Confirmed with Link: John Forslund to Seattle
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E5? Nope, confirmed.
good for John. I hope he likes it out there.
good for John. I hope he likes it out there.
John Price
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I'm still very confused why Carolina let him go. He was basically the only TV voice of the Canes and a holdover from Hartford. Letting him go was just bad IMO. Maniscalco is okay but not Forslund.
CandyCanes
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This legally means we don't have to give up a player in the expansion draft, right?
Happy he's so happy. Rolling with a start up can be a fun, wild ride.
DaveG
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I think it means that Seattle is legally obligated to take whichever of Skjei/Gardner we prefer to jettison.
This reminds me of that It still hurts... I thought I had gotten over it but I haven't...
Good for him. He's the gold standard in hockey. It will be nice for him that he can start fresh with and build a legacy with another team. More of a journey than just plopping him into TB the year after they win a Cup, for example.
Joe McGrath
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In completely unsurprising news I saw coming months ago...
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Happy for him. As a Mariners fan, it'll be easy to adopt them as a team to follow, though they won't supplant the Canes or Avs.
Boom Boom Apathy
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Because Tom Dundon looked at the economics of it and decided that what John Forslund brought from a revenue standpoint didn't exceed what Tom Dundon had to pay him. Figured viewership wouldn't suffer without Forslund so he went with a cheaper option. Not saying Tom Dundon is right or wrong on this, but that's why.
DaveG
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Yep. Had been expecting it to be Kaiton initially but when John and Dundon couldn't come to terms on a contract I think the writing was on the wall
How the f*** did that autocorrect to funding?
Nikishin Go Boom
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Dundon puts all of his money into the on the ice product. He isn’t willing to spend any more than he has to on non-players and supporting those players.
Dundon offered the same deal he offered 16 other staff members and John wasn’t willing to take it. Dundon wasn’t negotiating either. The deal was a lower guaranteed salary but more would be available depending on how many fans were able to attend games. Dundon wanted to limit his spending unless he had revenue.
edit* boom boom beat me to it
Boom Boom Apathy
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Yep, it was clear the bridges were burned here in Carolina, which I'm sure Dundon didn't lose any sleep over. Going out to be with Francis just made too much sense.
I hadn't really accepted that he was gone yet, so this really sucks. Sort of in mourning.
From a non-emotional point of view it totally makes sense and you sort of seen it coming.
From a non-emotional point of view it totally makes sense and you sort of seen it coming.
TheReelChuckFletcher
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Good for John. It's the only move that made any logical sense and keeps the Carolina legacy secure. Seattle is basically West Carolina at this early point.
Unbelievable...there's a Canes fan on Twitter asking JF not to use his go to slogans with Seattle. Oh please.
Joe McGrath
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Add to that he’s done a lot of Western Conference playoff stuff for NBC and I’m guessing being based out there would make his travel for that less of a nightmare.
I do wonder if the end of NBCSN pushed John to pull the trigger now based on the timing here though.
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John's biggest signature call is something to honor his father. Some people are really dumb.
MrazeksVengeance
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Second time he's getting to do that with a new market. That really is probably a cool thing for him even if he would have preferred for things to work out with us.
TheReelChuckFletcher
Former TheRillestPaulFenton; Harverd Alum
The thing about this is that I think, at least fundamentally, Dundon's 100% right about Forslund not being necessary to TV ratings, but ONLY if we're a winning franchise going forward for the next decade. Without that, he may as well be risking a lot of goodwill with the old fanbase, so he better hope that he hires the right folks in hockey operations to use his open checkbook on the roster wisely!
