Irishjim Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 <iframe id="embed" src="http://www.csnphilly.com/embedplayer?embed=1&PID=A15JxY_T3cfp59on4_v1vT3LlWky_Bcn" frameborder="0" width="600" height="379" scrolling="no"></iframe>Kimmo Timonen is entering the final year of his contract with the Flyers. At 37, he won’t discuss retirement just yet. But coming off his recent back surgery Timonen feels close to 100 percent. Timonen owns a small part of SM-liiga, one of the elite leagues in Europe, which just happens to be in his native Finland. If a lockout drags on, he’ll consider the option of playing overseas. Fellow teammate Scott Hartnell has also expressed interest, he too has a connection to a team in Finland, as a minority owner.Jaromir Jagr, a former teammate of the two, is a majority owner of a team known in English as Knights of Kladno located in the Czech Republic. Jagr has a personal interest in the team: his father is the club's president. Hartnell said recently Claude Giroux received a phone call from Jagr asking if he’d consider playing there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinahMoeHumm Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 There may end up being some pretty good hockey being played overseas if this lockout drags on. Not that there isn't already, but you know what I mean... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishjim Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 There may end up being some pretty good hockey being played overseas if this lockout drags on. Not that there isn't already, but you know what I mean... if it ends up that way. i'll post links to games i find except they'd be on at messed up times for us on this side of the planet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinahMoeHumm Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 @Irishjim: Sure, please do. I tend to be up at a lot of messed up times anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishjim Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 @Irishjim: Sure, please do. I tend to be up at a lot of messed up times anyway will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 @Irishjim I understand wanting to stay fresh, on top of your game etc....but damn, are these guys not taking a HUGE risk by going over there? What if they suffered a career ending injury? Even a serious injury would make their NHL contract null and void, would it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 For teams in Europe it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me why they would accept a bunch of NHL players temporarily on their rosters. Don't they have roster limits? What happens to the contracts that were originally signed by (KHL) players and now they find themselves without a team while they wait for a lockout to end? Maybe each team could fit in a couple of players. Players like Malkin and Ovechkin could surely help ticket sales in the KHL. By signing the NHL players to temporary contracts they would be sacrificing their own team chemistry and player development. Kudos to the Swedish Elite League in stating that they will not accept players on half-year contracts, in order to protect the jobs of some of the players they have already signed for full-year deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 @hf101 I agree what you're saying about the Swedish Elite League. The KHL on the other hand has no such honor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexy27 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Don't know how I would feel about Giroux playing overseas. I understand his need to stay active and maintain his skills but there is so much risk in doing so. During the last lockout many NHLers just played in the AHL. I think I'd rather see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlfly Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 i'm going over sea as well in this case, get a job there and move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 @Hexy27 There is limit's to how many NHL'ers can go to the AHL...assuming the five youngsters currently on the Flyers get spots, there is no room on the Phantoms for guys like Giroux. http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=46322&blogger_id=45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 i'm going over sea as well in this case, get a job there and moveBye bye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexy27 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 @jammer2Is this different than it was in 2004? I just seem to remember the AHL being flooded with NHL talent. If Giroux can't play in the A then I understand going oversees. I would just hate to see him get injured playing for some team over in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 @Hexy27 in 04 Richards and Carter were not yet NHL regulars, kind of like Welly and Couts etc...they were still considered prospects. When their junior teams were finished playing their season was basically over....except for an AHL playoff run, which turned out to be perfect for them. Don't remember any other Flyers on that team, at least not veterans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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