look out NHL ... Nedved is back :S

[fzusher]

goal and assist in 11:46 minutes of play ... looks like he really wants to stay in North America this year ...

[mister_mcgoo]

haha Rags fans sucks to be you...all hes doing is taking up a roster spot from one of the young promising guys they\'ve been bringing along

[NYR9394]

mister_mcgoo wrote:

haha Rags fans sucks to be you...all hes doing is taking up a roster spot from one of the young promising guys they\'ve been bringing along

Ugh, I know.

Dont worry though...He wont be on the team past Prague.

[mister_mcgoo]

NYR9394 wrote:

mister_mcgoo wrote:

haha Rags fans sucks to be you...all hes doing is taking up a roster spot from one of the young promising guys they\'ve been bringing along

Ugh, I know.

Dont worry though...He wont be on the team past Prague.

:laugh:
see I knew that would get your goat...on a serious note though, I like their young talent, even though some of it is a few years away, you gotta develop it

[NYR9394]

mister_mcgoo wrote:

see I knew that would get your goat...on a serious note though, I like their young talent, even though some of it is a few years away, you gotta develop it

Hopefully Glen Sather & Tom Renney see it the way you do. I think they\'ll get it right. They\'ve done pretty well with Dubinsky & Staal so far.(although both have a little more ways to go before reaching full potential)

Im just itching to get Anisimov & Cheraponov on the squad....So i\'ll be waiting just a little longer before im completely content.

[dansz15]

Isn\'t Chereponov still in Russia?

[NYR9394]

dansz15 wrote:

Isn\'t Chereponov still in Russia?

Yup. Next year could be the year that we see the \"Russian Mafia\" (Cheraponov,Anisimov,Zherdev) as opposed to the Czech Mafia(Jagr,Straka,Rozsival)

[notubble]

Nedved, unfortunately has been playing pretty well. His legs seem fresh, but i hope he is just trying to get a free ride home by hitching one with the rangers. We cant afford to move backwards in years. And honestly, hes not going to beat out Gomez, Drury, Dubi, so who is he battling, Betts? I love betts on the fourth line, probably one of the best defensive forwards i saw last year.

[NYR9394]

notubble wrote:

I love betts on the fourth line, probably one of the best defensive forwards i saw last year.

I disagree(see: Penguins series) but it\'ll take too long to debate.

[Katharsis]

Fan590 is reporting Nedved has been cut. He didn\'t want to play 4th line, and the Rangers don\'t want to push any other Cs out to make room.

[NYR9394]

WoOoOoOo!!!!!!! O HAPPY DAY!


I TOLD YOU HE WASNT GONNA MAKE IT PAST PRAGUE, MCGOO!!! TURNS OUT HE DIDNT EVEN TO MAKE IT TO PRAGUE!

[ross10019]

Yup, here is PuckDaddy\'s take: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puc...urn=nhl,110793

I have to say, there is probably no single player I hate more in NHL history than Nedved. And that\'s saying something, because as a Habs fan you have a whole bunch of players to hate (Dale Hunter in a Nordiques uni comes to mind...). Overpaid, undermotivated floater, the exact opposite of what I think is the ideal NHL player (who, incidentally, is and always will be Mark Messier, in my opinion).

[NYR9394]

It\'s funny because, What exactly was a over 35 player not named Selanne or Sakic expecting? I suppose he wanted 1st unit PP bestowed upon him also? Delusional idiot.

Ya know, this could be karma after he dissed Jagr a few years back caliing him a whiner. I think he also said something about Jagr\'s girlfriend at the time, but im not sure.

[fzusher]

http://rangers.lohudblogs.com/2008/0...mong-the-cuts/

From Sather: “I told him this summer we had a lot of young guys and we have only so many spots. Plus, there’s a cap issue to deal with. I thought he played well. I just knew what we’d be up against. But I didn’t want to not give him the opportunity ... [Lauri Korpikoski play in camp] had a lot to do with it, and Callahan can play center, too. So we have a surplus of center icemen.”

From Nedved: “If it was going to be this decision, there was no point in waiting any longer ... This is probably it for me as far as the NHL goes. Obviously it gave me an indication that I can still play in this league. I’m happy about that, but I don’t think I’m going to be trying next year.”


All along I thought this would be more about giving him a stage to get another team interested in him, but i guess he really did only want to play for the Rangers ...