Rumor: Montreal Interested in signing Russian forward Vadim Shipachev

[hototogisu]

Damn that's a blast from the past. Frogren

I would assume it'd be a even higher pick too considering how highly touted Ship is. At the end of the day wasting a second for him would be a big risk.

One could even argue that a 4th rounder alone is worth more than what the Leafs got out of Frogren

 

[scrubadam]

Seems like its a money thing for the KHL team. Molson should just send them a few 2 4's and call it even

Hopefully whatever the KHL tries to extort out of us Molson will pay so we can get this guy over here.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

One could even argue that a 4th rounder alone is worth more than what the Leafs got out of Frogren

Yep. I used to live in Leafs Land. I remember Wallin too.

 

[Whitesnake]

Incredible how rumors are often just a bunch of baloney....from "he's close to sign" to "He's not moving from KHL". If he's not moving, time for us to move on. CAn't wait to hear what happened in that file.

 

[LastWordArmy]

I'm starting to believe that the Habs organisation are giving all that information to the press voluntary.

That way Marc Bergevin will be able to say : << you know what? We've tried. Its hard to sign players when you are 30 teams trying. Its hard in this league but we are working hard. At the end of the day, we were in his final choices. >>

And the fans will all eat that ****, because we will have read everywhere during the whole process that we were "this close" to sign him.

Habs fans.... willing to believe that the GM is a brilliant master manipulator creating conspiracies so he doesn't look like a bad GM... also willing to say the GM is a complete bumbling fool.

 

[Kshahdoo]

He has to buy his last contract year out, and it's 2/3 of $1.5M or $1M. I think, it's a negotiation tactics, his agent demands a compensation, because $1M is still pretty decent money to throw away. At least, I hope it is, because I want to see him in the NHL.

 

[MasterDecoy]

where's the nearest police vehicle? i need to burn something

 

[yianik]

What's the movie again ? Saw it, forget it, bugging me now.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

And he's already 29. For 2017-2018, he'll be 30 turning 31 mid season.

Why are we so useless that we can't discover these big issues beforehand?

How are the Habs useless when over half the league is going after him..

 

[417]

Habs fans.... willing to believe that the GM is a brilliant master manipulator creating conspiracies so he doesn't look like a bad GM... also willing to say the GM is a complete bumbling fool.

Hilarious!!!

 

[NobleSix]

That's one of the dumbest clauses i've ever heard of.

What's the movie again ? Saw it, forget it, bugging me now.

Watchmen

 

[dreamingofdrouin*]

OT, but damn now I need to watch that movie again, thanks !

what movie is that?

 

[JHabs]

Anyone wondering where this guy came from? He's come straight out of left field.

 

[yoteshot]

Isn't SKA the team trying to get Datsyuk while he is still under contract in the NHL?

 

[Sterling Archer]

Isn't SKA the team trying to get Datsyuk while he is still under contract in the NHL?

Yes. They're one of if not the richest teams in the KHL. So like Winnipeg rich

 

[MasterDecoy]

Isn't SKA the team trying to get Datsyuk while he is still under contract in the NHL?

as far as i know, datsyuk, on his own, pretty much declared the last one to be his last season in the nhl. hes effectively retiring from the nhl. also leaving his cap hit to the wings with the new CBA rules. he is returning to russia to be closer to his family (daughter iirc). i would hardly say that SKA are poaching him.

 

[yoteshot]

as far as i know, datsyuk, on his own, pretty much declared the last one to be his last season in the nhl. hes effectively retiring from the nhl. also leaving his cap hit to the wings with the new CBA rules. he is returning to russia to be closer to his family (daughter iirc). i would hardly say that SKA are poaching him.

What if Shipachev retires from the KHL then?

 

[417]

It's all about money...

 

[Skip Bayless]

What if Shipachev retires from the KHL then?

This is what I've been thinking since the beginning

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

as far as i know, datsyuk, on his own, pretty much declared the last one to be his last season in the nhl. hes effectively retiring from the nhl. also leaving his cap hit to the wings with the new CBA rules. he is returning to russia to be closer to his family (daughter iirc). i would hardly say that SKA are poaching him.

The same situation on each side.......we don't know that SKA didn't approach Datsyuk first, just as we don't know that Montreal approached Ship first. The most likely scenario is that the agent for each player reached out at the request from their respective clients.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

What if Shipachev retires from the KHL then?

And if it's doesn't work for him in the NHL ?

 

[Le Tricolore]

So if he can only come over mid-season, does that mean that whoever signs him would have to put him through waivers to play in the NHL? I know that happened with Nabokov years ago when Detroit (I think?) signed him, but he ended up with the Islanders.

Or maybe that's no longer a part of the CBA.

 

[donghabs98]

This is honestly so fitting with how our season has went.