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Semin playing for free during lockout
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08:18 AM ET 09.26 | Turns out while many thought his price was too steep in the NHL, Carolina Hurricanes forward Alexander Semin will come at a bargain in Russia. Semin will play for free while at Siberian team Sokol Krasnoyarsk, which plays in Russia's second-tier VHL league rather than the top-level KHL. "I'm proud that the opportunity's emerged for me to play for my hometown club," Semin said on the VHL website. This club is where my hockey life started and so I'll feel extremely good to wear a Sokol jersey. I'm happy that my relatives, friends and fans will be able to come to matches I'm playing in." Semin will play as No. 28 while at Sokol, the same number he wore at his former team the Washington Capitals.
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WGAF!!!
Buc Fettman
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Better headline
"Semin sighting in Sokol"
BGDave
Bowling Green , KY
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What's the big deal? Women have been getting free Semin forever.
Canuck eh?
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Funny... he never earned a penny in years, and now he plays for free.
Ron Mexico II
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I want to say good for him, he can't possibly need the money...but that is tempered by the fact that he is taking a job from someone that really DOES need the work/money
Spiny Norman
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I have to wonder if he is playing in the VHL because nobody in the KHL wanted him
Garbage Man
Harrisburg , PA
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fixed
Spiny Norman
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exactly Spiny....and he's never been worth the money they been paying him anyway!!
mhwings
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I can only imagine how wonderfully his agent received the news
Harry Crack
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The Mods wrote that headline on purpose.
Burgh-Fan
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And who pays...and pays:)
shiprock
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I am just waiting for a "Semin explodes onto VHL scene" headline
Garbage Man
Harrisburg , PA
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Money for nothing, plays for free.
Sort of a yin and yang thing.
Hank Kingsley
Port Alberni, BC
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LOL! You speak the truth.
roamer
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There's a Dire Straits song in there somewhere.
Nobody expects…
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Dire Straights reference?
DSLICK
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Mickey Bad Arse
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this article nicely summarizes why the owners are in this mess in the first place.
http://nhl-red-light.si.com/2012/09/25/how-much-blame-do-nhl-owners-deserv e/
if I was an owner of one of the "have" franchises, I'd be seriously PO'd with these donuts!
DSLICK
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That's the one. I've never gotten tired of the video, either. Thanks for posting it.
Nobody expects…
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