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Post by tootootrain on May 17, 2014 15:33:39 GMT
Must be a slow week in the CHL office. Isn't this just a rehash/respin of the IIHF attendances release that came out in March?
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Post by tootootrain on May 17, 2014 11:27:02 GMT
Tristan Harper has re-signed with Braehead. Yeah, I thought "meh" too when I heard.
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Post by tootootrain on May 16, 2014 19:40:33 GMT
We have had team shirts from Rhino this year and got them in under 2 weeks Last team jersey I got from Rhino was quoted as three weeks but eventually turned up three months later. My comment was based on my experience.
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Post by tootootrain on May 16, 2014 18:47:54 GMT
Presumably Rhino were engaged? I think they wanted to start the CHL rounds this year and given Rhino's lead time......
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Post by tootootrain on May 16, 2014 16:00:41 GMT
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Post by tootootrain on May 16, 2014 9:38:43 GMT
As can be expected, DS the BS is trumpeting around the web about Hewitt having the most games played in the EIHL. You have to ask yourself though, as an individual, what has he done with all those games?
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Post by tootootrain on May 12, 2014 12:24:33 GMT
I wonder if Matthew Myers will follow suit and possibly go to Sheffield with Big G. Didn't Myers move to Cardiff for 'family reasons' (homesick girlfriend)? Surely moving further away from Cardiff than Nottingham wouldn't make much sense? Of course this is the EIHL, players/teams often say one thing and do another.
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Post by tootootrain on May 11, 2014 12:55:34 GMT
I like this from one of those threads,
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Post by tootootrain on May 9, 2014 8:16:58 GMT
I'm happy to give him another chance. As has already been mentioned by a few people, he hardly had a fair crack of the whip given that he was very much used as an injury replacement and out of position for much of his last spell at Panthers. Besides, if experience has taught me anything about this place its that the players that people fall over themselves over seem to flop whereas those folk slate seem to do well.
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Post by tootootrain on May 8, 2014 7:30:46 GMT
I'm glad he has left them. He never looked quite right wearing their rags.
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Post by tootootrain on May 7, 2014 15:43:52 GMT
Paul Thompson is nothing but a massive hypocrite and I have absolutely no time for him or his ramblings.
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Post by tootootrain on May 5, 2014 14:33:26 GMT
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Post by tootootrain on May 4, 2014 7:02:48 GMT
Is the Fantastic Mr Fox on the wind-up again?
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Post by tootootrain on May 3, 2014 13:11:51 GMT
No need to be patronising...... I refer Mr Kettle to his previous comments... Don't want the horns? Then don't tweak the bull's tail.
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Post by tootootrain on May 2, 2014 22:37:31 GMT
So you know how much the likes of our Brits are on for example? Do you? I have a ballpark idea of the wages many Brits are on based on specific examples I actually know. I also understand the concept of 'supply and demand', understand how restricting the supply side with certain criteria pushes up the 'value' of those who meet the criteria and understand how reducing said restrictive criteria increases the 'supply'. Do you understand these fairly simple concepts? Bless, you truly believe that? The very fact it is a minority sport (which therefore means it has a small supply of players coming into it), combined with restrictions to maintain said small supply's demand that allows players to command high wages. Yes I'm sure many players got into the sport for the love of the game and remain in it for such reasons but that doesn't mean they can't also take advantage of their privileged position and use it to make more money. The two (love of the game and love of money) aren't mutually exclusive. Its dead simple. If a team wants to play an import netminder and three line hockey then under the eleven import system that means a minimum of five Brits are needed. Sorry, not needed, must be dressed. You have no choice, you have to dress five Brits. Want to put the best team you can out onto the ice? Yeah, you and everyone else. Oops, the price of the better Brits has just increased.
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Post by tootootrain on May 2, 2014 22:29:31 GMT
I wonder if the news of the CHL has changed Lacho's mind, its a good opportunity for our Brits to sell themselves to the European market. I wonder how many decent Brits we could tempt off the back of this? Contracts in the EIHL not being worth the paper they are written on (specially pre-season) it'd be funny if Dowd, Peacock and a few others jumped ship for those classic reasons Brits walk out of pre-season contracts "for development reasons/can't pass up an opportunity to better myself/etc".
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Post by tootootrain on May 2, 2014 21:58:58 GMT
Shorty - Could you imagine the fits the NIC stewards would have if fans tried to organise any displays like those Ultras? Not even allowed to take an umbrella in with you, let alone a 30' x 30' flag on a pole!
I'd love to see something approaching that at the NIC but lets be honest, its hard enough to get some of the old dears to put down their crossword puzzle books and make a little noise, let alone helping to hold aloft a strip of material thrown down from the back row.
I'll have to make do with Block B in the Holmesdale on Monday.....
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Post by tootootrain on May 2, 2014 20:52:20 GMT
More Brits will be going EPL from this change Good. The EPL is welcome to those Brits who are only on the bench by virtue of their passport, and who use 'supply and demand' to leverage wages that their mediocre talents wouldn't otherwise command in a truly free labor market. I'm happy with keeping the ones who want to stay in the EIHL because they want to play at the highest level and who have the talent to command wages comparable with the imports they play with.
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Post by tootootrain on May 2, 2014 20:44:42 GMT
On another note, we need to get our Ultra's expandeing and up and running quickly!! One of my cousins helps run Homlesdale Fanatics, the Crystal Palace FC 'Ultras', perhaps I could ask him for tips on helping Panthers fans find their voices....
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Post by tootootrain on May 2, 2014 13:09:45 GMT
Nope, you play 50 odd games to qualify for the chance to play in the play offs and then go through the next stages. So the PO is harder to win and if you do a straw poll across the league I think you'd find the majority of fans place the PO higher than the CC. What? You play 50 odd games to try and win the league, then the top eight teams (out of ten!) get the 'honour' of playing four games to win a consolation prize. The reason Brits may think the play offs are the higher prize compared to a cup competition is because in leagues where they have a proper series of play off games (Like the NHL) it is the top prize, over here though it is an after thought. The play offs are a joke but persist because it is a nice way to get everyone together at the season for a weekend of beer. If the EIHL had a play offs that consisted of best of seven with a potential for twenty one games to be played I'd be with you, but it doesn't, so I'm not. Brass tacks, if the people who run the CHL looked at it what would they say? Sixteen games vs four games, which is more difficult to win? To add, I wasn't that keen on Panthers entering this competition but if Panthers draw Eisbaren Berlin I'll be there like a shot. I love Berlin.
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Post by tootootrain on May 2, 2014 10:00:07 GMT
It should have been Sheffield that qualified as runners up. Its a Champions Hockey League, not a Runners-up Hockey League. Given the two other EIHL titles to choose from would you say the CC Champions or the PO Champions are more worthy of taking Belfast's place?
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Post by tootootrain on May 1, 2014 10:46:12 GMT
I think that those 2 have already signed for NA When do you think we'll hear? 6th May? Oooo, so cynical.
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Post by tootootrain on May 1, 2014 9:48:34 GMT
Nhlpa is mentioned a hell of a lot in the NHL rule book. What is the equivalent in the elite league 'rule book'? You're grasping 'pantherdman'. Just accept it, the EIHL does have a rulebook, in common wth many other leagues outside of NA its the IIHF one, with local amendments as suits the hockey played locally. Also accept that no 'rulebook' covers every single eventuality/topic with respect to the league it covers, even in the NHL. This is why they 'refer to the NHLPA'. What is the EIHL equivalent of the NHLPA? No idea, but it isn't the EIHL's job to organise the union for players, it is the player's job. Where/who is the GB version of Ted Lindsey?
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Post by tootootrain on May 1, 2014 9:31:58 GMT
......all the way from the bottom (Rec leagues)..... Just a small point. At the moment there are no such things as "rec leagues", indeed the EIHA doesn't even allow rec teams to use the term "league" for anything they organise among themselves. Only competitions the EIHA take direct responsibility for (EPL, NIHL etc) are allowed to be called leagues. If rec teams organise some sort of competition (EIHA make no efforts at all to organise anything at rec level, they just take our fees off us) then they have to use terms like "conference" (British Hockey Conference, for example) or "cup" (Midlands Summer Cup). Whilst this may seem like a minor issue it pretty much three line whip underlines the EIHA's complete lack of support for the grassroot level of the sport, whereby they wish to control everything (even down to certain descriptive terms) and take registration fees but do very little in return. They have a cartel (you have to be registered with the EIHA to play games and train) yet the EIHA give very little back for the money they take in. Oh but if they can send some kids on a junket to Canada thats ok.....
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 30, 2014 14:52:59 GMT
do we know the reasons why the EIHL would not consider the takeover From the scuttlebutt floating about the internet it seems the main reason the 'LINN Consortium' bid failed is that they weren't willing to actually buy the Hull Stingrays, rather they wanted the EIHL to, at a stroke, hand them the rights to a Hull-based team for nowt. To be honest I can't understand why the EIHL are facing criticism from some folks for this decision. How is the EIHL supposed to attract investors to the league if, at the whim of a majority, the investment such folks have put in can be nullified and their business effectively handed to someone else?
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