2022-2023 Around The League

[lionsDen]

Oh, I respect their decision. I'm just saying the NHL SHOULD cancel the games overseas in response.

Aggreed and lol that’s as political as I’m gonna get haha

 

[Foppa2118]

Cool idea

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[Colorado Avalanche]

I'm not going to delve into politics, but banning players due to their nationality is horseshit.

Also if I'm the NHL I'd pull the games. Either teams can use their full roster or they pull the games.

Like you said we are talking about points in the standings. These aren't preseason games. Demanding a team pull players due to nationality and not being able to field your most competitive team is not OK. If I was one of these teams involved I'd just boycott and see what the NHL says.

It's not horse shit when it's your neighboring country doing the war. It shows the war ain't cool and it's wrong. This matters especially to Putin who is a big hockey fan and "sportsman" himself. Sports was massive way to show the world how good they were in everything during Soviet Union. Putin still has the same thinking.

That's why It's good and easy way to make Russian people notice what they are doing in Ukraine is not accepted by rest of the world or Europe. Especially the people who share Putin's world ideas.

Russian people need to suffer some way too.. This is very small compared to what Ukrainians have to face every day, but hopefully it stings them a bit.

I am personally happy that they are banned from European football.

 

[The Merchant]

 

[Muffin]

Really wish he won the cup with the team. Let’s be honest Sturm really didn’t make much of a difference.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Really wish he won the cup with the team. Let’s be honest Sturm really didn’t make much of a difference.

Sturm contributed more than Jost would have. That's why they made the trade.

And don't forget: Jost had asked for the trade.

 

[katfude]

Also upsetting the bizarro twitter Jost stans was absolutely worth it.

 

[Richard88]

He twice says ".... but I'm really happy to be part of the Wild organisation and I wouldn't change it for the world...", and both times his body language betrays the words out of his mouth. He looks down and dejected each time he finishes that sentence. Clearly still stings very disappointing for him.

 

[chet1926]

It's not horse shit when it's your neighboring country doing the war. It shows the war ain't cool and it's wrong. This matters especially to Putin who is a big hockey fan and "sportsman" himself. Sports was massive way to show the world how good they were in everything during Soviet Union. Putin still has the same thinking.

That's why It's good and easy way to make Russian people notice what they are doing in Ukraine is not accepted by rest of the world or Europe. Especially the people who share Putin's world ideas.

Russian people need to suffer some way too.. This is very small compared to what Ukrainians have to face every day, but hopefully it stings them a bit.

I am personally happy that they are banned from European football.

And they are within their rights to ban random Russian citizens who have nothing to do with it and very well might disagree with Putin's actions. That's their choice and stance on it. If they think that's the correct course of action that's their call.

But if they do make that decision, the NHL needs to make the decision to pull the games from that country. As Russian players aren't banned in the NHL. It's unfair to ask these teams who employ Russians to sit them, potentially costing them points in the standings, all for a publicity stunt of playing in another country.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

And they are within their rights to ban random Russian citizens who have nothing to do with it and very well might disagree with Putin's actions. That's their choice and stance on it. If they think that's the correct course of action that's their call.

But if they do make that decision, the NHL needs to make the decision to pull the games from that country. As Russian players aren't banned in the NHL. It's unfair to ask these teams who employ Russians to sit them, potentially costing them points in the standings, all for a publicity stunt of playing in another country.

It looks like NHL is pulling out. Good.

Sad that Finland doesn't have as much backbone.

 

[Richard88]

 

[The Moops]

It'd be funny to see the discussion if they were banning American players when we invaded Iraq, killed and displaced millions for absolutely no reason at all. Or you know any of the other shit we do but then get mad about other countries doing.

 

[Ceremony]

Cool idea

Not really that cool when you see the shit players are likely to pick

Analyzing the Sabres’ Personal Goal Songs

A sports DJ reflects on the songs Sabres players chose.

www.diebytheblade.com

 

[Richard88]

It'd be funny to see the discussion if they were banning American players when we invaded Russians in the Donbass region by proxy through Ukraine, killing and displacing millions for absolutely no reason at all. Or you know any of the other shit we do but then get mad about other countries doing.

FTFY

 

[redacted]

Sanctions on individual's participation in sport events is a very long and storied history. You can go back to WW1 and WW2 and see plenty of examples. This is not a new thing or simply a Western thing... it has happened everywhere and for a while.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Balthazar]

 

[nammerus]

Really wish he won the cup with the team. Let’s be honest Sturm really didn’t make much of a difference.

Not having Jost on the team made a difference.

 

[Balthazar]

 

[HockeyFan100]

Glad this guy is coaching in the NHL again lol the league is more entertaining with him in it.

 

[UncleRisto]

Not having Jost on the team made a difference.

On Twitter as well.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Jost sucks but so does Sturm. Both shouldn't be anything more than healthy scratches on a cup contender.

 

[Richard88]

Jost sucks but so does Sturm. Both shouldn't be anything more than healthy scratches on a cup contender.

Sturm could at least win draws and hold his own defensively and make plays along the boards without being easily rubbed off the puck everytime.

 

[Bonzai12]

Here’s an Interesting read on the effects of NHL players salaries being published for the first time in the 1980’s. The author is from CU and there’s a WSJ article out that is analyzing this as the first real life experiment in how worker’s salaries are made public (which seems to be the direction a lot of US states and maybe corporations are moving towards). I didn’t get the chance to read everything but the WSJ claims that after salaries were published the NHLers realized that playing better offense paid more than defense. Players that felt they were underpaid began concentrating more on scoring goals than playing defense. These players had their pay increase but their team(s) suffered overall. Very interesting stuff. Gonna read the full paper when I have the spare time.

Salary disclosure and individual effort: Evidence from the National Hockey League

In late January, 1990, the salary of every National Hockey League (NHL) player was suddenly disclosed, ending a decades-long culture of pay secrecy. I…

reader.elsevier.com

 

[Balthazar]