Comments on: “Filthy rich” KHL team could sign Semin and Radulov

By: jpelle82

jpelle82 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:49:30 +0000

good riddance

By: hockeyflow33

hockeyflow33 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:20:47 +0000

Is there a site that contains salary information for these teams? I’m always curios what these “crazy” dollar amounts are; I know they’re not taxed but how high can they be?

By: rg3isvictory

rg3isvictory — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:19:54 +0000

I’m sure the NHL seems very greedy to others in the way they “take” their talent. It’s all relative.

By: pone27

pone27 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 05:07:13 +0000

Put Russian players together on a Russian team = Instant chemistry.

Let them go.. Awesome players, but these guys dont have the names unless you truly follow the sport.

By: barkar942

barkar942 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:42:03 +0000

Well if these two are the best that the KHL can whisk away, let ‘em have ‘em!

By: smgraff4

smgraff4 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:10:06 +0000

In other words, Russia has become the anti-Soviet Union (a country in which players barely received recognition) and started coddling the stars like the NBA. It also shows the distance between the KHL and NHL in quality is equivalent to the distance between the EPL or the German Bundesliga and your typical Saudi Arabian, or Qatari club that focuses on signing big names, coddles them, doesn’t or can’t bring in players to complement them, and wonder why the star leaves and takes a huge wage cut. Or, star players may play for the team but that team does not do well on either the continent or the national league.

CSKA may have the cash, BUT it can’t sign both because of the designated player rules over in the KHL. And if they do sign both, they can’t sign too many other players with a salary cap of $38 million (which for the first time is a hard cap).

By: scionofflame

scionofflame — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:30:04 +0000

Not to mention the issues I have with management styles over in the KHL. Stars are absolutely catered to, which is one of the reasons Radulov has had the problems he has.

In one interview he even mentioned that “No one in the KHL ever told him ‘No’. ” That’s not a healthy culture to grow players in.

By: scionofflame

scionofflame — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:28:54 +0000

I don’t like this business between the NHL and KHL. Everyone can play anywhere…but it seems like the KHL is trying to be very greedy and needy in regards to grabbing all the talent they can from the NHL.

By: bensawesomeness

bensawesomeness — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:11:31 +0000

100% agree – wouldn’t want either player on my team anyway, both are clearly out for glory and money for the least amount of work possible

By: lidstrom5

lidstrom5 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:46:00 +0000

Let em go …. we don’t have time for lazy players in North America.