ignorant Pejorative Slur from New York said:For once the season is officially canceled, teams will be obliged to return all of the season-ticket money which they're holding and on which they're collecting far more interest than they're returning with monthly refunds.
mudcrutch79 said:I'm confused. The Oilers website says that they're paying prime+1%. Prime in Canada right now is 2.5%. A quick look at RBC's website suggests you'd be hardpressed to get more than 2% on a deposit. Do the Oilers have one of those magic banks that pays them higher interest rates? Or is this guy just too lazy to do his research?
speeds said:He's not wrong on the drafting though. Man it stunk in the mid 90's
At least Edmonton's horrible drafting didn't hurt anyone but them and teams benifited getting better prospects.edmontonoilers89 said:...and so have the Rangers.
mudcrutch79 said:I'm confused. The Oilers website says that they're paying prime+1%. Prime in Canada right now is 2.5%. A quick look at RBC's website suggests you'd be hardpressed to get more than 2% on a deposit. Do the Oilers have one of those magic banks that pays them higher interest rates? Or is this guy just too lazy to do his research?
Pepper said:Only naive fools will actually take Brooks' crap seriously, just like Al Strachan he's just spewing NHLPA ******** propaganda in order to be able get juicy rumors from the agents in the future.
There's a reason why Brooks is widely regarded as the dumbest hockey journo around along with Strachan and Garrioch.
He's no longer President, it was a very short tenure. But here is a good story.BlackRedGold said:If he's so dumb then why did the other hockey writer elect him President of the hockey writers association?
BlackRedGold said:If he's so dumb then why did the other hockey writer elect him President of the hockey writers association?
mudcrutch79 said:I'm confused. The Oilers website says that they're paying prime+1%. Prime in Canada right now is 2.5%. A quick look at RBC's website suggests you'd be hardpressed to get more than 2% on a deposit. Do the Oilers have one of those magic banks that pays them higher interest rates? Or is this guy just too lazy to do his research?
Flames, Rangers, Leafs, Habs, Canucks, Stars....
Brooks you morron mention all the teams guilty of bad drafting. Another thing, if Edmonton drafted, Iginla, Doan, Mclaren and all the other ones mentioned, how many of them would still be Oilers under the current CBA? How many, answer that question @$$.
aspdad said:ridicules the oilers horrible drafting, but fails to mention that same person who made those draft choices in now GM of the Rangers. Does that mean the Rangers deserved not to make the playoffs for last 7-8 years? I think so!
Jigga wha?DementedReality said:huh ? whats your point ? the NYR have gotten everything they deserve and the NHL and their supporters are trying to bail them out so they can compete against OTT, VAN, CGY, TBY and the like.
its not good for TV contracts when markets like NY, CHI, LAX, MIA, BOS and DAL cant compete for the cup.
this lockout is really a "save the big markets" lockout.
DR
Hasbro said:Jigga wha?
I can garuntee you the Canadian franchises, Boston, Chicago and Nashville would love nothing more than to stick it to the Rangers with this CBA. They want to stop the Rangers from becoming the Yankees where their checkbook can overcome their incompetence.
For all of Brook's finger waving about Edmonton not drafting Iginla, he waged a campaign for the Rangers to break the bank in order to "buy Iginla."
Yeah and they raise the bar on salaries for everyone.BlackRedGold said:Stop them? When? They've had a decade and they can't even make the playoffs, much less dominate the league?
Which he would have been arguing for the Rangers to do if he were with Edmonton. He talks about the Oilers deserving their problems because of poor drafting, yet he wants to make that moot by busting the team.So what? Since the Rangers haven't been able to draft worth a damn, why not give up the five first rounders to get the best player in the game?
Wouldn't that money be better spent on Iginla then on Jagr or Holik?
But the Rangers didn't do that since they figured, unlike Brooks, that Calgary would match. Those billionaire Alberta oil tycoons aren't going to let Iginla go that easily.