NHL Transactions, Injuries & Rumours

[Mike]

btw this khl league is a plague to society... fuckin troll of a league obviously nhl has to step it up but this is just a joke

I'm all for having a geographically hugely spanning league. Jokerit joining in 2014... Asian expansion. Pretty damn cool to me.

[kimmer]

im only for it if they start making khl14 rhe video game. also if they do nhl allstars vs khl allstars matchup in real life

[Shep]

Ouch.

[Nick]

Not the first to jump over seas - will not be the last.

[thom54]

From a pure financial POV (besides going HOME to his own country and familiar surroundings), the tax rate is supposedly 13% (vs. NJ's 45% [federal and state] + the 16-17% escrow (per Elliotte Friedman)) ...

Rumours are that he could be going to a deal with 15+Million/year there, vs. the 77M left on this contract here in the NHL.

Over the next 5 years, he'd make 56M here... say about 26M after escrow and taxes (rudimentary calculation). Say call it an even 30M after some loopholes etc.

In his home country, where he grew up, enjoys being there ... 75M over 5 years ... no escrow... at 13%... ~65M dollars.

Home cooking AND a whopping $35Million more.

This is very basic, and rough, but holy fuck that's a difference.

[kimmer]

i call this the russian bride scheme

[thom54]

I need myself a Russian bride, also I need to learn Russian... I'd like to double or triple my future earning potential

[The BBKL Insider]

i work with a dude who ordered a russian bride

lucky fucker, he's 6'0 - 300lbs and chubby and she's 5'2 - 120lbs and smokin..and she waits on him hand and foot

if i ever marry again, it's an order bride

[Chuck Norris]

Kovie to KHL

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu ... 37775.html

[Robin Hood]

Kovie to KHL

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu ... 37775.html

LOL chuck pops in with no idea bbkl has been on this for hours

[Sensfanjosh]

He's a habs fan cut him some slack

[The BBKL Insider]

Something about Bozak wanting Kessel to stay

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/toro ... ith-leafs/

read it

[anton]

in other news, i took a deflected clapper off the ribs last night and now i cant fart without crying in pain

[hong57]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427507

oh mine... another huge loss for kyle

[MSP4LYFE]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427507

oh mine... another huge loss for kyle

And we were making fun of Chuck...

[CAM]

Lol, guess no one reads our threads.

Kovalchuk leaving is not surprising when the monetary details are explained. Just a bad way to go about it. You sign a contract, fulfill your duties.

[thom54]

NJ seems to benefit immensely long term from this. I'm sure they didn't fight this too hard... in fact they're letting him go (aka choosing not to fight it). It's a mutual parting of ways. They paid 23M for 3 of his prime years and don't have that contract around for the rest of the century....

[The BBKL Insider]

ya, pretty much a free buy-out

doesn't work out so bad for the devils

[CAM]

Yea, if the cap was to stay at 64 and losing a franchise player meant nothing. Oh and having to give up your first round pick when your gonna be bottom 5 team. Lol, yea great luck had by devils.

[The BBKL Insider]

oh well

good thing the rest of us hate them.