Also, the possibility of making $300k USD (or however much his AHL salary will be) is probably a lot more interesting than a lot of European leagues.
A good vet can carve out a decent living in the AHL
Also, the possibility of making $300k USD (or however much his AHL salary will be) is probably a lot more interesting than a lot of European leagues.
Yup. Over a decade ago, when Alexandre Giroux and Keith Aucoin were running shit with the Hershey Bears, they were making $500k to play in the AHL as the two best players in the league.
Not a bad gig if you ask me.
And they rarely (if ever) have to ride the buses anymore since the league covers the entire continent now. At worst they fly commercial and stay at the Holiday Inn instead of a private charter and a room at the Four Seasons.A good vet can carve out a decent living in the AHL
Yep, Robidas Island is a real place. It's called the AHL.Nope. You can spend as much as you want.
That's how Toronto's team won the Calder Cup a few years ago, they had a bunch of players burried in the minors.
Nope. Robidas never played in the AHL when he was with Toronto.Yep, Robidas Island is a real place. It's called the AHL.
Nope. Robidas never played in the AHL when he was with Toronto.
Robidas Island is when you send a player, and especially his bad contract, on the LTIR despite not being injured and then never hearing from him ever again.
(Cue Leafs fans to tell me, Well no actually he got injured somewhere in the preseason despite there being no video evidence.)
I've heard the same.
Detroit might actually be interested
His dad will be happy. He'll get to see his grandkids on a regular basis.I've heard the same.
Detroit might actually be interested
There is no need to retain salary with PetryI wouldn't mind holding onto some of Petry's contract, but this organization doesn't seem all too keen on doing that.
Shrug, we'll see.
I expect Philly to push hard towards acquiring Anderson, Torts worshipped the player in ColumbusI'm assuming that trading Petry will require us to take salary back in return, not that it's a problem in our current situation.
Contending teams probably wouldn't be interested in Petry at full price, so it'd probably be a rebuilding team that is looking for useful vets. Detroit might fit the bill.
Another two teams that might fit the bill: Philthydelphia and Ottawa.
For Philly: A trade built around Petry for JVR to make the salaries work. Use JVR hard for a year, trade him at the deadline with salary retention.
For Ottawa: A trade built around Petry for Hamonic to make the salaries work. I do think that a pairing for Chabot - Petry is legitimately very good, assuming Petry returns to form.
For Detroit: While Detroit doesn't have cap issues, they're going to need to sign some players & give Larkin a raise. Maybe something built around Alex Nedeljkovic
If Pittsburgh can't re-sign Letang, that might be a logical landing spot for them.
If I had to bet money for his most likely landing spot? I think it's Philly. Fletcher needs to win and win soon, or he's going be short a head.