#GoodLongIslandBoy. I write the Workrate Hockey newsletter (go subscribe!). Ex-youth hockey parent. Pretend hockey lawyer. #21 in the 2000 RSPWF Top 200.
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Well, sure.
Sardarian was drafted out of Russia (not the NCAA) in 2021, so his rights don’t expire until he turns 27 (he’s currently 23). Release says he’ll report to AHL Chicago but he doesn’t currently have a contract - not that he needs an NHL one to play for the Wolves.
One of my key frustrations with the “Canes Yard Sale” is just how badly the Facebook Marketplace Thousandaires decided to game the system so that actual hockey players could no longer get actual hockey equipment. Player sticks are not as valuable as you think they are.
Most equipment at those things has little value to youth hockey anyway - helmets don’t have required labels, sticks are too long/too high a flex - but as @DebM_ACK said, it’d be nice if they got a chance.
Also spoiler: any “player stick” is usually several generations old so you think you’re getting a $400 retail stick made for a player when you’re actually getting a newly made stick of a model they haven’t made since ‘19 with a new sticker on it because hockey players hate change
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Addendum to today’s newsletter: Suzanne Vega’s second album actually has 2 versions of Tom’s Diner; the second is an instrumental version that sounds like the moment in a TV show or movie when a character is silently concocting a poorly thought out scheme. open.spotify.com/track/6n85r…
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