verified Member Posted Sunday at 05:52 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:52 PM 36 minutes ago, Sam said: have to do with it? “ What’s Gus, what’s Gus, what’s Gus have to do with it.” Who’s Bolds but our second scoring…. Can’t think of a rhythm for emotion, bummer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLake Verified Member Posted Sunday at 11:28 PM Share Posted Sunday at 11:28 PM Boldy will return a new player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy the poor boy Verified Member Posted Monday at 04:59 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:59 PM On 2/15/2025 at 8:12 PM, SkolWild73 said: I get what everyone is saying about this tournament. But if you watched the first 9 seconds of USA vs Canada, and the game so far, it sure looks like it means something to the players. I've only seen Saturdays games but it looks like great hockey... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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