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Nikilidstrom · 09-20-2005, 02:41 PM

nope, I got Zetterberg as my official Wings player of the season, and Kronwall for shits and giggles. I also have centers coming outta the woodwork, so unless you want one in return for Datsyuk, I'm out of that race.

As this wave of patriotism seems to be limited to Russian players (Datsyuk, Kovulchuk, Korolyuk), I have a feeling this is a new way for teams in Mother Russia to extort extra money from NHL teams by basically holding Russian born NHL players "hostage" with big contracts, with the help of their money grubbing agents. When the NHL team pays (under the table of course) a large some of money to get the player back, he is coincidentally freed from the team who showed so much interest in him in Russia. This is the reason that Russia refused to sign the IIHF contract, so that this could all be done without anyone looking over their shoulder.

09-20-2005, 02:41 PM	#20 (permalink)
Nikilidstrom Stick it in your five hole! Location: Michigan, USA	nope, I got Zetterberg as my official Wings player of the season, and Kronwall for shits and giggles. I also have centers coming outta the woodwork, so unless you want one in return for Datsyuk, I'm out of that race. As this wave of patriotism seems to be limited to Russian players (Datsyuk, Kovulchuk, Korolyuk), I have a feeling this is a new way for teams in Mother Russia to extort extra money from NHL teams by basically holding Russian born NHL players "hostage" with big contracts, with the help of their money grubbing agents. When the NHL team pays (under the table of course) a large some of money to get the player back, he is coincidentally freed from the team who showed so much interest in him in Russia. This is the reason that Russia refused to sign the IIHF contract, so that this could all be done without anyone looking over their shoulder. Last edited by Nikilidstrom; 09-20-2005 at 02:51 PM..