Speculation: Goligoski’s 8-team No Trade List revealed

[Daximus]

yeah, but who can afford a house in saskatoon?

Literally any couple with full time jobs.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Per Coyotes reporter Craig Morgan, Alex Goligoski has listed the below 8 teams to which he won’t accept a trade:

Buffalo
Calgary
Detroit
Edmonton
Los Angeles
Montreal
Ottawa
Winnipeg

He is a solid top-4 veteran D who can play both sides, PP, PK, and eat up low 20 minutes. He is also signed to a fair price and a contract that expires next summer.

Coyotes likely looking for picks or young assets.

LA?

 

[SR]

Toronto is actually a pretty great city. Vancouver is a top 5 city on most NHL’ers list. I’d say he didn’t put them on his list because he wouldn’t hate living there.

Agreed with all of this. I bet there’s quite a few guys that would love to play in either city, more specifically Toronto.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Definitely more about the media/fans than language barrier.

I was downtown Montreal once and tried to practice my french and the dude at the store looked at me like it was a foreign language.

Where the players would live would be around the other players. Restaurants, grocery stores, movie theaters etc would all speak both with their bonjour hi. Most places a person who speaks two languages has a job, in Quebec you get asked for spare change in two languages.

Montreal wouldn't trade for him at this point, so he's safe from going there and could alter his list

I'd say language barrier is a factor. But the pressure would be a bit too much. I've been to Montreal. There's no privacy for Hockey players. The papers focus more on the Habs than political leaders. The fans know every little detail about a player's life. The fourth liners get noticed in public. Even if they were cup contenders, that's alot for anyone to put up with.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Vancouver is the nicest City in Canada by far imo.

I've lived in Van for 8 years. The entire Pacific North West has literally 8 months of rain. Its like not even a spot of blue sky for more than half a year.

I enjoyed my time here, but it's not everyones thing. I know a LOT of people who got Seasonal Affective Disorder and had to leave for colder (but sunnier) climates.

Toronto and Montreal are both much more cosmopolitan.

 

[viper0220]

I live in Montreal and cant speak a lick of french. Been here 14 years now and married a local. Bought a house and have a kid in a french daycare.

No issues here in NDG.


My NTL would include absolute shit holes like Detroit, Florida, Arizona, and St.L.


For hockey reasons I wouldnt want Ottawa, MN, Buf, MTL and Cali.

Calgary and Edm are fine as cities and for hockey.

How are Florida and Arizona shit holes? Nice weather, hot babes, no one knows who you are.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Language barrier for MTL? 99.99% of people living there speak english.... I think it's more about media pressure wich is really bad !!!!

Yeah the pressure is insane here.

And I live here and don't speak french.

As long as you're on the west side of town, you'll rarely even hear it.

 

[TGWL]

Goligoski has played much of the last two seasons on the right-side. He can play either side without it making him less effective.

It look like he mainly played left side during the playoffs, but I'll take your word for it over the last 2 seasons.

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Per Coyotes reporter Craig Morgan, Alex Goligoski has listed the below 8 teams to which he won’t accept a trade:

Buffalo
Calgary
Detroit
Edmonton
Los Angeles
Montreal
Ottawa
Winnipeg

He is a solid top-4 veteran D who can play both sides, PP, PK, and eat up low 20 minutes. He is also signed to a fair price and a contract that expires next summer.

Coyotes likely looking for picks or young assets.

amazing, edmonton icing 2 out of the last 4 art Ross and hart trophy winners, players still refuse to want to be a part of what's going on up there

 

[SI90]

You know your fan hood has been tough when you’re finally excited that your team isn’t featured on no trade lists anymore.
(Islanders)

 

[_Del_]

What's his game like these days?

With the Devils needing top-4 LHD and a 1B goalie, New Jersey could be a one-stop-shop for Arizona's cap dump desires. I'd be cool with working something out involving Goligoski and Raanta.

He's solid. Makes frustrating boneheaded mistakes with the puck occasionally, like most offensive dmen. He's tied with OEL for money owed the rest of this season at $4M, he's expiring, and probably doesn't fit whatever kind of window the team is trying to build.
Raanta's stats are amazing. I don't figure he'll bring much back though because of the durability question. Only owed $2M. Really like him, but cap tied up in a backup, Hill as a cheap backup option, and expiring contract, the writing is probably on the wall unless they get crazy with a Keumper trade.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

I live in Montreal and cant speak a lick of french. Been here 14 years now and married a local. Bought a house and have a kid in a french daycare.

No issues here in NDG.


My NTL would include absolute shit holes like Detroit, Florida, Arizona, and St.L.


For hockey reasons I wouldnt want Ottawa, MN, Buf, MTL and Cali.

Calgary and Edm are fine as cities and for hockey.

How is FL or AZ an "Absolute Sh*thole" ? They're both beautiful. 9 months of Tropical beach weather or Desert & mountains. No FL state taxes. I could think of 1,000 worse cities to live in N.A. than Miami...like MTL, brutal winters, socialism/Trudeau, high taxes, some habs fans who know it all, having to re-learn French (a language I've abhorred since HS French classes in the '80's, it's just annoying to speak & much worse to listen to...my 30+ yr. old niece speaks French & she sounds like a frog when doing so).

When people go on vacation, they don't go to Montreal or some frozen tundra, unless they're snow skiing, they go to Florida & similar places, generally speaking. Just sayin'...

 

[_Del_]

How is FL or AZ an "Absolute Sh*thole" ?

Yeah, I can see them being on the "hockey reasons" shithole list, but as places to live? That's crazy talk to me.

Montreal is a beautiful city. I wouldn't want to play hockey there, but it's beautiful not a tundra.

 

[Seachd]

Seeing that NJ isn’t on a NTC list is the biggest win of the season for us

Well, it's Goligoski, so...

 

[Seachd]

I could think of 1,000 worse cities to live in N.A. than Miami...like MTL, brutal winters, socialism/Trudeau, high taxes, habs fans who know it all, having to re-learn French (a language I abhor since HS French classes in the '80's).

When people go on vacation, they don't go to Montreal or some frozen tundra, unless they're snow skiing, they go to Florida & similar places, generally speaking. Just sayin...

Don't think I've ever said this here before, but:

WTF?

 

[Ishad]

dude is from grand rapids and he vetos detroit, lol.

canucks and leafs are the only canadian teams. that's an encouraging sign for the canucks.

If I’m trying to get one more contract before I hang them up, Detroit isn’t where I’d play to increase my value.

 

[themelkman]

calgary gets a lot of unneeded hate. Its really not that bad

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Yeah, I can see them being on the "hockey reasons" shithole list, but as places to live? That's crazy talk to me.

Montreal is a beautiful city. I wouldn't want to play hockey there, but it's beautiful not a tundra.

Any state north of SC/GA is a tundra when you're a florida resident. I grew up in Long Island, that was more tundra than I care for, so to me, MTL=Siberia, minus the KGB gulag.

 

[Price4Prez]

I mean, teams on a NTC list arent necessarily there because of the actual city theyre in.

Could be hockey related like they dont like the coach or dont see the same playing opportunity.

Alot of the times, the wives have a huge say. Maybe she wouldnt feel comfortable in certain places. Maybe they have preferences for their kids.

There's pros and cons to every place-including the ones on his shit list.

 

[rt]

It look like he mainly played left side during the playoffs, but I'll take your word for it over the last 2 seasons.

Paired with Chychrun a lot.

 

[rt]

What's his game like these days?

With the Devils needing top-4 LHD and a 1B goalie, New Jersey could be a one-stop-shop for Arizona's cap dump desires. I'd be cool with working something out involving Goligoski and Raanta.

Smooth and quiet and low key. He’s a quality player and is often AZ’s best all around D. But he’s way too laid back to be a leader.

 

[66-30-33]

Get on it JR!!! wait we got Matheson....woulda liked having GoGo back in Pittsburgh though.

 

[Cotton]

Vancouver is the nicest City in Canada by far imo.

It’s arguable the nicest city on the continent.

 

[Cotton]

Calgary seems like an odd choice, Winnipeg too and Edmonton

Why Winnipeg? From the players poll the top 3 least desirable cities were Buffalo, Winnipeg and Columbus.

 

[wesott11]

As someone who lives half an hour outside of Los Angeles and works in LA a good amount, it’s not surprising that Goligoski wouldn’t want to go there. Most of LA is disgusting these days.