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ironyisadeadscene
PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:37 pm 
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http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=5635 ... -headlines

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I wonder if Rafalski will give back the 6 m-m-m-million dollars Detroit has to pay him next season?
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a couple of the last greats from when i started watching hockey. i wonder how long it will be before they're all gone.
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Rafalski hasn't even been playing all that long, 11 years. Seems a little early to retire, but then again it is a brutal sport. I couldn't even last a half a season. Good luck to both of them.
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Sabresfansince1980 wrote:
I wonder if Rafalski will give back the 6 m-m-m-million dollars Detroit has to pay him next season?


Detroit doesn't have to pay him anything. He's retiring. He doesn't get paid.
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Stuuuuuuu wrote:
Rafalski hasn't even been playing all that long, 11 years. Seems a little early to retire, but then again it is a brutal sport. I couldn't even last a half a season. Good luck to both of them.


he came into the league at... 27 i think though.

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Squanto wrote:
Sabresfansince1980 wrote:
I wonder if Rafalski will give back the 6 m-m-m-million dollars Detroit has to pay him next season?


Detroit doesn't have to pay him anything. He's retiring. He doesn't get paid.


He might be talking about his salary counting against the cap, which it won't because he signed his contract with the Wings before the age of 35.

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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 4:19 pm 
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No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

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As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.
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Vanek_Fanatic_26 wrote:
Squanto wrote:
Sabresfansince1980 wrote:
I wonder if Rafalski will give back the 6 m-m-m-million dollars Detroit has to pay him next season?


Detroit doesn't have to pay him anything. He's retiring. He doesn't get paid.


He might be talking about his salary counting against the cap, which it won't because he signed his contract with the Wings before the age of 35.


Nah that's my bad. I got mixed up on my cap/salary rules.

He's got 11 years in the NHL, but played 3-4 years in Europe after college. A full career for sure, but still surprised.
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PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2011 1:00 am 
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I always liked weight. Never had much of an opinion on Rafalski.

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Rafalski is 37 so he's been around awhile.

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CriminallyVu1gar wrote:
No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

Rud wrote:
As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.
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11 years. he entered the league as a 26 year old

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I know. I was saying he is 37 so he's been around, alive and playing hockey for a long time.

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CriminallyVu1gar wrote:
No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

Rud wrote:
As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.
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I'd say he's one of the best UDFA defensman of all time, if that's saying anything.

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Rafalski had a good season. Any word on why? I heard injury. Was it something big?

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Nothing big, but he had knee and back injuries that held him to 63 games. He said he wanted to be healthy, so maybe one of those was a lingering problem that he got tired of.
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Vanek_Fanatic_26 wrote:
Squanto wrote:
Sabresfansince1980 wrote:
I wonder if Rafalski will give back the 6 m-m-m-million dollars Detroit has to pay him next season?


Detroit doesn't have to pay him anything. He's retiring. He doesn't get paid.


He might be talking about his salary counting against the cap, which it won't because he signed his contract with the Wings before the age of 35.


That's a bullshit rule. It should count against the cap if the player doesn't retire due to a serious injury. All the Kovalchuk'eske contracts count on the fact that they will retire at some point.

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