Pies
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Post by Pies on Nov 20, 2015 13:29:45 GMT
Kyle Hardy can only be a plus. Not to be negative, but he can't only be a plus. He could be a load of rubbish, the second coming of Jon Coleman. I doubt any of us have ever seen or heard of him before yesterday. Hopefully he adds something, but we have to wait and see. I imagine he has a visa for Sweden which can make things easier No expert at all and happy to be corrected, but I'd be surprised if there was any transference between a visa for another EU state and here for a Canadian. Perhaps he has some sort of dual nationality not yet reported? Or as G suggests, a short term visa. Guess we'll find out in time. Edit - perhaps Canadians can get in a little easier due to the Commonwealth? I dunno. I actually have no idea I was purely speculating on it!
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Post by sevcik on Nov 20, 2015 14:40:43 GMT
Im pretty sure its down to not having to do the biometrics as part of a visa application. I think if a player/someone coming into work is only here for a few months then the biometrics arent required. Weve seen plenty of other north Americans without a European passport signed at this time of year and jump into their new teams next game. I may be wrong of course.....
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Post by PantherG on Nov 20, 2015 15:40:35 GMT
Im pretty sure its down to not having to do the biometrics as part of a visa application. I think if a player/someone coming into work is only here for a few months then the biometrics arent required. Weve seen plenty of other north Americans without a European passport signed at this time of year and jump into their new teams next game. I may be wrong of course..... He can sign for three months without a visa, but then needs to leave the UK. Remember Robinson last season, he had to leave once his three months was up. www.panthers.co.uk/content/robo-germany-clubs-best-wishes
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Post by ted logan on Nov 20, 2015 16:26:09 GMT
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Post by team on Nov 20, 2015 16:57:36 GMT
Seem then with the solid D already in place, Mosey will now be a forward?
Would have preferred TOP forward signing as Mosey can pretty much do what the new signing is said to provide.
Correct me if I'm missing something.
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Post by dgardner on Nov 20, 2015 17:49:07 GMT
Seem then with the solid D already in place, Mosey will now be a forward?
Would have preferred TOP forward signing as Mosey can pretty much do what the new signing is said to provide.
Correct me if I'm missing something.
I think this is a great signing and although mosey can do this role i feel last weekend he was just terrorising defence last week when playing as a forward.
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Post by Yotes on Nov 20, 2015 18:08:39 GMT
One thing Mosey isn't is a lefty. We'll only need to have 1 R/R pairing now.
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Post by DJP on Nov 20, 2015 23:01:26 GMT
Hardy was released from Tingsryd, who are currently top of the Allsvenskan (Swedish tier 2), because he wasn't quite cutting the mustard. They had nine defencemen but were only going with six or seven regularly and he wasn't among them. They felt they needed a bit more from an import so let him go. He was said to be very disappointed and considering other options in Sweden. They emphasised he was a good bloke and the decision had been taken on performance grounds alone. After watching tonight's webcast, I must say I thought he looked a pretty nifty skater and he does have the various advantages other correspondents have noted.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Nov 21, 2015 12:02:08 GMT
Good skater and showed some great speed and skills but very small (which didn't seem to be a problem last night). He fitted straight in and got a lot of ice time too.
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Post by jdizpt8 on Nov 21, 2015 16:30:44 GMT
Werner was a small guy and he was one of our best D men, I was concerned about his size and weight when we signed him but if he's quick enough to get out the way then that'll do and he'll bring extra offence which is a bonus, feel bad for Oakford dropping ice time with Hardy coming in as he's been great once he got up to speed after the first few games. Glad we've got Mosey back as a forward his speed is deadly and really helps us gain the zone and will keep teams checking on a line change. Back to Hardy would be not already have a working visa in place due to him playing in Europe? I don't know how it works but I'd assume he's already in Europe, GB is in the EU so he shouldn't have had any issues other then declaring he's working in a different country.
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Post by Mark on Nov 22, 2015 12:47:39 GMT
Lots of positives concerning the new bloke. All good I say, plenty of us banging on about another import dman and finally we sign one and sort the paperwork speedily.
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Post by yeti on Nov 22, 2015 23:40:19 GMT
Looking at the fact Hardy went from college hockey to France and then from there to Sweden and then joined Panthers as quick as he did I think he has French parentage and a French passport. Sweden's a bit similar to here without a European passport he would not qualify for a work permit there as their own players are of such a high quality. It looks like the Swedish team decided to try him as he had a European passport.
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Post by smart6 on Nov 23, 2015 5:06:54 GMT
If he carries on playing like he did in Edinburgh then he will soon become a firm favourite
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Post by Dan on Nov 23, 2015 10:33:27 GMT
Yawn.... There you go.....quoted. Dont want you spitting out your dummy again now do we? I wasnt having a dig.... I was making a point.... to which I note you havent denied that it is true. Twas one of the quickest backtracks ive seen in a very long time......May you have a very nice day....... How is that in any way relevant if it happened that long ago? Grow up Chill out everyone.
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Post by iginla on Nov 23, 2015 12:00:03 GMT
Wonder how long it will be before Corey has Hardy playing as a forward !!!! LOL
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Nov 23, 2015 15:02:59 GMT
Wonder how long it will be before Corey has Hardy playing as a forward !!!! LOL Most of last Saturday night
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Nov 26, 2015 11:54:11 GMT
Looks like he's wearing #88... In use for the first time since the great Johnny Craighead!
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Post by calv on Nov 27, 2015 17:08:26 GMT
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Post by PantherG on Nov 27, 2015 19:10:27 GMT
Pretty cool, I wonder if he will wanna play for the Wembley team next season Following in his dads footsteps
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