European Escape Clause

[free0717]

I just have to rant about the European Escape Clause that Igor, Vitali and Yegor got. It makes me nuts that these guys have the opportunity to play in the greatest Hockey league in the world and they may leave if they need some seasoning in the minors. Come On!!! Commit!!!!

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[Amazing Kreiderman]

I just have to rant about the European Escape Clause that Igor, Vitali and Yegor got. It makes me nuts that these guys have the opportunity to play in the greatest Hockey league in the world and they may leave if they need some seasoning in the minors. Come On!!! Commit!!!!

It's not that simple. They go from earning a 7-figure salary to potentially earning 70k in the AHL if they are sent down.

Finances matter. Players have commitments. They have bills to pay. Bills based on their previous payslip


*Rykov's contract only has an EAC in the 2nd year by the way

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Players have to protect their best interest, this clause helps players do that. I don’t see the problem

 

[McRanger]

I wish players would think less about themselves and more about me.

 

[Tob]

That's how my great great grandpa Jack died. He won a ticket for this Southhampton cruise in a poker game and got a chance to ride in the greatest cruise ship ever built in his days. So infallible that they skimped on the life vests and the emergency rafts. He ended up drowning when they hit an iceberg. Luckily my great great grandma survived and lived to tell the tale.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

That's how my great great grandpa Jack died. He won a ticket for this Southhampton cruise in a poker game and got a chance to ride in the greatest cruise ship ever built in his days. So infallible that they skimped on the life vests and the emergency rafts. He ended up drowning when they hit an iceberg. Luckily my great great grandma survived and lived to tell the tale.

There was room on that door, dammit.

 

[Leetch3]

first off we don't want any top kids playing in hartford right now...second if they aren't good enough to make our terrible team then who cares. come back and try again the next year

 

[GAGLine]

Just because they have an EAC doesn't mean they are going to exercise it at the first hint of adversity.

 

[nyr2k2]

It's called a European Assignment Clause, and there's no indication anyone will use it. I worry about how it might impact starts if Shesterkin indicates he would consider using it, but otherwise, it's a collectively bargained tool for players to use to protect their interests.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

FYI: Buchnevich had an EAC in his entry level contract as well. Never used it

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

It's not that simple. They go from earning a 7-figure salary to potentially earning 70k in the AHL if they are sent down.

Finances matter. Players have commitments. They have bills to pay. Bills based on their previous payslip


*Rykov's contract only has an EAC in the 2nd year by the way

Wow, that’s big. I could see him playing the AHL for a lot of this season in that case.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Wow, that’s big. I could see him playing the AHL for a lot of this season in that case.

For KHL players it's a big risk financially. Sure, playing in the NHL for 925k is great, but that AHL salary hurts when you are coming off a KHL deal where you earned almost 10 times that in most cases. Nobobdy would take a pay cut without some assurances. That's all it is.

I just don't agree with the "They should just commit, instead of hanging on to these clauses" take. It's a lot more nuanced than that.

 

[Ola]

FYI: Buchnevich had an EAC in his entry level contract as well. Never used it

When Slats was around at least — all guys had this opportunity anyway. I don’t know who is was in relation too, but it wasn’t that many years ago and Slats was very clear, think it was an interview with Brooks, just say the word, we will never force anyone to be here that doesn’t want to be here. Thought it was a sound message.

Further, any NHL/AHL player can — always — get out of his contract by retiring.

 

[nyr2k2]

When Slats was around at least — all guys had this opportunity anyway. I don’t know who is was in relation too, but it wasn’t that many years ago and Slats was very clear, think it was an interview with Brooks, just say the word, we will never force anyone to be here that doesn’t want to be here. Thought it was a sound message.

Further, any NHL/AHL player can — always — get out of his contract by retiring.

Yes, we've always accommodated guys that want to pursue other opportunities. Whether it's moving guys like Byers or Kundratek, Pedrie recently, or letting go of guys like Andersson, Kovacs, Stromwall, and a few others, we've never tried to twist anyone's arm to stay and be unhappy.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

I wish players would think less about themselves and more about me.

 

[Miamipuck]

My opinion on European escape clauses is : I wish I had a European escape clause.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

My opinion on European escape clauses is : I wish I had a European escape clause.

I always use mine at the end of my trip. It's a beautiful thing to have

 

[bernmeister]

It's called a European Assignment Clause, and there's no indication anyone will use it. I worry about how it might impact starts if Shesterkin indicates he would consider using it, but otherwise, it's a collectively bargained tool for players to use to protect their interests.

well said

Just because they have an EAC doesn't mean they are going to exercise it at the first hint of adversity.

agree

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however, while no one should feel a need for immediate panic mode, this behooves us to do all we can to give the guys we want most the best opportunities to succeed. Translation: if a guy isn't cutting it like Poolparty in EDM, that's on him. But in the instant situation as applies to Rangers, it means creating enough minutes.

This means moving out not only deadwood [Smith] and entrenched vets [Staal] but excess [Namest.] for whatever works and even, if there is enuf on the table, for useful producers [Skjei, Strome, Buch] or even possibly potential guys [Lias, Howden].

That kills 2 birds with one stone.
Gets a necessary jump on preparing for expansion draft, 'cause it will not be as easy to make moves later on, AND
and it creates roster space for our emerging LDs, etc.

 

[Hi ImHFNYR]

European Escape Clause

Great band name

I just have to rant about the European Escape Clause that Igor, Vitali and Yegor got. It makes me nuts that these guys have the opportunity to play in the greatest Hockey league in the world and they may leave if they need some seasoning in the minors. Come On!!! Commit!!!!

Makes me nuts that some guy on a forum for hockey actually still believes the NHL is sooooo high up on a pedestal that guys should languish in the AHL in a foreign country, riding a shitty bus everywhere when they have an opportunity to make millions of dollars more in their home country around their families. I dont get it. How can you not think of any of this? How do you actually still hold the NHL up in THAT high a regard as if it's this magical, prestigious institution?

You gotta get out in the world more