RangerBoy
Dolan sucks!!!
Did anyone catch Dave King's comments about the playing conditions in Europe?King is currently running a team in Hamburg,Germany
King stressed that the money his league pays is insignificant compared to NHL standards and that virtually every player in the DEL plays for less than the NHL minimum salary ($200,000 per season).
"I hope they (locked-out NHL players) understand they're not going to come over here and make $50,000 a month," said King, "because that kind of money doesn't exist in this league."
"Some of the top NHL guys don't appear to want to go to Russia where the money is"
Nor does King think that Europe will represent a long-term solution for players, if the NHL lockout spills over into the 2005-06 season, as it seems inclined to do. According to King, there are only about 50 well-paying jobs in all of Europe, most of them in Russia. The rest of the players are playing essentially for expenses.
"There is no money in Germany," he said. "There's no money, other than with a few teams, in Switzerland. The players may think, 'well, let's all go to Europe,' but I can tell the guys, there's not a lot of opportunity here. There's no real solution in Europe in terms of jobs because, if you look at the salary they can make and what they have to insure themselves for to cover their NHL futures, they actually don't make any money. They're playing for their per diems.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050121.wduha0121/BNStory/Sports
Do the NHL players realize the playing situation in Europe?Bob Goodenow and Trevor Linden are leading them down a long,narrow path with NO end in sight.Go waste two years of your career playing in some European beer league rather than make $1.3 million playing in the NHL.Morons
King stressed that the money his league pays is insignificant compared to NHL standards and that virtually every player in the DEL plays for less than the NHL minimum salary ($200,000 per season).
"I hope they (locked-out NHL players) understand they're not going to come over here and make $50,000 a month," said King, "because that kind of money doesn't exist in this league."
"Some of the top NHL guys don't appear to want to go to Russia where the money is"
Nor does King think that Europe will represent a long-term solution for players, if the NHL lockout spills over into the 2005-06 season, as it seems inclined to do. According to King, there are only about 50 well-paying jobs in all of Europe, most of them in Russia. The rest of the players are playing essentially for expenses.
"There is no money in Germany," he said. "There's no money, other than with a few teams, in Switzerland. The players may think, 'well, let's all go to Europe,' but I can tell the guys, there's not a lot of opportunity here. There's no real solution in Europe in terms of jobs because, if you look at the salary they can make and what they have to insure themselves for to cover their NHL futures, they actually don't make any money. They're playing for their per diems.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050121.wduha0121/BNStory/Sports
Do the NHL players realize the playing situation in Europe?Bob Goodenow and Trevor Linden are leading them down a long,narrow path with NO end in sight.Go waste two years of your career playing in some European beer league rather than make $1.3 million playing in the NHL.Morons