Talk:Scott Foster (ice hockey)

Thanks for the help!

It's always fun watching new pages grow, especially when faced with lots of public attention and scrutiny. Thanks to HickoryOughtShirt?4 and CASSIOPEIA for helping with the review process here and fixing my always terrible references!

@MTG1989:, Welcome MTG1989 You are doing well on the article. Keep it up and ping me if you need any assistance. Happy editing and have a good day. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 23:05, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Same! HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 08:18, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Req photos

Headshot?

A headshot for this guy would be good to add, in addition to his stint in goals photo -- 70.51.203.56 (talk) 23:03, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Game shot

Since the photo in the article was deleted, another game shot photo would be good, presumably from someone in the stands -- 70.51.203.56 (talk)

I'm checking Wikimedia right now in case anyone uploaded a picture. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 03:50, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Nothing in commons or Flickr yet. Hopefully something arises, even if it's something from his beer league. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 04:01, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

$500

I've noticed that this source says that he got paid a flat fee of $500 plus got to keep his jersey. I'm not adding this without agreement as I don't know if it is correct plus I don't know an awful lot about NHL contracts. @MTG1989: are you able to shed any light on this? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:49, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

There seems to be a lot of conflicting sources. According to this source [1] if he had previously played a game he would've been paid $500 and got to keep his jersey. It's possible the Blackhawks were just nice and paid him anyways but contractually they don't have to. I have found sources that say either or however. Either the CBA isn't clear or there is just a general lack of available information. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 06:58, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

@The C of E: I also found this tweet from CapFriendly.com [2] that agrees with the above. In the comments, someone asked about the $500 and jersey and CapFriendly replied that is for a PTO. According to the NHL.com pdf, (page 127) it is for a PTO: [3]. Possible people are confusing them. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:21, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

@HickoryOughtShirt?4: @The C of E: Ok, so the way that I've always interpreted situations like this is that the goaltender is initially signed to an ATO in advance of the game, and then is signed to a one-day professional contract before he is set to enter the game. I saw this in an article in The Players' Tribune. I'll search for that -- I'm on mobile at the moment -- but as far as I know, a player cannot play in an NHL game on an ATO. MTG1989 ^talk 21:24, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

In the article and tweet it says he was signed to an ATO and per the NHL PDF of the CBA they don't get anything. However there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding this. I also want to note that the OP link is of a fan blog and whenever I see it linked I try and replace it with a more credible source. So it is possible it's just misinformation. I'll try and find the article as well but I am also on my mobile.HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 21:49, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

The source at the link in the OP has been replaced with an updated story, and it confirms that he wasn't paid for the appearance because he was signed to an ATO. So yeah, he summarized his pay best in the post-game interview: "just beer league glory". Imzadi 1979 → 04:57, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the update! It was a good question though because at the time people were confused. Glad to see things got cleared up over time. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 05:09, 6 April 2018 (UTC)