Confirmed with Link: Panarin taking leave of absence from NYR (Warning in First Post)

[ottawa]

It may not be linked to Putin himself.

Nazarov is pro-Putin and has a history of being a nutjob. He may have cooked this one up himself.

I would imagine that's part of what Panarin is trying to figure out.

What history? Any particular stories?

 

[Fitzy]

Wonder how long he'll be out.

If it's too long, might as well start selling now.

Hopefully only a week or two.

If so, that's just a little more time for Lafreniere to get some big minutes.

With Kakko and Panarin gone at least two weeks, we should get a look at Gauthier more too.

 

[Zats Muccarello]

So what this piece of shit Nazarov is saying is that he "withheld" an assault on an 18 year old girl and only felt compelled to speak out when an athlete spoke out against a dictator who has a massive history of human rights violations?

Sure. Makes total sense.

Exactly, he's making himself look even worse

 

[NickyLongLegz]

Only way I can see this being true is if he was at the bar showing a group of girls his new celly he’d been working on and accidentally clipped a girl with a high kick

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Your posting script is broken. Might wanna tweak it. There's unrelated buzzwords getting mashed together and its' incoherent.

Ok...

 

[FireGerardGallant]

What history? Any particular stories?

 

[Machinehead]

What history? Any particular stories?

Andrei Nazarov, maniac coach, fired again in KHL

 

[BullLund]

It's sad if anybody even entertains the idea that this is true.

This is just how politics are in Russia. If you aren't in the Putin camp, watch out.

 

[Zats Muccarello]

I wonder if the 2022 Olympics also come into play here. The Russians might want a reason to keep Panarin off the team that isn't "he was critical of Putin."

Get that boy US citizenship and throw him on the national team.

 

[nyr2k2]

Andrei Nazarov, maniac coach, fired again in KHL

What a wacko.

 

[East Coast Bias]

Is the fact that this attack got through Quinn's system without so much as an attempt to defend an indictment of the coach? I'll hang up and listen

 

[DialUp]

That's a strong statement

 

[LOFIN]

So what this piece of shit Nazarov is saying is that he "withheld" an assault on an 18 year old girl and only felt compelled to speak out when an athlete spoke out against a dictator who has a massive history of human rights violations?

Sure. Makes total sense.

Because this is a nothing story in Russia. In NA, beating up a girl has a different stigma compared to Russia. Obviously Nazarov was probably also protecting one of his players at the time.

 

[cheech70]

So nazarov says that panarin bribed the police and the “victim” 40k so that charges weren’t filed if I’m understanding this correctly.

so there’s zero record of this actually happening. All Putin needs is some dirt poor actress to step forward and pretend this happened no?

this is bullshit. Clear as day

Yeah 40k...he had no money then..total bs

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

Fitting this comes out on the 41st anniversary of the Miracle on Ice. Hopefully it’s a sign he’s gonna play for the USA at next year’s Olympics

 

[Ex Officer Friendly]

Get that boy US citizenship and throw him on the national team.

You just caused Don Cherry to have an aneurysm I hope your happy.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Typical russian BS. Panarin shouldn't have left the team imo.

 

[One Winged Angel]

I wonder if the 2022 Olympics also come into play here. The Russians might want a reason to keep Panarin off the team that isn't "he was critical of Putin."

This is a great point.

 

[Peltz]

As of right now, I won’t believe these allegations because of their source.

But I also believe that this leave was not voluntary for Panarin and the NYR forced it so they could run an independent investigation.

 

[bl02]

What’s next??? We learn the Lafreniere was jacked up on steroids in the Q and that’s why he scored at will?

 

[Tawnos]

Is the fact that this attack got through Quinn's system without so much as an attempt to defend an indictment of the coach? I'll hang up and listen

This is what I came here to see.

 

[Ex Officer Friendly]

What’s next??? We learn the Lafreniere was jacked up on steroids in the Q and that’s why he scored at will?

Don’t worry one of the board members is doing background checks on everyone he will catch it

 

[Firsov99]

I’ve never been a fan of Nazarov, but if this really happened, this wouldn’t look good for Panarin. It’s quite pathetic though to hide behind the support of an opposition politician, but apparently it’s the best way to save face now for Panarin (if the allegations are true of course).

I am surprised that the original article hasn’t been translated yet. The alleged act of violence occurred in the EU (Riga, Latvia), not Russia. Local police, supposedly, was on site, so the records should be easily checked, I presume.

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

Typical russian BS. Panarin shouldn't have left the team imo.

Some things are more important than sports. I'm extremely skeptical this is anything more than cooked up political BS, but whatever he needs to do personally is what he should do right now.

He has been extremely brave in his outspokenness against a vindictive dictator. Given Navalny's increased success in motivating the opposition, even more so. He is one of the only high-profile Russian athletes that consistently speaks out against this regime. Meanwhile, others like Kovalchuck, Ovechkin, etc. are butt buddies with Putin and never get any pushback for their despicable positioning.

 

[Cmox]

This is bigger than the Rangers, how long he’s gone isn’t what’s important here.

Anyone recall ex-Ranger Roman Lyshenko (sp?)? I know its way different circumstances but I immediately thought of him.