Can whole life single, Teng green mountain be willing to, parents the first different idea.
With the filial piety of Teng green mountain, also didn't dare to break home joss stick.
……
"Teacher, I am coming back the path Wu An Jun's city, over there, meet a superior.The skin is dark, the body is big and strong, be named'iron pagoda'.He to my challenge ……can I discover, this person should be that the inborn is strong."The Teng green mountain will cover up a ground doubt in the belly to speak.
The various Ge dollar Hong gets a shock:"Does the inborn strong challenge you?He know that you attain inborn?"
"See appearance, in advance don't know."The Teng green mountain says, " however should know with me after learning by exchanging views."
Oneself can block that iron Mao, that iron pagoda can certainly guess Teng green mountain real strenght.
"Most strange of BE, he while breaking out real real strenght, flash across in eye a golden light."The Teng green mountain doubt doesn't understand.
"Flash across golden light in eye?"The various Ge dollar Hong listenned to knit the brows a way, " H'm, listen to you so on saying, this calls'iron pagoda'of man, should be the temple of Mo Ni!"
"The temple of Mo Ni?"The Teng green mountain is a bit surprised.
"H'm, the world is eight greatest religious sects, only the temple of Mo Ni is a Buddha to believe in, we are another seven greatest religious sects, all chain Jing to turn spirit, chain gasification absolute being.And flash across golden light in eye, also only the temple of Mo Ni of, after all, the Mo Ni temple Buddha religion beg of BE'Buddhist relics', but what our self-discipline beg BE'inborn gold Dan'.If the absolute being in eye is substantial, the golden light is one Shan, the Buddha believes in, as long as attaining a Luo man fruit, can make, but we, have to attain'inborn gold Dan'just become."
The Teng green mountain listens to not too understand.
Because believe in self-discipline to the Buddha, he doesn't understand and seem, the self-discipline method of the temple of Mo Ni, totally different from the other religious sect.
"In fine, that iron pagoda, 90% nine, is the temple of Mo Ni."The various Ge dollar Hong says.
"The teacher, this iron pagoda, is a call Pei three of the middle age man's escort."The Teng green mountain morrow says, " that day, in Wu An Jun's city, this Pei three, a toss is 10,002 golds, buy under a winter plum.And, this Pei little island lords in three rightnesses of green lakes islands'thou a life time friend', look down upon very much."
"Luo man fruit superior, be escort?Pei in"various Ge dollar the Hong is a bit shocked, " three, is the somebody of the temple of Mo Ni?Can the temple of Mo Ni is very opposed to wasting money, bought winter plum with 10,002 golds, the temple of Mo Ni was afraid is disallow."
Various Ge dollar Hong also surprise.
The temple of Mo Ni, that is the head of eight greatest religious sects!
"I am some to see not and deeply, the Mo Ni temple troops is someone to make money.Can even if is rich, they also not dare to cost 10,002 golds to purchase winter plum ……even in give offense to little island lord in the green lake island!"Various Ge dollar the Hong is very certain, Mo Ni temple the key figures look down upon a green lake island as well as use a great deal of money.But, can enter key figures, affirmation is a monk inside the temple, monk inside the temple, have to forbid sex, don't even say to spend money to buy winter plum.
As for the vulgar life time pupil cans not helps sex, can be not likely to own a highland in the temple of Mo Ni, those vulgar life time pupil, perhaps still don't dare to look down upon little island lord in the green lake island.
"Being two kinds of is possible, a , this Pei three rightnesses of Mo the Ni temple contain great boon and make Mo Ni temple parties Luo man fruit the superior come to be escort.The second, this Pei three is a super strong, or his elder is super strong, badly to can steal to steal a Buddha to believe in Mi Dian from the temple of Mo Ni, let that escorts self-discipline, and still lets escort attain inborn!"The various Ge dollar Hong says.
The Teng green mountain listens to dark surprisedly.
These twos are possible, aught, this Pei three all not easy to handle.
"Green mountain has no a matter to return to a rest first."The various Ge dollar Hong says with smile.
"BE, teacher."The Teng green mountain leaves den.
……
Yang state, Wu An Jun's city.
The arbor of the Hao extravagant official residence next, thou a life time the friend is metal gray the face sit on the stone Deng, his in front is polite to stand bushy beard strong man.

The surroundings one is silent to have no a voice.
Perhaps be who have, all loathe to give up to take out.
"Had no?Break you two arms, be regarded as to give you long power of memory."The Teng green mountain says and then wants to wield a transmigration of soul gun, gun head is a rhombus of, both sides all beneficial blade, can easily slice the person's upper arm.
"Not, not!"Greatly take charge of to connect to shout, " I still have!"
Said to greatly take charge of to take off jacket, be unexpectedly dressed in an aureate vest on his body, he wasn't willing to give up to take off this gold color of vest, pass in the ground, connect a way:"All all adult, I am completely this vest, can is that the south is wild medium of the gold silkworm vomit of silk, this silk is more more precious than purple gold!This vest wears on the body, warm in winter and cool in summer, and the defense dint may be than those heavy A!This gold silk vest basically has never got to sell!"
Teng green mountain eyes a bright.
On stretching hand to pick up this vest, this vest very of light, oneself's clothes wear of AN inside Xuan iron, weigh up to several catties, but this gold silk vest, estimate a catty of heavy or so.
Good baby!
Only have thousand catties of or so Wu Zhe but speech to those body strength, be dressed in heavy AN is on the body, really inconvenient.So, this gold cicada silk vest is absolutely the baby whom Wu Zhe hopes earnestly, the price absolutely drinks blood knife than that expensive of many.Certainly be like Teng green mountain this kind of monster, wear a several ten catties of of AN inside Xuan iron, and wear a catty of heavy gold cicada silk vest, is little distinct.
Originally, greatly take charge of is not wanted make this baby go out.
After all, money earns so much, the baby is difficult to buy.
"Calculate you to gather together enough, my Rao's your life."The Teng green mountain directly puts into the gold ticket, silver ticket and view jade Buddhas of ground all bosom, as for other things all take on the hand.
"All all adult, I this gold silk vest must be worth 200,002 silvers most at least, not, I that handle drink blood knife ……" that greatly took charge of words to just make reference to a half, the Teng green mountain was cold to see his one eye, then let this greatly took charge of to frighten dare not utter a word.
The Teng green mountain grasps two handle long knife, a thousand years cold iron strength bow, gold silk vest, bosom Chuai wear be worth of ten several 100002 of gold ticket silver ticket and a piece of view jade Buddha, then walk toward the oneself car brigade to, cool drink a way at the same time:"Still don't make your persons all let for me from a distance!"
"Step aside for me quickly and all, step aside!"Greatly take charge of to connect to shout a way.
The car brigade is one square, a sees all contain one silk esteem to the visions of Teng green mountain.
In this world, so, the strong will be subjected to respect.
"Green mountain brothers."Zhu Chong Shi nods a to smile to the Teng green mountain, immediately the wreath attends to surroundings, immediately order way, " accepts shields all well, hurry, all last horse, set out!"Because one makes next, immediately the car brigade once more again vastly and mightily sets out.


Chapter 43 《ground placard 》 superior
Those horse thief's the robberses separate a big way and let the car brigade leave so.
The nobody dares to obstruct!
This time, they greatly take charge of, this also calculates presentable person and throws big face at Xu Yang Jun!This greatly takes charge of to order strictly, the affair that takes place today doesn't get unauthorized biography.
However ……
Today surroundings but have exactly 5,000 horse thief, and Ma Zes a loves to drink, how probably not does the unauthorized biography go out?
……
Good matter difficult dissemination, this bad matter runs apace!
Xu Yang Jun, Fan Wu Cheng, first gang'the sorcery mountain help', 5,000 horse the thief rob not to become, anti- be looted value ascend 1,000,002 silver baby.This news, imitates Buddha breeze similar quickly get about each city of Xu Yang Jun and each general situation of dint!
That sorcery mountain helps, rob at a time and then can send 5,000 horse thief, in fact strong dint, be imaginable.
Talk about real real strenght, Teng green mountain proper city in the old house of ratio of'white Ma Bang'all want to be strong to ascend some, however, plant too maliciously this time!
Those baby, a lot of all according to low price calculate of, true value probably about 78100,002 silvers, however this spreads a rumor, is more spread more exaggerated!

"All all adult all governs adult!"Greatly took charge of to swallow to swallow throat, connected to say, " is us over-confident!I immediately make my person walk, will never obstruct all adult generally!"No matter is the marksmanship of Teng green mountain, still that in a twinkling kills flying of his troops four eliteses knife meanses to all make him fear.
"To, we back, we walk now."Not distance of two take charge of to wait a person also frightened connect way.
"The owner all steps aside, let all adult generally they walk!"Greatly take charge of Si to roar a way.
Immediately Ma Zes immediately step aside a spacious road.
The Teng green mountain stares at to greatly take charge of, the vision is icy cold:", So of, beat us to walk?Plunder our goods of black A soldier protection ……this is the capital crime, you think so Jie pass by?"


Chapter 42 gold silk vest
In June intense heat, the sun in morning has been a bit cruelty.
Be stared at by the Teng green mountain, that greatly took charge of a forehead to leak out sweat bead, this not the weather is too hot, but his cold sweat of frightened.Has been just and briefly exchanged blows and greatly taken charge of to really know that in the moment black A soldiers all governing is a how terrible superior:"All all adult, you, you want what, though say?"
Once the Teng green mountain stretch hand and open five fingers.
"Five, 50,002 silvers?"Greatly take charge of a stammer way.
"50,002 silvers?You also looked down upon your own small life too much!"The Teng green mountain stares at him, cool way, "500,002 silvers!You take out 500,002 silvers now, my Rao's your life, such as if otherwise ……"once the Teng green mountain lift transmigration of soul gun point of a spear and point at a big master face.
It be pointed at by the point of a spear, greatly take charge of the cold idea that feels an iciness.
"All all adult!500,002 silvers, I, go, go!"Greatly take charge of to connect in response to the way.
500,002, is a very big number, can greatly take charge of not to dare is the slightest unable to decide.
The Teng green mountain demands this silver, not is a blackmail:"Just got into Xu Yang Jun in a little while, we car brigade, meet such a strong Ma Ze's gang!Xu Yang Jun's vast territory and abundant resources, come out slowly sun county boundary, still want for 67 days most at least, effort, if isn't malicious to punish this person today to, once spreading to go, estimate the mind that will also feel fluky of other Ma Ze Tuan's, even if rob not to become,can't be subjected to punishment!"
Must punish!
Doing not punish isn't enough to shake Zhe other Ma Ze!Let them fear, just go!
"However all all adult, I could not take so many silvers as well now.I come out, isn't likely to take so many silvers, not, you wait in a short while, I immediately rush through to return to in person and bring over here silver."Greatly taking charge of to by this time talk voices is all very small, only and perhaps ask for the Teng green mountain isn't happy.
"H'm?"Teng green mountain facial expression a cold, " do you want to walk?"
Greatly take charge of once the heart bottom cringe and connect a way:"Not, not, I make my two younger brothers return to take!"
"Do not useless talk."Teng green mountain apathetic way, " I has no time to waits you to take silver here, your person first, once, who how long know?I limit in a tea time, you take out 500,002 silvers!If differ 100,002, I break you two arms, differ 200,002, I break your two arms, two legses!Differ 300,002 silvers ……that you could not see today's sun to fall mountain!"
Greatly take charge of facial expression moment deadly pale, the legs all frighten soft.
"All all adult, I, I could not take so many silvers now, a tea time, too short too short!"Greatly take charge of to urgently almost cry.
The Teng green mountain sneer way:"No matter is a silver, gold, still a silver ticket, even at the expensive weapon, baby, can arrive price!I limit you inside tea and gather together enough the thing of being worth of 500,002 silvers."
"Do not make those war horses breaking lousy iron of copper, to me, I have no a place to put!"
"Remember, you only have for a tea time!"
The words of Teng green mountain, greatly take charge of that hasty get the full head is sweat, connect to take out one gold ticket of folding from the bosom:"I, I this has 1,002!"This, represent 1,002 golds, be worth of 100,002 silvers.
"My drink blood knife!BE I expend ten remainings are 100002 silvers, just create but become."Greatly take charge of to connect to insert own war knife into the knife sheath, also put on the ground.

The step voice rings out.
One looks like young knife guest's together two escort and together walked to come in, this knife guest's vision a sweep and then target to sit the cultured middle age by the side of the desk.
Observe a bearer step, look in the eyes and qualities, the building lord that knows person's innumerable in a twinkling had he or she's judgment:"This is a resolute fighting main son, vehemence relentless, this knife method estimates equally and relentless, should be a superior with very strong real strenght."This building lord is very clear, different career, will make people produce different qualities.
For example, the rich billionaire often is laid it on with a trowel, talks that smiling generosity of spirits is all different.
But have no the person of real strenght, dare to be like a Teng green mountain so, play power and prestige in the all things of the universe building?Perhaps drive a flock of inside strength the superior round and estimate heart bottom dozen drum, the expressions are all different.
But the superior do so, that isn't to play power and prestige, but superior's manner!
The person who has no real strenght dares not to unload weapon, also overbearing, afraid of a meeting be interrupted hand and foot to fling out.But the superior don't unload weapon, but the all things of the universe building still wants passionate entertainment.
A same affair, the different person does, that the result is as different as chalk and cheese.
"At under Huo in the all things of the universe door talk!"This cultured middle age arch hand says.
"Qin Lang!"The Teng green mountain says, previous incarnation oneself's younger brother calls'Qin Hong', oneself at dark cutthroat code in the world BE'wolf', the Teng green mountain also wove this assumed name-Qin Lang.
In this all things of the universe building building lord Huo speech brain quickly search for a while, but have never searched to have Qin Lang so personal thing, however severe person innumerable of nine state the earths, this Huo's talking doesn't dare to neglect as well and smile a way:"Proper city small place, seldom meet a superior, Qin Lang Xiong, Please sit down."
Teng green mountain this just peeps out one silk smiling face, Malaysia gold knife ground directly sits down.
"The proper city is this place, really difficult meet inside the strength of superior.However ……not Kui in the all things of the universe door is a front door parties, many valuableses put over there and let these completely inexperienced in society pupils watch, this Dan color, admire."Teng green mountain face up also show a smiling face, in brief say.
Those two escort complexions Be tiny to change, but have never dared to make a noise.
The Huo speech lightly says with smile:"These pupils just let their experience and training.This, each superior generally still gives us several cents thin side in the all things of the universe door."
By this time, the maid also offered up tea.
"Do not know, Qin Lang Xiong, arrive my all things of the universe building to have what matter?"The Huo speech says.
Teng green mountain direct from the bosom takes out cold iron of ten thousand years, 1 of bang, put on the low short tea side-table, thin smile to say:"I make a living away from home between the world and whet to do knife Shu, lately, by coincidence in 1, get this a piece of ten thousand years cold iron!So, want to do 1 pen to trade with your all things of the universe building!"
"Ten thousand years cold iron?Purple light cold iron?"That Huo talks one Zhan in heart, connect careful recognize, also especially idea by hand the cover live and see light dizzy.
"Is indeed as expected cold ten thousand years iron indeed as expected, this weight is also right!"Huo the speech feel very heavy weight in hand and and then and more use inside strength fiercely an earthquake, this ten thousand years cold iron some harms all have no.This Huo talks to then and completely make sure this rock, really is cold ten thousand years iron.
This Huo speech glimpses a Teng green mountain not from the heart bottom Cun way:"This Qin's wolf, ten thousand years cold iron this waits a baby to so at will take out.Indeed as expected is the skill Gao Ren's brave!"
The ordinary people have this etc. treasure thing and hide still too late.
The Huo speech is to once see, some people arrive all things of the universe building to sell a baby, will play a lot of calculationses, worry be looted a treasure thing.Real superior but don't care, self-confident because of superior!
You dare to stretch hand to rob, I can chop in two your hand and take again baby once!

For an instant, the leaf autumn even wants to immediately launch an attack.Words like this, oneself wins his opportunity many pence is again.
But, leaf the autumn was strong to endure.He wants to lose war the strongest Yan pleasant breeze.Because he believes firmly, oneself is a Yan city's strongest existence.Own this kind of viewpoint originally to, the leaf autumn of pragmatism to say to is a very silly matter, but, now, he is to want to do so.
This is pursuing of a martial and persist.
"You think to drink a point son medicine, can change what?"Leaf autumn Pie the Pie mouth say.Although his in the mind has already been guessing the name and effect of this kind of gene medicine at this time, mouth up but nowise show consideration.The leaf autumn classmate that represents justice and candor to the guy that the use medicine cheats is bad impression very.Before the gene medicine that belongs to violet squad didn't develop, he used medicines to all mean to deeply despise to anyone.
"You haven't won.I didn't also lose.
, The smile of Yan pleasant breeze doesn't matter."I admit that you are very strong now.Being strong to arrive me has to be dealt with you with this way.I also to this method despise, but I need an opportunity.A combat, and obtain a victorious opportunity."That remains to restart.I give you this opportunity.Is positive such as as I am just coming to Yan city you didn't kill me and gave me an on the hoof opportunity similar."Leaf the autumn Tan shrug Bang.
After learning four heavy strength sons, the self-confident heart of leaf autumn inflates to terrible extent.He all inside has a kind of Pa to the Yan pleasant breeze to see.
Is positive such as oneself's continent just came to Yan city own nothing at all, Gao Gao treated own attitude Hang kind inside the mold in the last Yan pleasant breeze.
Just, 2 people's role changed just now.
"That I naturally thanked."Yan pleasant breeze says, suddenly clenched fist to hurtle toward the leaf autumn past.
There is no omen, like surprised thunder lightning flash, the orotund end falls, the person then has been already gone to.
Shout!
The fist carries secretly information and curls up sturdy current of air, as powerful as a thunderbolt of hit to the chest in leaf autumn.
Still keep being the one punch that keeps to keep into, there is no flower Shao to be talked.
And, so of attack set road he just had been already used.
So, some honest his audiences are then surprised to exhale a voice.Also someone's woe shuts ascend eyes.
Even if they don't understand a profound effort and also understand a recruit type again is meaning what in the combat like this.
But, stand just across the street leaf autumn but don't dare to despise the gist.
Is contrary, he is a face to rigorously wait for a closing to of fist.
Attackstoning the route didn't change.The attack recruits type didn't change.
What to change is speed and strength.
The speed of the sort in the light.Have no the strength that can match.
Was full of arrogant and Gang spirit in the fist of Yan pleasant breeze, the fist end went to, the boxing breeze unexpectedly has been already blown of the Human body body living cold, the skin on the face comes in contact with the furious wind of that mightiness and have a kind of be mown a meat sort by the knife of toring and pulling feeling.
It Be getting nearer.
Is nearer.
Suddenly, the leaf autumn grips of the fist is past to bomb.
Bang!
The voice resounds through a whole field through a speaking trumpet.No one can understand, why the collision of the Qu of flesh and blood can send out so big sound.2 people's fist suddenly on getting in touch with, then and respectively feel the strength of the other party.
That is like ocean stars, unpredictable, but extensive and matchless strength.
Chi~~~~The body of leaf autumn is retreating, although he made several 1000 catties fall to.But still have no the status to can defer body countermarch.
The marble stone noodles of the shoes and foot rubs and sends out the voice of Zao ear.
He how is not understand either, why oneself used four heavy strength the son return drive opponent to beat back back.
This also because of the effect of the that gene medicine Cha?
More what to shake is a Yan pleasant breeze.

"It is the person's body."
Master in the human body learns of the Yan pleasant breeze immediately did accurate judgment.
He knows that just Diao he is from the boxing on the stage drive leaf autumn one punch to beat fly go out of time, front of audience also encounter trouble, they avoided being seen cannot compare with, be also pressed by oneself at body underneath.
"It is really a flock of unlucky guy."The Yan pleasant breeze wry smile isn't already.
The hands support ground and want to climb from the ground.But the throat is one Xing, a liquid is then dashing but.
Ou!
Clearly know this time throw up blood will influence the body biggest, but he basically and too late does an effective arrestment and control.The one mouthful blood wildly sprays but, dye red An red of marble floor.
"See ghost."The Yan pleasant breeze one punch hits on the ground.
He exactly makes of is what effort?Oneself Hao why defenseless be beaten to go out?
One that act that shuts eyes to remember just, he still 100 think not to get its solution.
That time, is exactly their both parties respectively Xu foot energy, time prepare an one dead war definitely .2 people's fist why suddenly on getting in touch with, oneself drive he to beat to fly?
If say own strength with him differ so greatly, the Yan pleasant breeze basically would not like to believe.
Say, did he have a new incomparable skill again?
"The guy of this abnormal condition."Yan pleasant breeze again unbearable ruthlessly scolded 1.
Allow who know own the speed that the opponent raises is so of rapid, are the in the minds all not pleasurable to arrive where.
Is much less, he has been thinking for autumn leaf's root be from already of defeated opponent.Just, didn't°yet suitable opportunity just and upright of knock down him just.
The final outcome is contrary.Fall bad feeling very is mightiness!
"The private can kill, can not Ru.Own destiny isn't such, the destiny of Yan house shoulds not be such, either."
I defy!
Bomb!
The hands support ground, the body fiercely bounces but rises.Imitate the condition of the injury on the Buddha body for an instant all automatic Sao more general, the Yan pleasant breeze again stood.
Hua all over the place ring out as war whoop and applause of thunder, the present audience is moved by the persistence of the Yan pleasant breeze.
They really don't know and just took place what affair, just think that 2 people's fist ratio put together Yan pleasant breeze to lose a to raise, drive one punch to beat to fly to go out.
Suffered from a so heavy condition of the injury, all the bottom rolled under the set and originally thought that he has already finished having fun from the set.Unexpectedly he returns can in so short time inside stand up.
"The handsome boy encourageses.
We support you."
"Handsome boy.I love your ｃ "
"The handsome boy is a good kind.A"knock down that small white face, the person worships strong, but also sympathetic toward weak.The failure bow of Yan pleasant breeze, commiseration has his numerous female cellophane noodles, make a noise to inflate for him together this time.
The Yan pleasant breeze in past, in addition to oneself's feeling includes only river Yan of clock is purple, also true don't how put other women in the eye.
But don't know today the son suffered the frustrate of biggest life what is the row of he particularly of the Pei is weak feigned.
His in the mind unexpectedly moves for those not well-known chemisettes calling.
Just just flew the Wang Jian Han and white dress woman whom the car arrived to a club building of office outfield to face the blazing cry voice of assembly hall, two human face face reading Qu.
"Take place what matter son?Everyone how very excited appearance?"White dress woman surprise of say.
They haven't walked into assembly hall, from afar of hear the underground spreads of shout a voice"see to compete have already concluded a fruit already."Wang Jian Han carefully listenned to in a short while and guessed to say.
"Meeting can't a your two elder brothers can't lose?It is said that the Yan pleasant breeze is the special kind soldier's boundary first superior."The white dress woman says.She originally means to say her own father and also verily appreciates Yan pleasant breeze, this young man and very fastens a mother and at the beginning still wants and allows the supply to he or she him.
But thought of the relation between autumn and Lin Cang Lan of Wang You Han and leaf, this sentence still suppresses at in the mind.
Through this service, it is afraid to is the influence structure and form in the Yan city be re- shuffling cards again.
This time, can not drag along the father's hind legs.

"Florence Schelling already had quite the resume. She’s one of the top goaltenders in women’s hockey history, having won the Olympic tournament MVP representing Switzerland in 2014. She was a Patty Kazmaier finalist when she played Div. I college hockey at Northeastern University. In the last three seasons of her career, playing for Linkoping in the SDHL, her worst goals-against average and save percentage were 1.65 and .938, respectively. She’s the only woman ever to compete in the Swiss Men’s National B League, too. She retired in 2018 with a list of accolades that could earn her Hall of Fame juice someday.
And yet, with all due respect to what she had accomplished leading up to this week, what she accomplished April 8, 2020 may eventually define her hockey career more than anything else. SC Bern of the Swiss League, a.k.a. the NLA, named her GM. She’s the first female GM of a major, tier-1 pro men’s team in the history of the sport.
What’s particularly exciting about the hire is that Bern isn’t some fledgling operation. Ownership is entrusting Schelling to run a franchise that has posted the best attendance marks of any European pro team for close to two decades running.
“For us it was important to have a young, intelligent and visionary person. In our thoughts it was irrelevant whether this person would be male or female,” said Bern CEO Marc Luthi, per the IIHF. “More important is that the person knows something about hockey. She of course played in women’s hockey, but she also played in men’s hockey, knows men’s hockey as TV analyst at Swiss TV. We have the feeling that she will deliver.”
While Bern’s fan support is as strong as ever, the team has slipped on the ice. One season after winning the league championship, Bern tumbled to ninth place and missed the playoffs this season. Now Schelling, 31, gets a chance to mold the clay to her liking. Per the IIHF, topping her list will be hiring a new coach and bringing in a couple import players, though both will be difficult to do until the COVID-19 pandemic calms down.
“I was surprised like all of you when I received the call from Marc Luthi,” Schelling said, per the IIHF. “We had a couple of discussions about working together, and they were very positive. I knew immediately that I wanted to accept the challenge. My main goal is to do a good job and bring SC Bern back to the top.”
While Schelling doesn’t have pro-league front office experience, she’s worked as an assistant coach and, later, head coach of the women’s under-18 national team. She’s been around the game her entire life. And this is a case of a team taking a leap of faith to bet on an intelligent, capable person rather than rehashing someone with years of GM experience. Everyone has to start somewhere. It’s a matter of getting the opportunity.
Now that Schelling has hers, it’ll be interesting to see who follows her footsteps. It could mean we see another prominent ex-player get a chance to prove herself in a major men’s league. Or maybe we see a woman already working for a pro men’s team get promoted to the big chair someday. Hayley Wickenheiser is the assistant director of player development for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The names to watch especially closely are those working for the progressive Seattle expansion NHL franchise. It has already made Cammi Granato the first female scout in league history, and Alexandra Mandrycky works as Seattle’s director of hockey strategy and research. Seattle has committed to a 50/50 gender split in its hirings and has women holding more than half its vice-president positions.. Breaking that barrier to build high-level experience should put several women on the path to earning more powerful positions in the NHL in years to come.
So Schelling’s hiring means a lot for her personally and to Swiss hockey, but it should do a lot more. It should open up some hockey-brass minds and make them consider more women for big decision-making jobs in hockey. Schelling is the first, but chances are she won’t be the last."
"Scenario No. 1: When the Vancouver Canucks acquired J.T. Miller from the Tampa Bay Lightning last summer for a first-round pick in 2020, the trade carried a caveat. And that was if the Canucks missed the playoffs this season, that pick would transfer to 2021.
Scenario No. 2: When the Calgary Flames traded James Neal to the Edmonton Oilers for Milan Lucic, there was a stipulation that would see the Flames get the Oilers’ third-round pick in 2020 if Neal scored 21 or more goals and Lucic finished with 10 fewer than Neal. When play was suspended March 12, Neal had 19 goals with 11 games remaining and Lucic had eight with 12 to go.
Let’s go on the assumption that there is no way the NHL will be able to get anything resembling a credible NHL season in and at some point, the decision is made to scrap the 2019-20 campaign. That’s where things will get interesting.
In Scenario No. 1, let’s say the Canucks really like this year’s draft class because there’s a lot to like. According to the standings on the day the season ended, the Canucks were out of the playoffs. But if you applied points percentage, the Canucks would have been a playoff team and the Winnipeg Jets would have slipped out of the wildcard spot in the Western Conference. The Jets, meanwhile, traded for hometown boy Cody Eakin at the deadline and that deal had a condition that the fourth-round pick in 2021 they gave up would become a third-round pick if either the Jets make the playoffs or they sign Eakin before July 5. Both teams would have a legitimate argument that they are not playoff teams, which would alter the complexion of those trades. The New Jersey Devils, who acquired the Lightning’s pick in exchange for Blake Coleman at the trade deadline, would have an argument that, based on their points percentage they are a playoff team, and that pick should go to them in 2020.
In Scenario No. 2, you could see the Edmonton Oilers arguing that Neal did not score 21 goals this season, end of story. But the Calgary Flames would have a valid argument that, with 19 goals in 55 games, Neal was on a 22-goal pace and, with eight in 68 games, Lucic was on pace to get nine, so they should receive a third-round pick.
There was a dizzying number of trades made with all sorts of conditions leading up to the trade deadline this season, but what will the league do if there’s no way those conditions can be met, or even resolved by conventional means. If the NHL does have a plan, the GMs who made those trades have no idea what it entails. “Yes, we have contemplated those issues in connection with a variety of issues we will have to be dealing with in the event we are unable to complete the season,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in an email to TheHockeyNews.com. “Obviously, no decisions on any of those issues yet, but they have received attention.”
And what to do about teams that acquired pending unrestricted free agents at the deadline in exchange for draft picks? What to do about them? For example, the Carolina Hurricanes three assets for Sami Vatanen at the trade deadline. One of them was a 21-year-old named Janne Kuokkanen who scored 42 points in 52 games for their farm team and became New Jersey’s sixth-best prospect. Vatanen, who was injured at the time of the trade, did not play a single game for Carolina and is pending UFA. The Hurricanes were fully aware that Vatanen had been out with a right leg injury when they acquired him, but were confident he’d be back for the stretch run and the playoffs. They also gave up a fourth-round pick. So now should the Hurricanes be penalized that heavily for operating under the illusion there would be a season and playoffs in which they would have been able to use Vatanen as a rental?
One solution is compensatory picks. The Hurricanes also gave up a fourth-round pick in that deal, so perhaps right after that pick, the Hurricanes receive a fourth-rounder of their own. But that hardly makes up for it. “I would just jam those things in as compensatory picks in those rounds,” one GM said. “If you paid a draft pick for an out-and-out rental, you did it for a reason. I wouldn’t reimburse Tampa Bay for getting Coleman or (Barclay) Goodrow because they still have a year left on their deals and they’ve got them for next year.”
If the coronavirus pandemic hadn’t created enough problems for the NHL, this is another headache that may have to be untangled once it’s ready to play games again. The league could simply rule that if conditions aren’t met they don’t apply, which might be the best way to go here. But that doesn’t solve all of its problems. It’s a small issue in the grand scheme of things when it comes to a global pandemic, but an issue nonetheless."