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Jason Krog to the Canucks
by Alanah McGinley on 07/11/08 at 03:48 PM ET
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Update July 14th, 10:40am PT— TSN now reports Krog has been signed, but states that the Canucks have provided no information about the exact nature of his contract.
An astute friend haunting hockey message boards came across this small nugget—Jason Krog to the Canucks, with the rumor it’s a one-way contract.
Screenshot is from NHL.com’s player page for Krog:
For the latest from Mike Gillis, the video below features him talking about yesterday’s signing of Pavol Demitra and Rob Davison
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Good AHL numbers…. hopefully it isnt a one way though.
Posted by PuckHound61 from Speckville USA on 07/11/08 at 04:07 PM ET
Alan - thanks for that link. I’m not sure what’s up. If he has indeed been signed by the Canucks, presumably something will be released soon, and hopefully that will explain the statement you found at the IIHF site as well.
It’s possible Krog just had an ‘out’ of some kind built into his Russian contract.
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 07/11/08 at 05:00 PM ET
Alanah - I think you posted the story about Ilya Nikulin and the Thrashers recently. Nikulin’s agent has had to have the contract translated to English to prove Nikulin has a NHL out clause. I would suspect that before the league signs off on signing Krog, his agent would also have to have the Russian contract translated for the league. If this is a signing after the agreement yesterday was made, and no NHL out clause exists, I suspect there might be trouble between the NHL and the IIHF/KHL.
It would strike me as odd that the Canucks beat writer hasn’t spoken of Krog, either, and that screenshot was pulled off the NHL.com player page. Then again, Thrashers fans saw the Junior Lessard NHLPA page state that the Thrashers signed him days before the actual announcement was made.
I guess we’ll find out for sure soon. Either way, he has quite a bit of offensive prowess, so I’m not sure why Atlanta didn’t opt to try and sign him themselves.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 07/11/08 at 05:20 PM ET
Either way, he has quite a bit of offensive prowess, so I’m not sure why Atlanta didn’t opt to try and sign him themselves.
If he had that much offensive prowess, he would be a regular NHLer by now (he’s 32). He struck me as being a career-AHLer during his (very) short stint in NY with the Rangers. They got him to plug in a hole for a few games, and then he was gone again.
Posted by K24 on 07/11/08 at 08:42 PM ET
Note: I removed a comment from this post that was originally submitted on Friday. The removal was at the request of the individual who left the comment.
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 07/14/08 at 12:32 AM ET
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I could have sworn he signed in Russia:
Oh well. If you all did pick him up, congratulations on that. He might like being back in the Western conference.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 07/11/08 at 04:07 PM ET