Contract Termination: [SJS] Lean Bergmann

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[LokiDog]

Not Lean Bergmann!

 

[barriers]

Martin Jones is spelled incorrectly in that tweet

 

[Flukeshot]

Lean Bergmann is a fake name. You can't convince me otherwise.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Goodbye to the servers.

 

[Mike Jones]

Lean Bergmann is a fake name. You can't convince me otherwise.

I don't know who she is either?

 

[Schenn]

Knew this one would be an albatross the moment it was signed. Lucic, Eriksson, Bergmann. The trifecta.

 

[CupInSIX]

Don't know who Bergmann is but sounds more like mutual contract termination.

Lean needed to put on some lbs.

 

[abo9]

That's gonna haunt San Jose for years to come

 

[Jacob]

Never heard of an ELC being bought out. Are the Sharks close to the contract limit or did this guy do something bad?

 

[WhatTheDuck]

I thought the Sharks were looking at some lean years but apparently not

 

[Erep]

Don't know who Bergmann is but sounds more like mutual contract termination.

Yeah, this doesn't make sense. Buying out an ELC in the AHL for what? A contract slot?

 

[boredmale]

Who?

 

[Unspecified]

 

[Kahvi]

Don't know who Bergmann is but sounds more like mutual contract termination.

Lean needed to put on some lbs.

Mutual contract termination or some off-ice stuff. Doesnt make any sense otherwise

 

[SI90]

Lean is bad for you

 

[Erep]

It is termination, just lazy tweeting.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Seems like a waste to me. Hopefully someone digs into the why and some explanation is given.

 

[Treb]

Seems like a waste to me. Hopefully someone digs into the why and some explanation is given.

Wasn't really doing great in the AHL so mutual termination to go back to Europe?

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Wasn't really doing great in the AHL so mutual termination to go back to Europe?

His contract had a European assignment clause so they could've done that w/o terminating the deal and just rode it out then non-tendered him. I really doubt the Sharks need the contract slot that badly.

 

[kovacro]

So they are trimming the fat?

Next up, Jones.

 

[RainyCityHockey]

Bergmann will most likely go back to Germany and try to rebuild his stock playing in DEL.

A year or two ago he also was interviewed in Germany and talked about only going to north america if he's got a role and not wanting to be some AHL guy.

He's still young enough to maybe make it back to the NHL.

 

[Treb]

His contract had a European assignment clause so they could've done that w/o terminating the deal and just rode it out then non-tendered him. I really doubt the Sharks need the contract slot that badly.

They save money and suffer no penalty from a mutual termination.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

@The Lean Bergmann

Did you guys know that Lean actually posts here on HFBoards? I'd like to hear his side of the story.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

They save money and suffer no penalty from a mutual termination.

I can't imagine that's really any part of the motivation. There's no real penalty in riding out the final year for the team and they're not paying a lot no matter where Bergmann would've been assigned.