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Russian league to draft NHL players

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The Post has learned that KHL president Alexander Medvedev also informed Gary Bettman that the KHL would hold a universal draft for the 2009-10 season that will include players currently under contract in the NHL. Medvedev told Bettman KHL clubs will offer signing bonuses of $1M to players who are playing in the NHL this season.

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August 15, 2008  05:56 AM ET

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August 15, 2008  06:01 AM ET

Note to Oilersguy et all...
recent comment
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Yoda, I hear you. But Baun-ded has previous form when it comes to this - ask Therrien Rocks about it. It involves a mallet and harsh words. Although, of course, that would be no match for your lightsabre .... I take it all back :)
Oilers - NHI | 08/13/08, 07:51 AM
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The pen is mightier then the sword...(which includes light sabres) and that is the mallet of justice that WHAPS the final word.
Sensfan get an Avatar...or you'll find yourself swimming in the puddle of water from what remains of Mary's igloo after T-rocks brought the heat!
But beware...Mary is still lurking and will cast a spell on you that will make it impossible for you to shed a man-crush on TheRien!
Note To BGM...McCabe waiving his no-trade clause?
Yes Virginia...there is a Santa Claus. McCabe as a gift doesn't go under the tree though...He is the Tree!

August 15, 2008  06:05 AM ET

Agreed Yoda...This is indeed a gift from FN to Spiny today with that photo.
I was just about to address that but I had to address an earlier comment as you will see from the above post.
Well...Have fun guys...off to work for me.....now. Grrrrrrr.
WHAP! WHAP! WHAP!
For Yoda, Oilers...and of course....T-rocks.
...oh yeah....WHAP! BGM too...not that his wooden head would feel anything....LOL

August 15, 2008  07:02 AM ET

I got whapped! It will be a good day! :-)

August 15, 2008  07:02 AM ET

YODA....that was too good!

August 15, 2008  07:03 AM ET

I think Baun-ded likes me............

August 15, 2008  08:11 AM ET

I think Baun-ded has a great avatar.

August 15, 2008  08:41 AM ET

Thats it. Russia is on my list.

August 15, 2008  09:33 AM ET

SOmetimes...sometimes ...it's just too easy...
Herr Bettman looks like he's about to bang his shoe on the podium...(you older folks will get that)


BETTMAN HAS AND WILL ALWAYS S***

August 15, 2008  10:04 AM ET

Not only is this article irritating enough but the Midget's pic does not make it any better!
KHL AND BETTMAN S***

August 15, 2008  10:45 AM ET

I agree with bostongm. Maybe some competition will get buttman off his **** and start doing something right for a change. Maybe the owners will see he's killing the league ( thier cash cow) and get him out and get someone who can get this league going in the right direction.

August 15, 2008  11:08 AM ET

The KHL can draft the players all they want. Doesn't mean they have to go. I have a friend from Russia and as far as he and his other Russian friends are concerned the KHL is a joke.

August 15, 2008  11:18 AM ET

A joke with alot of money....and everyone has their price

August 15, 2008  11:24 AM ET

Maybe the owners will see he's killing the league ( thier cash cow) and get him out and get someone who can get this league going in the right direction.

darkstorm

Welcome aboard!
DUMP BETTMAN

August 15, 2008  11:44 AM ET

The KHL will be compentition til greed and corruption take over then it'll bring it's self down. Let 'em have thier fun for now then guys like Radulov will be begging to come back. My opinion on that is in another post.

August 15, 2008  11:58 AM ET

I won't panic until Sweden starts offering that kind of money to play there. THEN there goes the NHL

August 15, 2008  12:00 PM ET

If I may be pseudo serious for 5 seconds...the peoolme that I see for The NHL is this:
What if this bush league DOES make some really high profile raids? Using a bit of hyperbole, let's say A.O. and about 15 other big names go...you think we have truble getting the league on TV now? Without the big marketable guys, it suddenly becomes less interesting to a lot of people, (by that I mean advert people) You don't sell ads, you don't get tv. The NHL will end up on The Oxygen network. Not too far fetched as some may think. I seem to remember a few guys leaving the NHL for the WHA, and these were not all scrubs, this wasn't Arena Footbal. Guys like Hull, Howe, Bernie Parent, Gerry Cheevers...these guys all jumped.. The problem is, the league isn't as strong as it was then. Do I think the KHL will last? No, but those 3-4 years could be a huge blow to a struggling league, a league that has no business strugling, but for its idiot commisioner. So let us not gloss over a threat, small though it may seem now. And of course, this is all an issue because:
BETTMAN S**S

August 15, 2008  12:15 PM ET

No marquee NHL guy is going to play in Russia unless he's from there. You can hardly get the average guy to go to Q-Bec and it's in Canada.

 
August 15, 2008  12:18 PM ET

No marquee NHL guy is going to play in Russia unless he's from there. You can hardly get the average guy to go to Q-Bec and it's in Canada.

Hank Kingsley
Per haps Hank, but I'm just trying to present a scenario based somewhat in history. I remember the WHA getting laughed at...that is till Hull, Parent and Cheevers went.

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