Around the League 28: Expect the unexpected

[Unsustainable]

If Eichel was to say screw it, have the surgery, and that would void his contract with Buffalo, then get a deal with any team able to afford him.

 

[SlavinAway]

Evander Kane might be available soon

 

[Novacane]

Kane in hot water again

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

He only bet on them to win

 

[A Star is Burns]

If true (even if not) it's a bad look and situation. Hopefully they get to the bottom of it.

 

[Chrispy]

It's going to drive people crazy when Kane is banned by the league, but that is the move the league has to make if this is true.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Too bad. Just like Pete Rose he’ll never get into the HOF now.

 

[MinJaBen]

Too bad. Just like Pete Rose he’ll never get into the HOF now.

Lol.

 

[cptjeff]

I think the team is prepared to do that. I don’t think Eichel’s side is.

The team is flatly refusing to allow him to get healthy, I think you have it backwards.

 

[Stickpucker]

Eichel is not walking away from 50M mostly secured money. I would guess this communique was an badly masked ultimatum that will be followed by Eichel side filing for arbitration or whatever league measure there is for dispute settling.

Refusing to play would be grounds for SPC Paragraph 14 termination and instaloss of the still-owed money. Insanity.

If his contract were terminated this route...

Couldn't he just go get the surgery on his own then sign with whoever he wants or is there a period he's unable to sign a new contract?

And in that scenario Buffalo gets nothing.

 

[SoupNazi]

Kane in hot water again

This is a bad look for Kane.

 

[cptjeff]

Ye

If his contract were terminated this route...

Couldn't he just go get the surgery on his own then sign with whoever he wants or is there a period he's unable to sign a new contract?

And in that scenario Buffalo gets nothing.

Yep, but if you're Eichel you're giving up a LOT of guaranteed cash. If his recovery is successful, he'd get it back, but that is a gamble. Still, watching Buffalo come out of this with nothing would be immensely satisfying.

 

[HisIceness]

Evander Kane once posed for a "money phone" photo, was sued by a Las Vegas casino, and recently filed for bankruptcy.

If you were to give me 100 hundred guesses as to what player has been accused of betting on his own games, I mean who else would come to mind?

 

[bleedgreen]

The big irony for me here is he had a great season and I thought he’d actually be a good fit for us as a power forward.

I had no idea how well he’d actually fit in until now.

 

[Roboturner913]

I honestly don't give a shit, unless he bet against his own team.

 

[Lempo]

If his contract were terminated this route...

Couldn't he just go get the surgery on his own then sign with whoever he wants or is there a period he's unable to sign a new contract?

And in that scenario Buffalo gets nothing.

Apparently he would immediately become an UFA and could sign a new contract, or so it was said in the Bogosian case:

Sabres terminate Bogosian’s contract – and now the veteran defender will have options

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Francis too busy trying to over play his hand with trades that he forgot the CBA rules

 

[Roboturner913]

If you were to give me 100 hundred guesses as to what player has been accused of betting on his own games, I mean who else would come to mind?

Scott Darling

 

[cptjeff]

Scott Darling

Noted criminal Jordan Staal.

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

Noted criminal Jordan Staal.

Good lord, he looks a baby in that picture now. That feels like it should have been about 4 or 5 years ago.

Of course, I am aware that he's 8 years into the 10-year trade-and-sign contract we gave him. I guess what I'm saying is time is a bitch.

 

[HisIceness]

Noted criminal Jordan Staal.

I think I bought one of his songs on iTunes once.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I honestly don't give a shit, unless he bet against his own team.

I dunno, even if he didn’t bet against the Sharks it still introduces the possibility of point shaving, prop bets, etc. Bad news all around.

 

[LakeLivin]

This is a bad look for Kane.

On the one hand a very serious accusation and something the league needs to thoroughly investigate. My only hesitation is that it's coming from what sounds like a very bitter about to be ex-wife. She might have very good reason to be, but I think I'll keep my torch and pitchfork in their cases until we learn a little more. I'll keep 'em close and ready to pull out later as needed.

 

[Roboturner913]

I dunno, even if he didn’t bet against the Sharks it still introduces the possibility of point shaving, prop bets, etc. Bad news all around.

I get it, I just don't think one player can possibly hope to control or even really influence those things. There are so many moving parts in an NHL game, it would have to be like lottery ticket odds to find yourself in the exact right place at the exact right time in a game you made the exact right prop bet on.

I don't think even referees could pull it off with any consistency, maybe you get lucky a few times a year but not in any predictable manner that made sense for gambling.

 

[Lempo]

I get it, I just don't think one player can possibly hope to control or even really influence those things. There are so many moving parts in an NHL game, it would have to be like lottery ticket odds to find yourself in the exact right place at the exact right time in a game you made the exact right prop bet on.

I don't think even referees could pull it off with any consistency, maybe you get lucky a few times a year but not in any predictable manner that made sense for gambling.

Probbaly would be fun trying to explain this to the mob bookie who is several hundreds k's on the red after the game.