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Post by tootootrain on Apr 30, 2014 8:36:17 GMT
Wonder what the rule book says about non paying of players......oh? Do what you want. Basically yes, that is what the rulebook says. The IIHF recognises the independence of ice hockey teams/leagues and allows them to conduct business as they see fit with exceptions, namely with regards to disputes that can affect ITCs. This is why sports persons often have agents, so that people who are occasionally not the sharpest tools in the box (players) can have people who specialise in dealing with the small print and clauses of contracts (agents) to do their running around for them. Of course I'm sure you knew all this right? Or is this just another attempt to swipe at the EIHL using the (incorrect) belief it has no rule book, but this time using something that is unlikely to be in any league's 'rulebook'* as your blunt instrument of choice? (*Even in the NHL the Collective Bargaining Agreement which deals with player terms and conditions is not in ' the rulebook'.)
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New ice
Apr 24, 2014 3:35:57 GMT
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 24, 2014 3:35:57 GMT
Apparently they will be taking up the ice in the Olympic rink in June and relaying it. They should chop it up into 1ft squares and sell it off like they did the turf at Wembley. If they did, which bit would you want? I'd want the bit where Barrie battered Vial Not the arena ice?
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 23, 2014 7:32:25 GMT
All the players we sign cant be top end, if we did Panthers would win everything every year then the league would collapse.Sound familiar? Not really, no. Can you point me towards evidence of the league collapsing because of Panther's dominance? In fact, can you point me towards evidence of any British hockey league that has collapsed and the root cause can be directly attributed to any team's dominance?
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 22, 2014 14:14:18 GMT
I think the only part of the Panthers fanbase who'd be really enthusiastic about a Gascon return are the puck bunnies.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 22, 2014 9:10:05 GMT
Whilst the delays experienced last season could likely be laid fairly equally between the Panthers for dragging their feet ordering and CH for a seeming lack of control over their manufacturers, perhaps its time for the Panthers to look around for a jersey supplier other than CH. This isn't the first season where Panthers have reported 'supply issues' as being the cause of delays.
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PLEA
Apr 20, 2014 8:35:15 GMT
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 20, 2014 8:35:15 GMT
Ok, well I have my TiVo set to record all the games. Fingers crossed we can find the way to get them to you! If you have a DVD recorder you can just set your TiVo to play through the DVDR (TiVo -> DVDR -> TV) and record it whilst its playing.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 19, 2014 23:07:36 GMT
A black and a gold is enough,that way the arena actually looks like a Panthers home game......decked out in predominantly black and gold. At the moment it looks like a multi coloured swop shop or the League of Nations ! Fully agree. This is a bouy this forum has sailed around many times so I'll just post my last comment on an eerily similar thread. "(I think constantly changing team 'colors')..makes Panthers look crassly commercislistic, driven by profit over any semblance of wishing to preserve a team image. Take a glance at our conference rivals, what colors spring out? Coventry = blue, Belfast = teal, Sheffield = orange, Cardiff = red. What is the 'Panthers color' these day? If Panthers fans were so inclined to create a 'wall of color' in a similar manner to Sheffield's orange out etc what would they choose? Commonsense would seem to dictate black as being the most suitable color to associate with Panthers, but just a cursory glance around the stands shows a smorgasbord of disparate hues. And yes, whilst it is laudable that Panthers auction off the players jerseys a cynic (who me?) would feel fairly confident decrying it as not the solely altruistic action it initially appears to be. For various reasons fans want to buy the jerseys the players wear, if not the actual jersey then a replica, the players jerseys can therefore be considered a win/win loss leader. Its a win because by eventually auctioning them off the team gets great PR for its charitable actions but it is another win because desire drives demand drives profit. The slight loss in the initial outlay for more sets of jerseys than the team really needs but this is more than recouped by the profits made. In the grand scheme of things people may feel its all noise for nowt, profit not being a dirty word, they only being jerseys that no one is forcing anyone to buy and that I appear to be a very cynical 'glass half empty' kinda guy. I would reply by saying that I feel Panthers management are want to prostitute one of the tenants of the organisation's identity in order to fill the coffers, in a manner that would make an NHL GM blush. Many Panthers fans like to mock the fanaticism Dave Simms puts into hawking 50/50 tickets to punters, suggesting that such aggressive 'hard sell' in the pursuit of profit would be unpalatable to or beneath us who attend the NIC. I'd counter that at least it is a revenue stream that doesn't toy with the 'brand identity' of his team. Just my two cents worth, feel free to disagree."
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 16, 2014 18:11:30 GMT
Why have one man only? And if you have one and you said you have one, name him. Utter non sense, probably end up with a bust. Its an easy PR win to make it appear you are in control and not floundering around looking for an Adey replacement. Keep your cards close to your chest whilst in reality actually floundering all over the shop in a panic and when someone is eventually signed proudly state "he was the one we were after from day one". Works equally well for players and other staff.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 15, 2014 14:03:23 GMT
At least the iihf have a rule book. The EIHL are IIHF affiliated and use the same rulebook, with variations as appropriate for the more 'NA style' of hockey played available to view on the EIHL website. But you've been told this quite a few times so I'm probably wasting my time trying again. Neither are interested in NHL either. Quick call Gary Bettman, the world is ending. Like it or not though, both netball and women's soccer are far larger participation sports, therefore they will attract a fair amount of interest from those who feel some 'ownership' of the sports.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 14, 2014 17:49:53 GMT
Diserpointed we aren't in Europe as that is the only viable future so we need a presence. Hopefully a good preseason tournament instead. No reason we can't play in Europe and win the league, don't believe the hype. Spend more, sign a squad. But you always seem so scathing of the European style of the sport, taking any opportunity you can to deride any apparent 'softness' creeping into to the EIHL as being "Euro hockey"? Given that you are now so pro-Euro hockey does this mean you'll stop using the term "Euro hockey" or similar ones in such a disparaging manner?
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 14, 2014 17:44:03 GMT
Maybe someone could do with emailing the arena with the suggestion to avoid any future accidents? What suggestion? Put posters up to remind old fellas to be more careful walking on stairs?
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 13, 2014 20:14:17 GMT
Really not bothered about European adventures so pleased if this is true.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 12, 2014 10:18:50 GMT
.......and with an AHL team who's been excellent this year....... I hear you about AHL teams. Grand Rapids are so good they got to the NHL play offs.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 12, 2014 9:25:25 GMT
Sorry to rub it in Yotes but We're going to the playoffs BABY!! Don't feel bad, the mutts shouldn't be in the NHL, let alone the play offs.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 11, 2014 12:01:48 GMT
Im sure you will both be getting PM's from Claretgiant like I did when I dared to say I didn't like the Giants fans or organisation. Yep, PM arrived. Deleted without reading, like all junk mail.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 11, 2014 8:19:15 GMT
.....you really are a numpty aren't you and obviously pretty clueless too Not in the slightest. I merely remarked upon how the Belfast Giants management feel the need to speak of Adey's achievements (league win and two final chokes) and yet fail to mention what you and many of your fellow fans have been telling us is the fourth bit you need for a 'Grand Slam'. Clueless? Linger a little whilst looking in the mirror this morning for an answer to that.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 11, 2014 7:22:49 GMT
Strange that the Belfast Giants themselves don't even mention the conference title in their press release. www.belfastgiants.com/archives/adey-moves-on/Seems that even those whose opinions actually matter in Belfast are a bit "meh" about it. (It does have it emblazoned on the top of their website though, so perhaps their web monkey is as delusional as their fans with regards to the value of self-purchased trophies.)
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 10, 2014 18:30:33 GMT
Absolutely nuts decision from Hull tbh. Got to be a money issue. Is it definitely Hull's decision? . Maybe Cloutier just wants to try sonething else? Whilst it seems money has always been an issue at Hull this move may not be money based.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 8, 2014 7:20:38 GMT
All Hail the Whale, its Brass Bonanza time.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 7, 2014 17:38:33 GMT
Start with a solid four import d (two stay at home, two offensive d, none of them an out and out fighter/enforcer) and slot whatever Brits are still available in around them.
If they sign a fighter/enforcer then make it a winger, a player they can cope with losing as a consequence of doing what he is paid to do without completely wrecking the pk. There is a reason why fighters/enforcers are generally wingers in more professional leagues!
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 7, 2014 7:41:25 GMT
The season is only over in this little backwater, plenty of decent hockey still being played in the NHL. After that finishes though I'll have playing beer league and inline hockey to sustain me to the new season.
Hockey never stops.....
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 7, 2014 7:38:21 GMT
Grazza - I agree with many of your points, especially about not joining a Euro league, but this is absolute tosh. It might sound great to be in a league with some big euro names but unless its you winning your crowds won't hold anywhere near to sustain such a level. Panthers aren't Steelers. The attendances in Nottingham have always been good, win or lose. Success is realitively recent but the strength of the fanbase is long-term. Its a shame that Edinburgh can't pull larger crowds considering they play in a Capital city but I guess it is an indictment of the quality of ownership they've had.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 5, 2014 19:24:41 GMT
Simms goes for the 'guess in bulk' approach and plays the numbers game.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 4, 2014 6:22:24 GMT
Lets be honest, the EIHL struggles with the bread and butter of running a league on a league-wide basis, does anyone truly think 'they' have the ability to organise a bit of corruption as well?
Whilst I dislike the fact the Chairman of the EIHL is also the Steelers owner and owner of the company that provides jerseys to the majority of the league's teams/play offs, I really don't think he is corrupt. Incompetent/ineffective in post at times perhaps, but not corrupt.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 2, 2014 14:25:33 GMT
I am fairly certain there wont be an Irish team in the Playoffs...that the problem with you Scots, you dont know your Geography. Being Devil's advocate for a moment.... I bet if the Giants' fanbase were allowed 'Flegs' without getting into a hissy fit over it there'd be a few who brought Irish ones to games? I fully agree with you though, there are no Irish teams in the EIHL. Northern Ireland is British, so at the least the Giants are another British team, at the most they are a Northern Irish team, with the full title as given only acceptable. To shorten the descriptor of the Giants to being 'Irish' is insulting not only to many residents of Northern Ireland but also to those who have helped to ensure it remains so. On the subject in hand, I won't be supporting anyone at the POFW, I'm a Panthers fan and they'll be on the golf course. I'd rather certain teams got naff all from the weekend but am not so fussed as to start making statements of support over it. The only thing I'm really glad about though is that the whingers who go on about it being a Panthers-fest have got less to drone on about.
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