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NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

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FiveHoleFrenzy said:
This is what I'm imagining he's doing when you respond to him...

Muttley laugh ;)
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<shrug>

I'm autistic. It's incredibly difficult for me not to assume that people are being straightforward and actually mean what they say, even when I know, on some level, that a particular individual isn't. Generally, I find that it's not worth the effort, unless it's someone like Grant, who I know is at least well meaning even when he's not straightforward. This is hardly the only forum in which I provide entertainment for the trolls. To which, all I can say, is that, if it makes you feel good to have baited me, I have pity that you are so terrible at life that accomplishing such an easy task brings so much meaning to it.
 
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D2D said:
The Whitecaps will have a goalie, and a good one at that.

https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/1026360
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Edit: From the Star Tribune's Randy Johnson:
"While many top women’s players in North America are boycotting the NWHL in an attempt to get a league that is more financially stable, the Minnesota Whitecaps continue to assemble a team to defend their championship. On Friday, Nicole Schammel, the Gophers’ leading scorer this season, signed with the Whitecaps. She joins goalie Amanda Leveille and forwards Jonna Curtis and Allie Thunstrom."

My question is, will there be any other NWHL teams for the Whitecaps to play?
 
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You gotta wonder how much of this is due to animosity over the NWHL forming in the first place. My understanding is that originally Rylan wanted a CWHL team in NY but decided instead to form the NWHL. This probably didn’t go down well with the Canadians who seem to think they control women’s hockey (some would say do given their dominance, in more ways than one, over the Americans). The Canadian league was never going anywhere structured as it was, it was nothing more than a girls club destined to fail.

At the end of the day women who want to continue playing hockey AND have a career AND continue advancing women’s pro hockey AND support girls hockey will play. Those who want somebody to support them while they avoid the real world will not. They can go to Sweden or wherever, but that does nothing to build a league here.

When the Egyptians built a pyramid, somebody had to lay the first stone despite the possibility of never seeing the completed project. If everybody stood around waiting to lay the capstone the job would never have gotten started let alone completed.
 
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pokechecker said:
You gotta wonder how much of this is due to animosity over the NWHL forming in the first place. My understanding is that originally Rylan wanted a CWHL team in NY but decided instead to form the NWHL. This probably didn’t go down well with the Canadians who seem to think they control women’s hockey (some would say do given their dominance, in more ways than one, over the Americans). The Canadian league was never going anywhere structured as it was, it was nothing more than a girls club destined to fail.

At the end of the day women who want to continue playing hockey AND have a career AND continue advancing women’s pro hockey AND support girls hockey will play. Those who want somebody to support them while they avoid the real world will not. They can go to Sweden or wherever, but that does nothing to build a league here.

When the Egyptians built a pyramid, somebody had to lay the first stone despite the possibility of never seeing the completed project. If everybody stood around waiting to lay the capstone the job would never have gotten started let alone completed.
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Nice analogy - the Egyptians used slaves!
 
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arenalife said:
Nice analogy - the Egyptians used slaves!
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on 2nd thought maybe you were referring to the Canadians who told its players when the NWHL formed that if they played in it they would lose consideration for the national team and didn't even consider paying Americans in the CWHL until the NWHL was formed, and initially weren't going to release Americans from their contract.

so yeah, slaves <-> CWHL, might be a nice analogy

and let's not forget that prior to the WHA and more US ownership, the NHL pretty much treated their players like indentured servants
 
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From the Star Tribune:

Whitecaps sign Boulier

The Minnesota Whitecaps added a fifth player to their roster for the 2019-20 season, re-signing Amanda Boulier, a finalist for the NWHL defender of the year last season.

Boulier, a former St. Lawrence standout from Watertown, Conn., had five goals and eight assists in the 2018-19 regular season and added a goal and an assist in the playoffs as the Whitecaps captured the Isobel Cup championship in their first NWHL season.

Boulier joins goalie Amanda Leveille and forwards Jonna Curtis, Allie Thunstrom and Nicole Schammel in signing with the Whitecaps for the upcoming season.
 
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D2D said:
From the Star Tribune:

Whitecaps sign Boulier

The Minnesota Whitecaps added a fifth player to their roster for the 2019-20 season, re-signing Amanda Boulier, a finalist for the NWHL defender of the year last season.

Boulier, a former St. Lawrence standout from Watertown, Conn., had five goals and eight assists in the 2018-19 regular season and added a goal and an assist in the playoffs as the Whitecaps captured the Isobel Cup championship in their first NWHL season.

Boulier joins goalie Amanda Leveille and forwards Jonna Curtis, Allie Thunstrom and Nicole Schammel in signing with the Whitecaps for the upcoming season.
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when the NWHL first started, they were slow to sign players too, for much the same reason, problems with players who were in the CWHL
there is a lot of peer pressure not to sign
and the teams have no reason to be in a rush, nor the players for that matter
the teams need to get their ducks in a row, concentrating on the players that will be the core
and the players need to be sure their life is in order, since they need to have a job that supports them and allows them to play hockey
when the season starts, there may be even a few national team members on rosters once they realize they need to do what's best for themselves and not what's best for the Canadians and those that wanted to paly there
 
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Captain Dempsey signs with Pride! trying to figure out who is signing and who isnt....looks like National team players are not and rest want to play. I think we are going to see even more girls sign at least at Pride...wait to long and their wont be a spot...total is 9....still no goalie!
https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/1029321
 
MAHOCKEY FAN said:
Captain Dempsey signs with Pride! trying to figure out who is signing and who isnt....looks like National team players are not and rest want to play. I think we are going to see even more girls sign at least at Pride...wait to long and their wont be a spot...total is 9....still no goalie!
https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/1029321
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I don’t know how accurate or up to date this is but the Ice Garden tracker shows that a relatively small group of players have signed.

https://www.theicegarden.com
 
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MAHOCKEY FAN said:
Captain Dempsey signs with Pride! trying to figure out who is signing and who isnt....looks like National team players are not and rest want to play. I think we are going to see even more girls sign at least at Pride...wait to long and their wont be a spot...total is 9....still no goalie!
https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/1029321
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The US national team members have money in their pocket, getting paid by USA Hockey ($25K of it from the NHL which brings up the question, do the Canadians get anything from the NHL?), so they aren’t singing this tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWNfFMcWOuk
 
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