kasper11
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Now that the lockout has begun, are our rosters set as far as which players will be eligible?
Now that the lockout has begun, are our rosters set as far as which players will be eligible?
Dr.Sens(e) said:I would assume it's the players who signed and committed to Europe BEFORE the lock-out, that are no longer eligible for the HFNHL this season. Depending on the length of the lock-out, we may now see many more players signing on in Europe and committing, but that is a result of the lock-out and shouldn't really be factored in. If the season is called in January, and a ton of players sign in Europe, we can't all of a sudden delete them from our roster.
HFNHL Red Wings said:This is a tough one as it's hard to tell which of these guys would have signed for Europe anyway. Morozov is a good example b/c he was in a bitter contract dispute and might have gone to Europe anyway. The lockout was just a convienient excuse. Forsberg is also a question mark as there's a reasonable probability that he was heading back to Sweden as well.
As far as I know there is less than a half dozen guys that took the full year in Europe option so I'm more inclined to use our usual Oct 1st rule for retirees/europe bound players.
Heck, I say this knowing that Lidstrom may be electing to go that route himself in the next couple of weeks so it's not like I'm immune.
HFNHL Red Wings said:Geez. I think TSN needs to be broadcasting SEL games this year given all the signings
Ohio Jones said:I think we have to just open the door for any and all players who have AHL or NHL experience to be eligible to play in the HFNHL this year.
Vaive-Alive said:Folks - Lets keep it simple. Play this season as if there isn't a lockout, and no one signed in Europe.
My two cents
Kruegs
godlh said:Gentlemen, are we including players that were in Europe last season?
Let's use Per Svartvadet on my team as an example. He played in Europe last season and there is no indication that he was coming back to North America this year, he would not be eligible, right?
A better example could be Jonas Hoglund. He was in Europe for the whole season last year, should he be eligible to play in the HFNHL?
Eric
kasper11 said:I think we should go with players who were in the league last year. The only one I can think of who is significant is Tverdovsky, who had signed a 2 year deal last year. Just as we don't want to guess who would have gone to Europe sans lockout, I don't think we should start guessing who would have come back.
kasper11 said:I think we should go with players who were in the league last year. The only one I can think of who is significant is Tverdovsky, who had signed a 2 year deal last year. Just as we don't want to guess who would have gone to Europe sans lockout, I don't think we should start guessing who would have come back.
Hossa said:I'm still of the opinion that players that signed a deal in Europe without any lock-out related strings attached (Morozov is the best example), those players shouldn't be included. Otherwise, a guy like Brandon Reid would count as well, whereas he went to Europe as well, on a no-strings deal, and IMO shouldn't play in our league.