Russia and Belarus out for next two world championships.

[Czechboy]

The correct decision has been made and reading upset reactions of NA-based fans across all media has been a lot of fun, keep 'em coming.

It seems like 3 crowds to me:

Crowd 1 - Russian fans are pissed because they are banned and feel targetted.
Crowd 2 - people living in Europe who absolutely think this is the right thing to do
Crowd 3 - North American based who miss Russia at the World Jr's and feel 'leave the kids alone' is the answer

And then the spin cycle goes on and on.

 

[Hanji]

It seems like 3 crowds to me:

Crowd 1 - Russian fans are pissed because they are banned and feel targetted.
Crowd 2 - people living in Europe who absolutely think this is the right thing to do
Crowd 3 - North American based who miss Russia at the World Jr's and feel 'leave the kids alone' is the answer

And then the spin cycle goes on and on.

How about the large contingency who see hypocrisy in the IIHF’s decisions? A lot of us are North American based, not just Russians.

 

[Czechboy]

How about the large contingency who see hypocrisy in the IIHF’s decisions? A lot of us are North American based, not just Russians.

I said Russian fans. Not Russians living in Russia.

 

[waitin425]

Is Belarus even good enough to be in the top tier IIHF tournaments? I know of Levshunov but who else do they have?

 

[ViD]

Is Belarus even good enough to be in the top tier IIHF tournaments? I know of Levshunov but who else do they have?

Protas brothers, Sharangovich, Kolyachonok, Kolosov

 

[waitin425]

Protas brothers, Sharangovich, Kolyachonok, Kolosov

Decent

 

[jigglysquishy]

It seems like 3 crowds to me:

Crowd 1 - Russian fans are pissed because they are banned and feel targetted.
Crowd 2 - people living in Europe who absolutely think this is the right thing to do
Crowd 3 - North American based who miss Russia at the World Jr's and feel 'leave the kids alone' is the answer

And then the spin cycle goes on and on.

There's a sizeable contingent of Canadians who believe excluding Russia until the war of aggression is over is the correct thing to do.