Dasvidania, Grigorenko!

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:34:38 -0400, Thomas wrote:

>>> Here's hoping that, if you give it one more try next year, your work
>>> ethic makes it through customs.
>>>
>>> Igor said his biggest adjuments were "the speed and the small rinks",
>>> and added, "I need to work harder and get more speed."
>>>
>>> Maybe he'll pan out next year, but he's already in his mid-20's, so
>>> it's not something I'd put money on happening.
>>
>> You gotta wonder exactly what the toll was regarding that auto crash,
>> eh.
>>
>
>Yeah, because Regehr's car wreck, the one that broke both of his legs,
>ruined his career and all. He wasn't back on the ice the next season or
>anything.
>
>Dregs was just another example of over-anxious Wings fans going nuts at
>the thought of a quality NHL prospect, when Dregs was a fringe prospect
>at best.

We were just hoping he could turn into another Vaclav Nedorost
(speaking of over-anxious fans jumping on a bandwagon too quickly).

Alas, it seems he may well have.
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WalkinDude wrote:
> Here's hoping that, if you give it one more try next year, your work
> ethic makes it through customs.
>
> Igor said his biggest adjuments were "the speed and the small rinks",
> and added, "I need to work harder and get more speed."
>
> Maybe he'll pan out next year, but he's already in his mid-20's, so
> it's not something I'd put money on happening.
>

I'm shocked.

I never would have guessed he would be a bust. When Wings fans were
prattling on about him like he was a cross between Pavel Bure and Gordie
Howe, I was always right there with them every step of the way. How
could this happen? How could one of the most talent players on the face
of the planet decide to play in Russia rather than take the Calder,
Ross, Richard and, let's be honest, Hart trophies that were an absolute
given?

Boggles my mind.

-Thomas
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:34:19 -0400, Thomas wrote:

>WalkinDude wrote:
>> Here's hoping that, if you give it one more try next year, your work
>> ethic makes it through customs.
>>
>> Igor said his biggest adjuments were "the speed and the small rinks",
>> and added, "I need to work harder and get more speed."
>>
>> Maybe he'll pan out next year, but he's already in his mid-20's, so
>> it's not something I'd put money on happening.
>>
>
>I'm shocked.
>
>I never would have guessed he would be a bust. When Wings fans were
>prattling on about him like he was a cross between Pavel Bure and Gordie
>Howe, I was always right there with them every step of the way. How
>could this happen? How could one of the most talent players on the face
>of the planet decide to play in Russia rather than take the Calder,
>Ross, Richard and, let's be honest, Hart trophies that were an absolute
>given?
>
>Boggles my mind.

Honestly, don't play that card. Don't make someone run off and pull
the 500-odd Av prospect names out of the Encyclopedia Britomica, or
whatever the hell it's called.

This is probably one you should just let slide.
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:45:11 -0500, "Hosmerica"
wrote:

>> These days, I don't think the culprit is the accident so much as the
>> $1 mil tax-free contract in Russia.
>>
>> Let's say you're an American kid who doesn't speak Russian. Your two
>> options are:
>>
>> 1. Play at home for $1 mil, tax-free.
>> 2. Play in a foreign land, where you don't know the customs or
>> language, for $850K, taxable.
>>
>> Even though you could, theoretically, make more going down the road if
>> you go the second route, the first has to look awfully tempting.
>
>Don't forget THE SYSTEM.
>
>As I recall when Hudler was upcoming, he wasn't very tenacious either and he
>isn't doing that bad now.

Come to think of it, I don't know how Grigorenko didn't make the
roster. You'd the think the power of THE SYSTEM would allow them to
plug damn near anyone into that lineup.

For that matter, why in the world are they paying all these guys so
much money? Were I Ken Holland, I'd simply take 23 pluggers, pay em
all the league minimum, introduce them to THE SYSTEM, and watch the
Cups roll in.

I guess Ken Holland really IS an idiot.
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"Freedom Elz" wrote in message


>>In Colorado, they play on and off for two seasons before fading
>> into anonymity.
>
> Do you mean like Kronwall?

No, I was thinking more like Leopold.

HD.
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