CallMeShaft
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- Apr 14, 2014
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If he was just looking for cash I’m positive the Hawks would have given him a job paying close to what an AHL only contract pays.Never against a guy getting a paycheque but this just seems kinda... awkward?
Like if the bassist from your band leaves and a few years later he ends up playing for the opening act on your concert tour?
Hope it works out for him. And I hope he's doing it out of a love for hockey, not a need for cash.
That said Versteeg is six months older than me and for 85k I’d quit tomorrow if somebody told me I’d get to play hockey for money starting this fall.
I stand by my statement.Kris Versteeg is getting paid a lot more than $85k to play in the AHL.
And I’ll always argue for those guys. Nothing makes my eyes roll harder when people argue a player hung around too long.He's not the first nor last NHL'er to make an AHL round or two at the end of their career.
And I’ll always argue for those guys. Nothing makes my eyes roll harder when people argue a player hung around too long.
It’s their life. I’d commit a large number of felonies to live one of their “bad” PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER years.
I literally cannot recall Versteeg on the Leafs, Flyers, or Kings lol...I only remember him on Panthers, Flames and Canes...good gosh he got around...
I am sure he has, and I wasn't shit talking the amount of times he got moved, I just for the life of me can't recall him at all on the Kings - zip, zero, zilch lol...I really can't recall the Flyers either..Leafs I am starting to remember now, but the other two teams- hell no..He's probably gotten pretty humble over the years. By all accounts, he was a bit of a dick when he was younger.
next up - Troy Brouwer!!I'm all for Rockford having some forward vet depth established. That team struggled to score and they arent getting a lot of incoming prospects either so they need guys.
He's not the first nor last NHL'er to make an AHL round or two at the end of their career.
I literally cannot recall Versteeg on the Leafs, Flyers, or Kings lol...I only remember him on Panthers, Flames and Canes...good gosh he got around...