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Post by jd on Jan 8, 2014 11:15:29 GMT
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Post by kezypanther on Jan 8, 2014 11:21:18 GMT
Very strange, I quiet like Joe playing for Panthers. Whats the bet on him signing somewhere else this season or next ...
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Post by ted logan on Jan 8, 2014 11:23:20 GMT
Really didn't see this one coming  Well i guess that's decided who gets the last import slot when they're all fit then:- Kowalski Green Henley Werner Weaver/Norton Murray Grimaldi Lee Lachowicz Francis Salters Ryan Loyns Clarke Kalus Benedict Farmer Boxill Does seem a bit sudden and a bit strange  |
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Post by panthersdave on Jan 8, 2014 11:24:29 GMT
Not sure what to make of this really. If its true he has "retired" then I assume he's gone now to take up a job elsewhere, normally thats what the club would say anyway.
This just seems mysetrious, I reckon he will end up at another team.
Not at all happy that he has left us even shorter benched with all the injuries etc.
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Post by panthersnation on Jan 8, 2014 11:27:37 GMT
strange call but wish joe all the best
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Post by pman on Jan 8, 2014 11:30:14 GMT
Big loss! But we will push on and play good ice hockey!
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Post by 5+game on Jan 8, 2014 11:32:50 GMT
Another player that didn't really live up to expectations.
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Post by gcmandrake on Jan 8, 2014 11:34:06 GMT
Judicious use of quotation marks suggests the Panthers don't quite believe Joe's explanation. Shame, he was a good player. But if he's not happy then fair's fair.
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Post by Shorty on Jan 8, 2014 11:35:06 GMT
This has got to be one of the strangest seasons. Guess it could have come a few weeks earlier and that would have been a real kick in the teeth.
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Post by EMB on Jan 8, 2014 11:35:51 GMT
Maybe he's just had enough... and being here is not what he expected.
On a side note I wonder how many players arrive in the UK and find that playing here is harder than they thought? (not saying that this is the reason for leaving)
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Post by ross on Jan 8, 2014 11:43:41 GMT
I'm guessing this explains why he missed training yesterday then.
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Post by Always a Panther on Jan 8, 2014 11:52:51 GMT
The tone of Panthers press release seems they were just as surprised as the rest of us.
Will be interesting to see if he goes on to sign elsewhere.
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Post by kwall100 on Jan 8, 2014 11:57:17 GMT
we must be down to 16 or 17 imports by now
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Post by panthersdave on Jan 8, 2014 11:59:36 GMT
we must be down to 16 or 17 imports by now 14, of which 5 are injured |
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Post by GuinnessMan on Jan 8, 2014 12:19:33 GMT
we must be down to 16 or 17 imports by now 14, of which 5 are injured I thought it was 13 - including both Conway and Saari ? |
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Post by BlogFromBlock15! on Jan 8, 2014 12:21:10 GMT
Joe started off well but then went off the boil in my opinion.
There has to be more to this, it's just we'll probably not find out what it is!
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Post by panthersdave on Jan 8, 2014 12:21:51 GMT
14, of which 5 are injured I thought it was 13 - including both Conway and Saari ? Yes, sorry. |
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Post by ted logan on Jan 8, 2014 12:30:17 GMT
So once Conway leaves we are back at 11 imports with Saari as a spare.
Just have to hope that we've got all of our injury bad luck out of the way and can have a good run to the play-offs.
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Post by GuinnessMan on Jan 8, 2014 12:30:46 GMT
I have to say i quite like balance that we are left with, which includes the 4 import-D. It's just the timing that is not ideal.
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Post by panthersdave on Jan 8, 2014 12:32:33 GMT
Could be a blessing in discuise, also Corey wont have to make a tough decision as to who to cut.
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Post by Rob Scott on Jan 8, 2014 12:36:33 GMT
Thanks for nothing Joe
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 12:37:29 GMT
I'd expect a few more 'retirements' and another signing or two
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Post by panthertom93 on Jan 8, 2014 12:38:38 GMT
I'm afraid I'm being quite suspicious about this. I can't see why he's done it now. Why specifically now has he retired? He's injury free and earning money on a team that do need him. It's not like LaCosta who retired for the sake of his health.
Maybe Corey was planning on releasing him (in my eyes he would be the import to release when everyone is back) and he wasn't happy? Who knows but this is definitely more than just "oh ill retire now"...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2014 12:49:06 GMT
Meh , nothing to see here move on. Oh perhaps hes got a job out of hockey etc. Whatever it is hes no longer a panther. Thats it
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Post by GuinnessMan on Jan 8, 2014 12:49:18 GMT
Still only 30.
Assuming he really does intend to retire, you would think he would have an alternate job lined up. We'll see I guess.
It certainly does look a somewhat suspicious though, and right now I'd align myself to the 'theres more to this than we know about' brigade.
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