CycloneSweep
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You mean like every politician?Exactly the pathetic response I expected. You’re like the Justin Trudeau of HF. Can’t answer a question directly to save you life.
You mean like every politician?Exactly the pathetic response I expected. You’re like the Justin Trudeau of HF. Can’t answer a question directly to save you life.
I question whether you asked me a question..Exactly the pathetic response I expected. You’re like the Justin Trudeau of HF. Can’t answer a question directly to save you life.
Rumors - happy to hear if these are accurate. According to Beerleagueheros "Management is VERY happy with what Puljujarvi has done this offseason."
In addition Looch "was asked to get down to 220lbs for this season and he was nice about it and said he didn’t know if he could but that he’d try." He is suppose to be leaner now.
Rumors - happy to hear if these are accurate. According to Beerleagueheros "Management is VERY happy with what Puljujarvi has done this offseason."
In addition Looch "was asked to get down to 220lbs for this season and he was nice about it and said he didn’t know if he could but that he’d try." He is suppose to be leaner now.
The source:
Oilers Updates on Bieksa, Davidson, Lucic, and Who Needs to Step Up in 2018/19.
The writer is stating he got that info from his source. How would anybody, including the Oilers have that information. Players have agents in order for them to do the negotiation. Any player that had said something like that to a team official would not have an agent anymore and would be addressed by the NHLPA.
Whaaaaaat?
The agent/player relationship is always challenging.
Players talk to each other and don't take their agents word as gospel. Agents work for players.
The NHLPA dictate how players speak and who they speak to.
Not sure what you are questioning. Most player agents are lawyers. The reason a player HAS an agent is to avoid face to face negotiation. Any lawyer I know who had a client divulging what they think the settlement should be would be pissed about that. It would defeat the entire point of having representation. It would defeat negotiation. At that point the client would have compromised the representation. Lawyers don't take kindly to that type of thing.
Not sure what you are questioning. Most player agents are lawyers. The reason a player HAS an agent is to avoid face to face negotiation. Any lawyer I know who had a client divulging what they think the settlement should be would be pissed about that. It would defeat the entire point of having representation. It would defeat negotiation. At that point the client would have compromised the representation. Lawyers don't take kindly to that type of thing.
Its highly suspicious that the citation is saying Nurse disclosed what he would settle for. The first thing a player agent would stress with a client player is to NEVER do what Nurse is alleged to have done. So I call bs on that made up information being out there.
Just speculation but I dont think Nurse is oblivious to what the Oilers cap is and where he stands. It's actually not that surprising if a player disagrees with their agent. Hell, IIRC, one of Ovy's contract was self-negotiated. I think even Doughty had his negotiated mostly by himself except for the paperwork.
Fair enough If I'm wrong but it sure isn't an advisable thing to do. Like the saying goes he who has no lawyer has themselves as representation. If this Nurse story is true it would say a lot about why players should not say anything or divulge anything in the negotiations. Nurse upseating his agent and saying he would pay for that total would be a huge mistake on his part, and costing him millions.
The Oilers cap situation has changed afaik subsequent to the Sekera Long term injury.
I'd never heard that before regarding Doughty. Which contract?
Ovy marches to his own drummer. Not a typical case.
In anycase we know nothing at all about this insider. he has a lot of weird out there takes as well including absolving Kassian's entire poor season due to his theory that Zach was injured in first game. I like to read the whole articles and see if the information is suspicious or not. I seem to recall some past blogs by the same author also being odd.
Looch's weight loss remains to be seen. If this is proven accurate, maybe his "insider" knows something... Who knows?
I think You are right not to believe everything that is written. To take this seriously the source should be openly mentioned. That's why I labelled it as a rumor.
Looch's weight loss remains to be seen. If this is proven accurate, maybe his "insider" knows something... Who knows?
Fair enough If I'm wrong but it sure isn't an advisable thing to do. Like the saying goes he who has no lawyer has themselves as representation. If this Nurse story is true it would say a lot about why players should not say anything or divulge anything in the negotiations. Nurse upseating his agent and saying he would pay for that total would be a huge mistake on his part, and costing him millions.
The Oilers cap situation has changed afaik subsequent to the Sekera Long term injury.
I'd never heard that before regarding Doughty. Which contract?
Ovy marches to his own drummer. Not a typical case.
In anycase we know nothing at all about this insider. he has a lot of weird out there takes as well including absolving Kassian's entire poor season due to his theory that Zach was injured in first game. I like to read the whole articles and see if the information is suspicious or not. I seem to recall some past blogs by the same author also being odd.
Im surprised you didn't know Doughty self negotiated his last contract considering your love for the Kings. It was widely reported he did most of the legwork to cut down on fees and such.
Drew Doughty finds the right negotiator for his new eight-year, $88-million deal with the Kings — himself
Players dont really 'need' an agent if they are savvy and on top of things. That's the only reason agents, IMO, exist anyway. To keep on top of anything that isn't on the ice.
Anyway, no need to derail this JP thread any further.
By no means was I singling you out for any criticism.
Didn't take it that way at all. I myself am quite strict about the sources and how reliable they are. That's why I replied.
Because I am a Pulju fan though, I just want to think that the management are pleased with Pulju's offseason... That's why I liked the rumor...
Rep is a politician? Explains a lot.You mean like every politician?
This is it exactly.
Lets allow Jesse to find his game before we give him a steady diet of #1 dmen on McDavids wing.
I have to LOL at people thinking that approach is hurting his development.
Its common sense.
Maybe start him with a little PP time if he earns it in camp.
Rep is a politician? Explains a lot.
In case anyone's interested this article opens up some details about the FEL team Pulju comes from:
Radek Koblizek - "Be patient!"
In the article Koblizek tells the following about Jesse:
And then there was Jesse Puljujärvi, the toughest athlete I've ever met. If you asked me who trained the hardest, I would say Jesse. He was on the ice at 8am and then went straight to a second workout, then to the gym and in the afternoon he was on the ice again. A fool. He didn't know anything else other than hard work. Despite the fact that he is naturally very strong and talented. Even when he was better than older guys, he would always work hard. He's also in the NHL now, which I never doubted he wouldn't.
I have very good memories from playing with Jesse and Sebastian.
How can he earn it when he never gets the chance in the first place? All the talent is on the top PP unit, that's where he should get a long look. No reason whatsoever not to and it was my biggest beef with the coaching staff down the stretch of what was a development year last season.
Also, he doesn't have to be stapled to the McDavid line. This is the luxury of having a 1-2 punch like McDavid and Draisaitl in which one line draws the top pairing while the other lines up against secondary competition. No reason not to give Puljujarvi the opportunity to earn a spot alongside Draisaitl in preseason. My worry is that they gave Rieder a promise that he play with his countryman to earn a bigger deal the next season along with giving Lucic a chance to redeem himself in a top 6 role so I think they start Pulju on the 3rd line which is fine as long as they give him some looks on the top PP unit.
Replacement’s narrative that Puljujarvi isn’t dedicated or willing to train hard is losing more and more credibility every day.
In case anyone's interested this article opens up some details about the FEL team Pulju comes from:
Radek Koblizek - "Be patient!"
In the article Koblizek tells the following about Jesse:
And then there was Jesse Puljujärvi, the toughest athlete I've ever met. If you asked me who trained the hardest, I would say Jesse. He was on the ice at 8am and then went straight to a second workout, then to the gym and in the afternoon he was on the ice again. A fool. He didn't know anything else other than hard work. Despite the fact that he is naturally very strong and talented. Even when he was better than older guys, he would always work hard. He's also in the NHL now, which I never doubted he wouldn't.
I have very good memories from playing with Jesse and Sebastian.