Another Fine Mess

On Jul 10, 1:12 pm, Poorboy <TorontoFoo....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> owl wrote:
> > Frogen's contract has been rejected by the NHL.
>
> >http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242960&lid=sublink01&lpos=headlines_nhl
>
> > The Leafs signed him to a standard contract (UFA, open-ended terms),
> > and the NHL has ruled the 28-yearold must be signed to an entry level
> > contract,  They're trying to resolve it.
>
> > The catch-22 is that the entry level structure may not allow Frogen to
> > use the bonus to buy out his Swedish contract.  Maybe they can work
> > out a two-year lease ...
>
> They are making Foie Gras out of Frogen here.
>
> This will be worked out as there are bigger stakes here. Let's not
> forget that not so quietly there is an upstart league that will sign
> him and give a rat's arse about rookie allowances etc.
>
> Does the NHL want to allow that league to gain more talent due to red
> tape?
>
> Just get it done guys......
>
> Poorboy

Agreed. It goes back to the Finnish 'face' a few years ago - taken
from Europe, washed in Chicago, waived in Toronto - and exited to
Russia because of the IIHF Agreement. Jagr went to the new League,
Emery too. Now Straka has gone home.

From here, there appear to be two issues with Frogen is two-fold. He
was under contract in Sweden and somehow the money turned up to buy
out the contract - should have realized right there that something had
an expired smell on it. The second is it's a push on the entry-level
system - guys can opt to go to Europe early for more money and then
come back to the NHL when they can land a Standard Contract.

The latest ripple today is the Filotov drafting & Columbus. Even tho
his contract with CSKA has expired, they're claiming property rights
under Russian law:- http://tinyurl.com/6j6l8m Filotov is probably
the pawn in all this - my guess is the new Superleague is trying to
pressure the Russian Government into legal support for big money
compensation whenever a Russian goes to the NHL.

As it is, this is one step away from open war where no contracts are
respected without a court appearance.
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