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Watching the Canucks at wild. Such high quality hockey, fast and committed. Canucks are absolutely on it. Very slick. All lines engaged to a plan. Will be interesting to see what moves are made before trade deadline.

Well if that's the case now you are informing me. It would make sence for there to be elite centres in other countries with links to Europe especially, England even more so due to the finances, and restrictions, before 18.

It's possibe, but I am not aware of it. I am unsure we have Ghanaian staff? Or someone who has a history or connection with them. However the club staff have connections all over the world usually with other similar individuals. Having a contact at an "academy" outside of a professional academy, has always been helpful for me.

I was answering your assumption. It is subjective and depending on how a club view a player, and what other needs other departments have will determine if they use a spot or 4. They actually have some very good players on occasion. They play in competition below professional academies, however they also play many friendlies against Cat 1 academies. They have a much broader scope to recruit foreign footballers, as they are an education provider, rather than a professional football club, so different rules. This can be used by those who want to become a professional (especially in England) as a way to showcase yourself and get noticed.

No

All big clubs, inc LCFC.

Haha thanks mate

I'd post more often but, there are so many off the mark comments here, I'd find myself becoming a moderator and in reality it's just not that important as I have a life 😎 You know to PM me if you want to know something.

Everything has to align for a academy player to go on loan. There are many factors that will determine a loan or no loan. Its actually far more complex that just wanting to play away from the academy or not. Examples: Firstly a player has to want to go. The club have to see a benefit for a loan. The potential loan club has to need a player in a certain position. The loan club has to be playing at a certain level. The academy club need a detailed presentation from all potential clubs who want to loan said player. The presentation must align with what the club believe the progression needs to be for the player, and style of play should suit what the loaning club want. There may be conditions or commitments attached to the loan in terms of games % expected loan player to appear in and finances for the loan. In the past it may have been a more simple process where x player is told the manager that they are going to play for x club for x amount of time, but this doesn't happen now, its actually very understandable considering the finances plus time and the amount of stakeholders with an interest in the players development, or not. To suggest the club has a cushy job shows a lack of understanding how complex these deals can become.

The only variable that has changed this season is the quality of the opposition.

I am really disappointed in myself, as my curiosity has gotten the better of me after todays news, and I have seen the video incident online. However, I am much better informed having watched the video rather than the still images. To give you some context, I can skate... very badly! I have never played Ice Hockey, however I watch the NHL every day, I'd say for an English person I am highly informed about what is 'normal' within the physics of the game from a fans perspective. To save you reading all of the below, this is not an accident! There is clear intent to injure an opponent, it is exactly the same as with Football, when you see it you know the difference, it is just very sad that the consequences in this incident have been so serious. This is a standard hockey play by 3 of the 4 players. There are 2 Sheffield defenders & 2 Nottingham attackers. For all intensive purposes you can pretty much ignore the Sheffield right sided defender who is just taking up his zone and watching the play develop. Johnson skates inside, and there is a different Nottingham player coming into his zone so he is doing his job defensively. The other Nottingham attacking player without the puck, is crossing over to create space for Johnson who is skating into centre ice where space is opening up towards goal. Petgrave (Left sided defender) is very close to the other Nottingham forward. He is not in a good position as he is at a poor angle facing the boards not the play, he is 90 degrees out of position at speed completely the opposite to his defensive partner, I previously assumed from the still images that there must have been contact with the other Nottingham player, This is not the case! Johnson has read the situation quicker than Petgrave (Unless Petgrave always intended to initiate contact), as he has turned inside and Petgrave is skating too fast and at a poor angle, he has no intention of making contact with the first player, as if he did the opportunity for Johnson is now a 1v1 with the Goaltender. Johnson is clearly his target for contact (as it is his responsibility now that the right sided defender is in position and has his player marked). You can see this clearly because there is no contact with the first Nottingham player, there is no change of speed from Petgrave. As the other Nottingham attacker passes it is clear that Petgrave is not in a good position to adjust to be in a better defensive shape as he is travelling way too fast, and this I can only assume leads to panic, as Johnson will be past him unless he commits an intentional foul (Penalty), this could usually be a trip or hook with the stick, but Petgrave chooses to make physical contact, now this would usually be a body check which is perfectly within the game. To give anyone who doesn't watch Hockey context here, as a defender, the only reason to go towards a player with the puck at speed is to body check him. Defenders can catch puck carriers with their head down unaware at centre ice, but Johnson has his field of vision and can see the play ahead of him, as his head is up, you can see this because he is skating inside head up looking at the play developing, rather than in a linear direction head down.. Usually in this situation a defender could be relatively static with their stick ready to poke or intercept the puck, or back skating to match the attacking skater. What is really crazy is that Petgrave intentionally raises his leg rather than checking. You can clearly see this as initially his full weight is on his right leg, as that leg has no knee bend and the left leg which has knee bend, is now off the ice, and is being raised towards the oncoming Johnson. As the incident continues, Petgrave actually lowers his hips now bending the right Knee and raising the left leg higher, this all happens very quickly, probably in less than half a second. I believe Petgrave intentionally puts his leg out to make contact, maybe a trip or a knee on knee collision or maybe higher, I cannot say for certain as this is so unusual. This is without any doubt an intentional foul play in terms of the rules of the game. I have no doubt that Petgrave tries to initiate contact that will injure Johnson. I also have no belief that Petgrave was aiming for his neck, this part was obviously a error, however Petgraves out of control actions, and deliberate foul intentioned actions lead to this terrible outcome. I believe Petgrave was trying to take Johnson out of the game in a bad way, but sadly Petgraves actions lead to Johnsons death.

Is it me or does John Tavares have the most monotone boring voices in the history of humanity? I imagine a fun time for him is looking at carpet samples.

Their defence is atrocious but at lest they aren't the Oilers. I think Woll will give them more good games than bd so I'm sure they will make the playoffs.

Question is can the Sharks finish 31st? One of the worst starts to a season ever, and clearly the 32nd best team in the NHL right now. Will it be Celebrini or Eiserman in the draft... The good news is I have Miller & Petterson in my fantasy team

Any comment about something that is not hockey or sport related, like race, is clearly irrelevant to this issue / incident, so we agree that this not worth investing anytime in considering. However as someone who watches a lot of Hockey, I can say I have seen players get cut by blades previously, and they are always accidents that happen as part of the game, what the difference here is that the Steelers defenseman had his foot raised at head height at centre ice, I have never seen this action before, in this manner. For a player to have their foot so high, I'd say 100% of the time is because they have had contact with another player, which has lifted or imbalanced them to be out of control. The difference here also is that there appears there is a kicking motion towards Johnson. Now it certainly cannot be considered a murder, as this is not a premeditated attack. I can however believe that a highly frustrated competitor, can commit an out of character attack on an opponent, and cause an injury, even if it caused an injury which wasn't intended, certainly after a period of time of reflection would be deemed out of character. These skates are razor sharp!!! There is no way any player would consciously have their foot so high and kick an opponent without having a negative intent. It is a very sad event, that has caused harm to all involved. I cant say if it is a deliberate kicking motion, I can not see how he is in this situation in the first place, but it should be investigated due to what the injury led to.

Well I obviously hope she is correct.

I watch Ice hockey (NHL) everyday, and I have only seen a very short clip of this. It is a highly unusual action! There must be some contact with the other Panthers player before the contact with the skate and the neck (I have not seen more than a 2/3 second clip). I have not seen the full clip, and I am not searching for it, however for a leg to be raised higher than the waist for example is rare in the extreme, to be at head hight, and what appears to be a kick at the players head / neck, this is completely new and shocking to me, I have never seen this. I'd like to know what the fans who were there saw. It is an awful outcome irrespective.

Stopped! Let's go Hawks 😎 The Hawks are better this season, with valueable experience gained each game for the new young core. #98 #55 #27 #72 #44 #41 With Moore and Commesso to arrive probably next season the rebuild is looking very promising. The additions of Perry, Foligno and Murphy will all help these players. The blue line has 3 rookies on it, who all look very error free for their level of experience. Mrazek has been solid and if he can stay healthy or even healthier it will not be such a slog this season. I fully expect to finish 27th to 32nd, however there are no expectations of anything better than a bottom 5 position. With lots of early picks for the 2024 draft I'd say in 2 or 3 seasons the Hawks will be a force to challenge again.

Cool which did you do? I see yahoo is £5, but Espn is free. I have no idea which one most people play?

Hey would any of you guys be interested in fantasy hockey? I've never played it before but I'd like to give it a go this season. Maybe have a FT mini league if there is interest?

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Thanks mate. Can't see a reason to return to be honest.

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