Sobotka - Staying in KHL for 2015/16

[STEVIE RAY BLUES]

Just can't help myself....I have to check in and say this thread cracks me up considering I proposed trading sobotka even up for miller and was just hammered for suggesting that we give up our #1 center sobotka for miller....Gotta love it ...one month later and he's a third liner you know just like I said. Bob Bassen with a little better hands.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Sobotka was never our #1 and it'd still be stupid to trade him without getting an upgrade at center in return.

 

[STEVIE RAY BLUES]

Sobotka was never our #1 and it'd still be stupid to trade him without getting an upgrade at center in return.

Where trading a UFA goalie , an offensive winger, a 1st and a 3rd which could turn into a 1st was sheer brilliance. I understand your point. Mine in case you missed it was sobotka's value, not if the trade worked perfectly.

 

[Majorityof1]

Where trading a UFA goalie , an offensive winger, a 1st and a 3rd which could turn into a 1st was sheer brilliance. I understand your point. Mine in case you missed it was sobotka's value, not if the trade worked perfectly.

Whatever the point was, the suggested trade was horrible for all involved. Buffalo never, ever would have agreed to it. We would have been foolish to offer it as well. Buffalo is in a deep rebuild and had a lot of needs. They wanted lots of guys or picks with upside. If you thought they would have taken Soby straight up for Miller, you were the one way over-valuing him. It would have taken a #1 center for them to do a even player for player swap. On our side, it would have further compromised our center depth and left us with 3 goalies on a one way contract. I've heard of win-win trades but that is a lose-lose one for sure.

 

[jura]

no rest for the wicked

The Czech Republic has named their team for the 2014 IIHF World Hockey Championships, which will be hosted in Minsk, Belarus in early May. Among the notable players officially named to the roster on Sunday are ageless power forward Jaromir Jagr, likable Sharks forward Tomas Hertl, and St. Louis Blues grinder Vladimir Sobotka.
http://beta.thescore.com/news/495269

 

[SirPaste]

Apparently Vlad was knocked out by a jumping headshot from Abdelkader today, Abdelkader got a game misconduct

 

[Chojin]

Brutal hit. Even when they're out of our division and not even playing in the NHL, the Wings still find ways to screw us.

 

[ExJbeck]

Anyone got a link to the hit?

 

[Dbrownss]

Anyone got a link to the hit?

Rutherford had a link on twitter....brutal

 

[542365]

In a ****ing World Championship? What an idiot. I'm going to be very pissed if he has a serious concussion.

 

[jura]

 

[542365]

Why is Abdelkader the captain of Team USA?

Also, was the puck even near Soby? I don't see it in the video or the picture.

 

[ExJbeck]

Thanks jura.

Do we have any update on his current condition?

And I'm pretty sure the puck is up in the air, really wish I could see more of the play than just starting right there, because I can't understand why he would do that?

 

[darkson]

you can see it here from different views...so stupid dirty hit IMO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5fUxuf9QuQ

 

[Daley Tarasenkshow]

For god sakes.

 

[ExJbeck]

Well at least he got up. Hopefully Sobo's alright.

 

[superblues]

Nasty hit there. Hope Sobi's ok.

This will be Abdelkader's second serious infraction this tourney. He was suspended earlier for kneeing.

Hopefully, this video posts correctly. Hit happens in the first 20 seconds or so.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...01.html?guid=Hvhmc8_c6BW7B4Cek7QXZn0sY35KlrDw

Edit: can't get the video to embed. The link will have to suffice. Sorry.

 

[BadgersandBlues]

That is a super dirty hit. What a dumb play by Abdelkater. Jumps right into Sobotka's head.

The NHL really needs to start taking a better stand on this. I know this happened in the IIHF, but these are NHL trained hockey players. When the NFL decided to get rid of head-shots for defenseless players, those hits vanished for the most part in a couple of years. Yet in the NHL it seems like every night we see guys jumping into each others' heads even though the League has been "cracking down" on headshots for a decade. There's literally no defense for why the NHL hasn't changed it's culture, other then the guys at the top just haven't made it happen. It's stupid that Roger Goodell can get it done, yet the NHL can't.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Abdelkader is such a tool. What dirty and totally unnecessary hit.

 

[Hemsky001]

That makes it 2-0 for Sobotka.

 

[Oberyn]

**** off Abdelkader, such a dirty hit.

 

[2 Minute Minor]

Why is Abdelkader the captain of Team USA?

Also, was the puck even near Soby? I don't see it in the video or the picture.

Vlad had just shot it on net about 1 second before the hit. It was late, it was charging, it was a leaping shoulder to the head. The refs initially weren't calling anything, but Vlad just lay on the ice until they stopped play. I'm not sure the rules on replay in the IIHF, but they ended up calling 5 and a game misconduct for "charging".

Abdelkader was dropping a myriad of f-bombs on camera directed towards the refs while the call was in the process of being announced (it took quite a while to get the ruling). It was a pretty ugly moment.

Vlad didn't appear to lose consciousness. He went directly off the ice. Unclear whether he'll suffer a concussion from that hit, but it wouldn't be the least surprising. I found myself rooting for the Czech Republic after that happened (they have Hertl and Jagr, too, playing in his last international tournament).

 

[Majorityof1]

That was a bad hit. I hope Sobotka is ok. That 5 second play perfectly sums up the end of the Blues season. Hits the post, gets cheap-shot and hurt all in one play. All we had at the end of the year were posts and injuries. We need our bad luck to change.

 

[Daley Tarasenkshow]

I've always liked Abdelkader, he's been a big spokesperson for the USHL and such. But dang, it's the freaking IIHF…chill out man.

 

[David Dennison]

I've always liked Abdelkader, he's been a big spokesperson for the USHL and such. But dang, it's the freaking IIHF…chill out man.

I am a big proponent of international play, but I agree 100%.Its a damn Olympics year no less. He left his feet, dirty hit.