Q: Best RFA signing? Tyler Motte: 59.6% Adam Gaudette: 26.8% Jake Virtanen: 10.8% Q: Best UFA signing? Braden Holtby: 83.9% N/A: 7.9% Jayce Hawryluk: 7.7% TRADE: 2022 3rd round pick (VAN) to VGK for Nate Schmidt Graph MEAN SCORE: 4.78 Q: How much faith do you have in the front office? Graph MEAN SCORE: 3.41 Comparison to other teams:
Team
Mean Score
Detroit Red Wings
4.89
Columbus Blue Jackets
4.46
New York Rangers
4.38
Los Angeles Kings
4.3
Carolina Hurricanes
4.24
Toronto Maple Leafs
4.23
Edmonton Oilers
4.09
Winnipeg Jets
4.01
Montreal Canadiens
3.99
Minnesota Wild
3.99
Calgary Flames
3.8
New Jersey Devils
3.77
Ottawa Senators
3.63
San Jose Sharks
3.61
Vancouver Canucks
3.41
Florida Panthers
3.33
Nashville Predators
3.26
Anaheim Ducks
3.06
Buffalo Sabres
2.95
Pittsburgh Penguins
2.8
Arizona Coyotes
2.7
Chicago Blackhawks
2.48
Most Exciting Prospects:
Vasili Podkolzin: 58.3%
Nils Hoglander 30.6%
Olli Juolevi, D 5.9%
Jack Rathbone, D: **3.5%
Q: Will this team make the playoffs next season? YES: 78.7% NO: 21.3% Q: If yes, how far will they go? FIRST ROUND: 41.4% SECOND ROUND: 43.5% WCF: 11.7% SCF: 0% WIN STANLEY CUP: 3.3% Q: Where will they end up in their division? 1ST: 1% 2ND: 14.3% 3RD: 45.1% 4TH: 23.4% 5TH: 12.2% 6TH: 1.7% 7TH: 1.7% 8TH: 0.3% Q: What state is this team currently in? REBUILDERS: 3.1% BUBBLE TEAM: 66.3% PLAYOFF TEAM: 30.1% TOP CONTENDER: 0.7% Q: Where will they be in 5 years? REBUILDERS: 0% BUBBLE TEAM: 3.1% PLAYOFF TEAM: 29.5% TOP CONTENDER: 67% Q: What is the most pressing concern with your team? Word cloud Season Results Last Year:
W
L
OTL
P
GF
GA
36
27
6
81
228 (8th)
217 (17th)
Team finished 4th in the Pacific Lost Second Round (4-3) versus Vegas Golden Knights Won First Round (4-2) versus St. Louis Blues Won Qualifying Round (3-1) versus Minnesota Wild Top Scorers and Goalies:
Player
GP
G
A
PTS
+/-
PIM
ATOI
J.T. Miller
69
27
45
72
11
47
20:06
Elias Pettersson
68
27
39
66
16
18
18:32
Bo Horvat
69
22
31
53
-15
21
19:44
Quinn Hughes
68
8
45
41
-10
22
21:53
Tanner Pearson
69
21
24
45
-4
27
16:31
Player
GP
W
L
OTL
SV%
GAA
GSAA
Braden Holtby
48
25
14
6
.897
3.11
-16.76
Thatcher Demko
27
13
10
2
.905
3.06
-3.67
Additions/Subtractions: *Links contain the Reddit threads of their announcement
With the NHL season still 18 days away, the KHL is already underway in its third week of play. Whether you’re looking for a quick fix until October 3rd, or you’ve always wanted a dog in the race in the KHL, here is an extensive guide to picking the right team for you. Route #1: Pretty Colors For those out there who don’t want to go through the hassle of changing their wardrobe, the simplest path in choosing a tea m is to go with your NHL team’s familial colors. As an avowed Rangers-hating Islanders fan, the toughest part about relocating to St. Petersburg and adopting SKA has been their taste in laundry.
ANAHEIM DUCKS
ARIZONA COYOTES → DINAMO RIGA
BOSTON BRUINS → SEVERSTAL CHEREPOVETS
BUFFALO SABRES → HC SOCHI
CALGARY FLAMES → AVTOMOBILIST YEKATERINABURG
CAROLINA HURRICANES → VITYAZ PODOLSK
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS → AVANGARD OMSK
COLORADO AVALANCHE → TORPEDO NIZHNY NOVGOROD
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS → SLOVAN BRATISLAVA
DALLAS STARS → SALAVAT UFA
DETROIT RED WINGS → SPARTAK MOSCOW
EDMONTON OILERS LA KINGS → TRAKTOR CHELYABINSK
FLORIDA PANTHERS → HELSINKI JOKERIT
LOS ANGELES KINGS → TRAKTOR CHELYABINSK
MINNESOTA WILD → AK BARS KAZAN
MONTREAL CANADIENS → LOKOMOTIV YAROSLAVL
NASHVILLE PREDATORS → METALLURG MAGNITOGORSK
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
NEW YORK RANGERS → SKA ST. PETERSBURG
OTTAWA SENATORS → RED STAR KUNLUN
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS → AMUR KHABAROVSK
PITTSBURG PENGUINS → SEVERSTAL CHEREPOVETS, SIBIR NOVOSIBIRSK (for alt Jersey)
SAN JOSE SHARKS → ADMIRAL VLADIVOSTOK
ST LOUIS BLUES → SIBIR NOVOSIBIRSK
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING → BARYS ASTANA
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS → DYNAMO MOSCOW
VANCOUVER CANUCKS → SALAVAT UFA
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS → HC SOCHI
WASHINGTON CAPITALS → CSKA MOSCOW
WINNIPEG JETS → DINAMO MINSK
Bonus: HARTFORD WHALERS → SALAVAT UFA
Route #2: So Original If you long for the days of a league with only six teams and goalies masks amounted to the cartilage in your nose, then perhaps you want to take a look at some Soviet originals. The KHL as we know it has only been around since its 2008-2009 inaugural season. However, most of the clubs have existed in some form or another since before the KHL was founded. SLOVAN BRATISLAVA – 1921
Founded back when Czechoslovakia was one and the same, the club has been around for almost a century. It petitioned the league for entry in 2012, and has struggled in the tough Bobrov Division.
SKA ST. PETERSBURG – 1946 CSKA MOSCOW – 1946
“SKA” literally means Sports Club of the Army and were athletic clubs within the Ministry of Defense. Due to their history (including a 3-0 game comeback by SKA in 2015 Conference Finals) and current prominence in the league (both topping their respective divisions in 2017-2018), this is arguably the biggest rivalry in the KHL.
DYNAMO MOSCOW – 1946 SPARTAK MOSCOW – 1946
Both Moscow clubs are originals of the 1946 Soviet Championship League, where Dynamo beat Spartak in the first ever championship match.
Not So Original: For the expansion lovers out there – take a look at the league’s newest entrant – RED STAR KUNLUN. Route #3: Not Into the Whole ‘Russia’ Thing Don’t have a particular affinity for Russia? There are plenty of options outside of the Federation: HELSINKI JOKERIT (Finland) DYNAMO RIGA (Latvia) DINAMO MINSK (Belarus) SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) BARYS ASTANA (Kazakhstan) RED STAR KUNLUN (China) Route #4: Rooting For (or Against) Familiar Names Ex-NHL: Pavel Datsyuk - SKA St. Petersburg Nail Yakupov – SKA St. Petersburg Maxime Talbot – Avangard Omsk Maxim Afinogenov – Dynamo Moscow Alexander Semin – Vityaz Moscow Andrei Markov – Ak Bars Kazan Wojtek Wolski – Metallurg Magnitogorsk Nikolai Kulemin – Metallurg Magnitogorsk Andrej Meszaros – Slovan Bratislava Karri Ramo – Avangard Omsk Jhonas Enroth – Dinamo Minsk Yohann Auvitu – HC Sochi Dmitri Kalinin – Spartak Moscow Peter Regin – Jokerit Helsinki Route #5: Rooting For (or Against) Future Names\*Notable prospects in italics ANAHEIM DUCKS None ARIZONA COYOTES None BOSTON BRUINS Alexander Khokhlachev (C/W) – Spartak Moscow Pavel Shen (C) – Salavat Yulaev Ufa BUFFALO SABRES None CALGARY FLAMES Linden Vey (C/RW) – CSKA Moscow Pavel Karnaukhov (LW/C) – CSKA Moscow Rushan Rafikov (D) – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl CAROLINA HURRICANES None CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Artur Kayumov (LW/RW) – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Andrei Altybarmakyan (RW) – SKA St. Petersburg Ivan Nalimov (G) – Kunlun Red Star COLORADO AVALANCHE Nikolai Kovalenko (RW) – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS *Vladislav Gavrikov (D) – SKA St. Petersburg DALLAS STARS Matej Stransky (RW) – Severstal Cerepovets DETROIT RED WINGS Alexander Kadeykin (C) – Salavat Yulaev Ufa EDMONTON OILERS Anton Slepyshev (LW/RW) – CSKA Moscow Bogdan Yakimov (C) – Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk FLORIDA PANTHERS Curtis Valk (C) – Barys Astana Grigori Denisenko (LW) – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Yaroslav Kosov (LW/RW) – Spartak Moscow LA KINGS Nikolai Prokhorkin (C) – SKA St. Petersburg Alexander Dergachyov (C/RW) – SKA St. Petersburg Bulat Shafigullin (LW/RW) – Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk MINNESOTA WILD *Kirill Kaprizov (LW/RW) – CSKA MoscowAndrei Svetlakov (C) – CSKA Moscow MONTREAL CANADIENS Alexander Romanov (D) – CSKA Moscow NASHVILLE PREDATORS None NEW JERSEY DEVILS Vojtech Mozik (D) – Vityaz Podolsk Yegor Zaitsev (D) – Dynamo Moscow Mikhail Maltsev (LW/C) – SKA St. Petersburg NEW YORK ISLANDERS Anatoli Golyshev (LW/RW) – Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Johan Sundström (C) – Kunlun Red Star Kristers Gudlevskis (G) – Dinamo Riga *Ilya Sorokin (G) – CSKA Moscow The Islander’s 2014 Draft pick Ilya Sorokin has been playing hard to get with the Islanders management, especially after signing a 3 year contract with CSKA Moscow in 2017. Apparently he is most optimistic about playing for the new management but any seasoned Isles fan is likely counting down to heartbreak. NEW YORK RANGERS Nicklas Jensen (RW/LW) – Helsinki Jokerit Patrik Virta (C/RW) – HC Slovan Bratislava *Yegor Rykov (D) – SKA St. Petersburg Vitali Kravtsov (RW) – Traktor Chelyabinsk *Igor Shestyorkin (G) – SKA St. Petersburg OTTAWA SENATORS None PHILADELPHIA FLYERS Roman Lyubimov (LW/RW) – Metallurg Magnitogorsk Valeri Vasilyev (D) – Severstal Cherepovets Ivan Fedotov (G) – Salavat Yulaev Ufa PITTSBURG PENGUINS Andrey Pedan (D) – Ak Bars Kazan SAN JOSE SHARKS Emil Galimov (LW/RW) – Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk ST LOUIS BLUES Beau Bennet (RW/LW) – Dinamo Minsk TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING None TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Miro Aaltonen (C/LW) – Vityaz Podolsk Vladislav Kara (W/C) – Ak Bars Kazan Martins Dzierkals (RW) – Dinamo Riga *Yegor Korshkov (RW) – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Eemeli Räsänen (D) – Helsinki Jokerit Vladimir Bobylyov (LW/RW) – Salavat Yulaev Ufa VANCOUVER CANUCKS Artyom Manukyan (RW) – Avangard Omsk Nikita Tryamkin (D) – Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Dmitri Zhukenov (C) – Avangard Omsk VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS *Nikita Gusev – St. Petersburg SKA Philip Holm – Torped Nizhny Novgorod Teemu Pulkkinen – Dinamo Minsk WASHINGTON CAPITALS None WINNIPEG JETS Pavel Kraskovsky (C) – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ivan Telegin (W/C) – CSKA Moscow Route #6: Other METALLURG MAGNITOGORSK I mean, if you were ever into Pokémon at any point in your life, how could you not be into that name? LOKOMOTIV YAROSLAVL Lokomotiv is arguably the best-known team internationally for a unfortunate reason. On September 7th, 2011, nearly the entire team was killed in a plane crash during takeoff to a game in Minsk. The club canceled their 2011-2012 season, and the KHL does not play games on September 7th in order to mourn the tragedy. TRAKTOR CHELYABINSK If you come from a "lovable loser" type city in North America (not naming any names...), then you may have a kindred spirit with Chelyabinsk. The butt of infinite memes, as well as home to one of the most viral videos in history of a meteor striking the town in 2013, the hockey club has been a point of pride. Especially making the Gagarin Cup finals, but ultimately losing in the 2012-2013 season. Hope you enjoyed the post! I would have liked to add more graphics and links, but if you are interested what the uniforms look like, or any of the prospects, I would recommend doing some further research. This article can also be found on https://beta.getkelvin.com/site/en.khl.ru
https://imgur.com/a/Mgy77WH I'm still with NHL18 and wanted to go further with Franchise mode. So I recreated Finnish teams to be used in the Franchise mode. Since the top Finnish leagues don't have 31 teams, this has even a few teams from the third highest league. I also brought back Jokerit from KHL. -- Cities -- Cities are not accurate for all teams, since only Liiga cities are included in the game. So they were usually chosen by the closest Liiga city for the rest with a couple of creative exceptions. -- Rosters -- The rosters are not up to date since a huge amount of players would have to be created.. But I did include most of the finnish NHL/AHL players to their earlier teams. Other than Liiga teams were filled mostly with Liiga leftovers and players from other European series and, but so that the overall would somewhat reflect their talent comparing to the Liiga teams. This of course then required replacing AHL players also with lower tier European players and caused some issues with the salary cap on.. but overall I'm pretty happy on how this ended up. It's going to be interesting to see how the bottom tier teams catch up after drafting a couple Franchise level players! I'm going to start playing this tomorrow. -- Following leagues are involved -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liiga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomi-sarja (only Kiekko-Espoo, D-Kiekko and Porvoo Hunters) -- Division alignment (with the real cities) -- Pacific (Rannikon) division TPS (Turku) TuTo (Turku) HPK (Hämeenlinna) Sport (Vaasa) Ässät (Pori) Lukko (Rauma) Kärpät (Oulu) Hermes (Kokkola) Central (Keskinen) division JYP (Jyväskylä) KeuPa (Keuruu) KalPa (Kuopio) D-Kiekko (Jyväskylä) Tappara (Tampere) Ilves (Tampere) KooVee (Tampere) Metropolitan (Uudenmaan) division Jokerit (Helsinki) HIFK (Helsinki) Kiekko-Espoo (Espoo) Kiekko-Vantaa (Vantaa) Pelicans (Lahti) Peliitat (Heinola) KooKoo (Kouvola) Hunters (Porvoo) Atlantic (Itä-Suomen) division Jukurit (Mikkeli) SaiPa (Lappeenranta) SaPKo (Savonlinna) Jokipojat (Joensuu) Ketterä (Imatra) Hokki (Kajaani) IPK, Iisalmen Peli-Karhut (Iisalmi) RoKi (Rovaniemi)
Wayback Wednesday – Schnitzel, Six Nations and Slaying Dragons: Jaromir Jagr's European Adventure
Dateline: Pittsburgh, Penn., September 1994. Training camp has opened for the Penguins and several other NHL teams. You'd be forgiven if you thought things were normal. They're really, really not. You see, not long after training camp started, a labour dispute between the NHL and NHLPA had deepened. Players were locked out. Games were cancelled. Any NHL action went from the ice and the gym to frantic phone trees and discussions around hotel conference rooms. The main sticking points were a suggested salary cap – which owners wanted and players didn't – and revenue sharing – which small-market owners loved but the big fish didn't. Meanwhile, players passed the time off with different tournaments and exhibition games. The NHLPA held a 4-on-4 tournament in Hamilton which put asses in seats, while Wayne Gretzky himself called up the boys and put together the Ninety-Nine All Stars, a team that played exhibition games throughout Europe. Some players headed overseas, either to teams they grew up playing for – Mikael Renberg for Lulea, Mats Sundin for Djurgarden,Teemu Selanne for Jokerit – or teams with deep pockets, like Theo Fleury with Finland's Tappara Tampere. Other players made random appearances in odd places. Pavel Bure showed up for a game in the German Bundesliga, scored a hat-trick, got paid, and left. Dominik Hasek did the same for his old Czech team in Pardubice. Meanwhile, a certain mulleted Czech superstar, 22 years old at that point, was looking for something different. Dateline: Kladno, Czech Republic, October 1994. When Jaromir Jagr heard about the lockout, he called up his old hometown team in Kladno. He hopped on the first flight home and jumped into the lineup for his childhood club immediately - a team that he would buy and own years later. Jagr was fresh off his fourth year in the NHL, a 99-point barnburner of a season, his best one yet. His skills had never been sharper and his mullet had never been fluffier. Jagr ran roughshod in the league. During his 11 games, Jagr scored 22 points for his hometown club, suiting up with the Kaberle brothers, Patrik Elias, Marek Zidlicky and Tomas Vokoun (all while those five weren't old enough to drink). All was good for #68 until his eleventh game of the year. Jagr took an awkward hit from an opposing defenseman, injuring his leg in the process. Team officials and coaches told him he'd suffered a severe ankle sprain and sentenced him to Jagr's worst fear – time away from the rink to recover. Now, if there's one thing we know about Jagr, it's that he has an unrivalled dedication and passion for the game of hockey. Watching it isn't as good as the real thing. Jagr couldn't bear to stay away from the rink, even after the team cancelled his temporary contract when he was unable to play. Then, one night, he got a call out of the blue. It was a fellow from Italy, and he had an idea. Exactly who the man on the phone was has been lost to history, but his offer wasn't. The man represented HC Bolzano, a team in the Italian league. He laid out the situation for Jagr. Bolzano was about to enter the final phase of a major tournament and could use a little help. While Bolzano was good, the guy on the phone was afraid they wouldn't be good enough. He offered Jagr as much money as he could manage - $10,000 per game for what would be a handful of games. It would be less than a third of what he'd make in Pittsburgh. Jagr thought it through briefly. Bolzano definitely had the money, having hired ex-NHLer Kent Nilsson at one point and having signed a number of Canadian-born ringers, like Bruno Zarrillo and Dave Pasin. The Italian league was a strange frontier - the season before, a player was suspended after setting another player on fire, using a lighter thrown on the ice. Despite that, the man was offering Jagr what he wanted most – to play hockey again, this time at a slower pace and a less physical setup. He'd have a hard time hurting his leg any worse there, and he'd even be able to get a nice Italian vacation out of it. Jagr said yes to the deal. He got in his car, drove out to Bolzano a couple days later and suited up. The major tournament was the Six Nations Trophy, the largest professional club tournament in Western Europe. It was a convoluted and confusing mix of regular season play, exhibition games and tournaments. That season, a series of in-season tournament games were set up amongst regional rivals in Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Denmark, France and the Netherlands to determine Europe's best team. Think like a hockey version of the Champions League – it went on at the same time as the regular season. For the tournament, the region was split up into four divisions – the Adriatic, the Alpenliga, the Atlantic and the Danube. The top eight teams in the four divisions would meet up for a pair of round-robin tournaments, where the two highest-ranked teams would earn a chance to play in the grand final. Little confusing, I know. The basic fact is that Jagr was brought in as a ringer to help Bolzano win the Adriatic league and earn the Six Nations Trophy. Specifically, Bolzano was worried about a team from the French league. This team, the Rouen Dragons, had dominated everyone they played. In 12 Atlantic league games, Rouen had gone undefeated, averaging more than seven goals per game. Half the French national team played for them, including top sniper Franck Pajonkowski. He was joined by ex-Winnipeg Jets prospect Guy Fournier, former Calgary Flame Kari Jalonen and others. Even with Jagr, slaying the Dragons would be tough. He was more than up to the task. After a tune-up game with Bolzano, Jagr was ready for the tournament. Dateline: Bolzano, Italy, December 2, 1994. Jagr's first real test was the round-robin tournament, which was held in Bolzano's brand-new arena, the 7,000 seat PalaOnda. In order to make it through to the tournament final, Bolzano would need to beat two Italian teams and a squad from Austria. They ran right through all three, beating Varese 5-4, Villach 5-1 and Courmaosta 4-0, punching their ticket to the final. Unsurprisingly, Rouen did the same in the other tournament, setting up a clash of the titans in the Six Nations grand final. The two teams would play two games head-to-head, with each team playing a home game. Jagr was okay in the first three games, but not quite himself. His ankle was still bothering him and he wasn't nearly as fast as he was before, but his ability was quite clear. Dateline: Rouen, December 6, 1994. The first game of the series was in Rouen's Patinoire L'Ile Lacroix arena. A few local sportswriters showed up for Jagr, but generally speaking, nobody really noticed. He played on the team's first line, along with the Canadians Bruno Zarrillo and Dave Pasin. After the first period, you couldn't really blame the fans for not noticing Jagr – he was pretty much invisible. Fournier scored for Rouen, then Pasin tallied for Bolzano. The game was tied 1-1 after one period. Then, halfway through the second, Jagr woke up. If you've ever had the chance to play beer-league with an actual professional hockey star, they'll usually give you one bit of advice. If you want to score, give them the puck, skate to the net, and put your stick on the ice. Sometimes, you'd swear that top talent could prop up a mannequin with a stick near the net and still get them a hat-trick. Jagr went all mannequin-next-to-the-net on Rouen. Rouen led the game 4-2 after two periods, with Jagr getting an assist on Pasin's second goal of the game. In the third, Bolzano teed off. Jagr found Zarrillo with a seeing-eye pass near the net. 4-3. Jagr rushed the puck into the zone not long after that. After a goalmouth scramble, Pasin tapped in the puck to finish his hat-trick. 4-4. Tie game. A minute and a half later, Jagr found Zarrillo again. 5-4. Bolzano leads. Another ninety seconds pass before Jagr feeds Pasin another gimme goal near the net. 6-4 Bolzano. Fournier scores again for the home team, but, literally while the announcement for that goal goes out over the arena PA system, Jagr finds Zarrillo again and he completes his hat-trick. 7-5 Bolzano. Despite coasting through the first half of the game, Jagr still finished with five points and set both of his linemates up for career-defining games. Dateline: Bolzano, Italy, December 8, 1994. Game two would be on friendly turf for the Italians. Fans packed the house to – potentially – watch their team take one of Europe's biggest hockey honours. Rouen forward Mario De Benedictis put the kibosh on that early with a quick goal for the Dragons. Not too long after that, Jagr took matters into his own hands, breaking into the zone on his slowly-healing ankle and sliding a puck underneath a bamboozled Rouen goalie. 1-1. Tied. In the second, Jagr got back to his old tricks, feeding Zarrillo who found teammate Mario Doyon close to the goal. 2-1 Bolzano. Thirty seconds later, Zarrillo did it all himself, scoring an unassisted goal to extend the lead to 3-1. Jalonen scored for the Dragons late in the second, making the game 3-2. That result would be enough to earn Bolzano the title, but that wouldn't be enough for Jagr. There is no such thing as “enough” for Jaromir Jagr. Off the opening faceoff for the third period, Jagr gets a feed from Pasin, dipsy-doodles into the zone and scores. 4-2. Four minutes later, Jagr returns the favour, getting Pasin one of those mannequin-next-to-the-net goals. Rouen scored late in the third, but it wasn't enough. 5-2. Final score. Game, set, match for Bolzano and Jagr's henchmen. The Six Nations Trophy was heading to Italy. All in all, Jagr scored 16 points in six games during his Italian road trip, including 8 points in those last two games. He picked up a cool $60,000 for his time – not a bad payday for a man on vacation. Jagr got the cheques, celebrated with his new teammates, did a couple of interviews with Italian media – teammate Martin Pavlu, born in the Czech Republic but raised in Italy, translated for him – and got ready to leave. Before he could skip town, however, Jagr got two phone calls. One was from his agent back home. Apparently, negotiations between the NHL and NHLPA were looking up. The NHL would be returning to play soon, maybe within the next month or so. Jagr would have to return to the States in the next few weeks. The other call was another odd one. Unlike the mystery man who brought Jagr to Italy, we know who this call was from – it was either Petr Fiala or Vladimir Kames, both of whom grew up with Jagr and now played in Germany with a low-level club. Whoever was on the line, they knew that Jagr's deal with Bolzano had finished and he'd soon have to head back stateside. They wondered if Jagr would be interested in one more adventure before getting back to work. Hockey was involved. What do you think happened? Trick question. Of course he did it. Dateline: Gelsenkirchen, Germany, January 8, 1995. The third leg of Jaromir Jagr's Euro-trip was underway. Fiala and/or Kames convinced Jagr to come play for their third-division German league team, the Schalke Sharks. Jagr would only have time for one game, but that would be enough. Team officials were conflicted about having a bonafide NHL star on the team. On the one hand, they'd get an almost guaranteed win and terrific press. On the other hand, the team was on shaky financial ground and didn't want to have to pay Jagr a high stipend for him to play and to get him a room for a couple nights. Jagr drove into town from Kladno, where he'd returned to for a few days after the Bolzano gig finished up. Team executives spoke with him at the team's arena, afraid of the cost they'd have to pay. They had already booked a room in Gelsenkirchen's finest hotel, the Maritim, for the young star. They'd hired a limo to drive him around. They pulled out all the stops. Imagine their surprise when they spoke with Jagr for the first time and talked about his salary demands. Jagr shrugged and said something along the lines of, “You don't have to pay me. Just get me a good meal and a drink and we'll be good.” They asked about the hotel room. Jagr said he'd already made plans to crash at Fiala's place that night. Playing with his old friends was enough. The most valuable hockey star on the continent had offered to play for a semi-pro team for a plate of rink food and a beer. That had to be like Christmas, Halloween and a birthday all rolled into one for those officials. The team would have to spend money on Jagr's insurance – 7,000 Deutsch marks, to be precise. The team brought out a financial sponsor, an insurance agent, to make sure every condition was followed and any additional fees weren't found. They even sent the Zamboni out twice to make sure the ice was evenly resurfaced. With the insurance payment made, the limo sent back and a refund coming in from the hotel room, it was time to get to work. Sharks brass promoted the hell out of the game. On a good night, the Sharks got maybe a couple hundred people to watch their games. More than 2,000 people showed up. Jagr started the game with his buddies on the Sharks' first line against Herner EV, an average team at best. In the German tongue, Jagr's last name translates as “hunter”. On this night, that was appropriate. Less than thirty seconds after opening puck drop, Jagr, still slightly hobbled by his bad ankle, scored. 1-0 Sharks. At that point, Jagr just stopped trying to score altogether. Instead, he did the mannequin-next-to-the-net thing again, working it to perfection for the next 59 minutes. Goal after goal after goal went in, thrilling the packed crowd. The beating continued until the final whistle. The first time I saw the final score, I thought it was a misprint. There's no way a professional hockey game could have devolved into such an incredible butt-kicking. Several German-language publications all confirmed the end result – it looked more like a football score than a hockey score. Final score: Schalker Sharks 20, Herner EV 3. Jagr finished the game with 11 points, including 10 assists. I don't know how Herner scored three times, either. After the game, Jagr and his boys stuck around and talked with the fans, signing memorabilia and sharing stories. Once the crowd died out, the trio left for the most German meal you could get – hunter's schnitzel (“Jägerschnitzel“) with fries, mayo and German beer. Jagr crashed on Fiala's couch and drove home to Kladno the next day. A few days after that, he hopped a plane back to Pittsburgh. Dateline: Tampa Bay, Fla., January 20, 1995. Jaromir Jagr is back on the ice with the Penguins in their season opener. The lockout officially concluded on January 11 after both sides agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement. In his first game back against the Lightning, Jagr scored a shorthanded goal and got an assist on a Luc Robitaille snipe. Jagr would end up going on a tear that season, ending the year with 70 points in 48 games – a 136-point pace over a full 82-game season. He won his first of five Art Ross trophies that year. The credentials of Jaromir Jagr are not in question – two Stanley Cups, one Olympic gold medal, two World Championship golds, five Art Ross trophies, seven spots on the NHL First All-Star Team – not to mention continuing a high-standard of play well past the age when most players are hobbling around golf courses. He's a certain first-ballot Hall of Famer. Imagine if he never went to the KHL. Or don't. Your call. Jaromir Jagr hasn't signed a contract this summer. Honestly, this summer could be the end of the road for him. Let's face it, the man is 45 years old. If he signs, he'd be the oldest player in the league by five years, making Matt Cullen and Zdeno Chara look like spring chickens by comparison. I hope he finds a deal, but even if he doesn't, I think we can all agree on one thing: Jaromir Jagr is nothing short of a modern hockey god. And he's given two small cities in Italy and Germany some unique relics along the way.
Each day I will put up one of these posts with an excerpt and statline of a former Maple Leaf. You guys can use this thread to discuss, make jokes, and reminisce about said player.
Niklas Hagman
Hagman left Finland to join the Panthers for the start of the 2001–02 season. He appeared in 78 games for Florida, scoring 10 goals and 28 points on the season. He was named the NHL's Rookie of the Month for March 2002, and though he fell to 23 points in 2002–03, played in the YoungStars game at the 2003 NHL All-Star Game. Following another 23-point campaign in 2003–04, Hagman signed with HC Davos of the Swiss National League A as the 2004–05 season was wiped out by a labour dispute. He scored 40 points in 44 games, as Davos won the Swiss championship. He returned to the Panthers to begin the 2005–06 season, but after 30 games, he was traded to the Dallas Stars in exchange for a seventh-round selection at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Hagman recorded his 100th career NHL point in a 2–1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on October 23, 2006. He enjoyed his career best season in 2007–08, scoring 27 goals and 41 points. He led the Stars with eight game-winning goals and scored his first hat-trick on February 28, 2008, against the Chicago Blackhawks. An unrestricted free agent following the season, Hagman signed a four-year, US $12 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Hagman reached numerous milestones en route to his second 20-goal campaign in 2008–09. He played his 500th NHL game on November 17, 2008, against the Boston Bruins, scored his 200th point on February 22, 2009, against the New York Rangers and his 100th goal on March 28, also against Boston. He spent the majority of the 2009–10 season with the Leafs, and was their leading scorer with 20 goals when he was included in a major trade on January 31, 2010. The Calgary Flames acquired Hagman, along with Jamal Mayers, Matt Stajan and Ian White, in exchange for Dion Phaneuf, Fredrik Sjöström and Keith Aulie. Hagman finished the season with 25 goals and 44 points split between Toronto and Calgary. Hagman started the 2011–12 season with the Flames, but was a healthy scratch in six of the first 14 games, and scored only one goal and three assists in the eight games he played. The Flames placed Hagman on waivers and, when he cleared waivers on November 11, assigned him to the American Hockey League's Abbotsford Heat, the Flames' top minor league affiliate. The Flames then placed the winger on re-entry waivers to allow another team to pick him up for only half his salary. He was subsequently claimed by the Anaheim Ducks on November 14, 2011, with the Flames remaining responsible to pay the other half of his salary for the duration of his contract. Following the 2011–12 season, Hagman returned to Europe, signing a deal with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL. In the 2012–13 season for Yaroslavl, he played 49 games in the regular season, scoring 12 goals and providing eight assists. This was then followed by a six-game playoff run in which Hagman went scoreless. In July 2013, the Finnish SM-liiga club Ässät announced that Hagman had signed for a one-year contract. He currently plays with Jokerit in the KHL.
KHL.ru explains the changes in the ranking parameters for the season just ended. The 2018/19 ratings represent an objective assessment of our clubs’ performance in all aspects of their hockey activities – sporting results, financial sustainability, an Highest KHL salaries list leaks, with Kovalchuk and Datsyuk on top. Read full article. Greg Wyshynski. October 17, 2016, 3:42 PM. Getty Images. The Kontinental Hockey League has earned the KHL Finns complain of late salaries An Yle survey of Finnish hockey players and coaches in Russia’s KHL found that up to a third of clubs in the league have had difficulties paying salaries on time. Jokerit, the only Finnish club in the league, said that they pay their players promptly. Share Jokerit joined the KHL this year, but many of their competitors face serious financial problems List of top KHL salaries revealed. october 17, 2019. After some painstaking research, Russia's Sport Express has published a list of the top salaries of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Considering that in this offseason, some RFAs tried to use KHL as well as Western European teams as leverage, the list is of interest to many hockey fans. The KHL is a 24-team league, with the highest Jokerit, Finland’s only ice hockey team in the Russian KHL, have been late paying players’ salaries this autumn. The topic was broached by Jussi Pesonen, who plays for Vaasan Sport, on Twitter. Pesonen attributed the delay to sanctions slapped on the club’s Russian part-owners as a result of Russia’s actions in Ukraine and the owners’ ties to President Vladimir Putin. For all the horror stories and head-scratching, Stoa pointed out that some guys have positive experiences in the KHL. Playing for Helsinki-based Jokerit or high-powered and wealthy SKA St KHL.ru explains the changes in the ranking parameters for the season just ended. The 2018/19 ratings represent an objective assessment of our clubs’ performance in all aspects of their hockey activities – sporting results, financial sustainability, an Jokerit. Jokerit Hockey Club Oy Areenankuja 1, FIN-00240 Helsinki Tel. +358 (0)204 1990 Fax. +358 (0)204 1992 [email protected]. Palaute. [email protected]. FIN . FIN; ENG; RUS; Me VS Severstal Tsherepovets . Ti 09.02 klo 18:30 Hartwall Arena (ottelu pelataan ilman yleisöä) Tulevat ottelut; Pelatut ottelut; Sarjataulukko; Sarjataulukko, KHL 2020-21. Sijoitus sarjataulukossa määräytyy List of top KHL salaries revealed. october 17, 2019. After some painstaking research, Russia's Sport Express has published a list of the top salaries of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Considering that in this offseason, some RFAs tried to use KHL as well as Western European teams as leverage, the list is of interest to many hockey fans. The KHL is a 24-team league, with the highest Based on the report submitted by the Working Group, the KHL Board of Directors decided that the 2020-21 season will see the introduction of a "hard" ceiling for players' salaries, to the amount of 900m rubles and with no exceptions made for "star" players. The decision takes into account the fact that many clubs needed a longer transition period in order to honor the terms and conditions of
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