Fine here you go.

Haha I knew it.

It's been almost two years now since I blocked him.

Banning individual people from work (hockey is these guys' jobs), who have done nothing wrong, based solely on their ethnicity and/or decisions their governments have made is called racism

It is not the same as banning a country's banner from participating in events such as the olympics.

that guy's banned too

I mean that could've been easily solved by them doing the exact same thing they did in the Olympics, not representing a country but their Olympic committee or ski association. But they denied even that idea. They just fundamentally decided to close them out, probably to make them an example.

Be careful with that comparison; it's a slippery slope. Just becuase the russian government is attacking ukraine, doesnt mean everyone that's russian supports it there. Thats the same as saying all canadians supported the convoy, or all afghans support the taliban, when the vast majority had no say in what happened.

Im hoping the sabres sign someone decent to a 2 year contract and play them and UPL in a tandem until the TDL where you trade the guy you signed and hopefully bring up Levi or Portillo to play at the NHL level and get some practice and then run UPL and Levi or Portillo for the 23-24 season. If neither looks ready you don't trade the guy you signed and you play the tandem again for another year and trade them at the 23-24 tdl.

Exactly, you stop associating yourself with Russian companies, hit Russia's economy, stop Russia from participating in international events, etc, you pretty much punish anything that represents Russia or has an impact on Russia as a whole/Russia's decision making but athletes playing for a sports league doesn't change anything

I mean, giving them the opportunity to play but not under Russia doesn't change anything, the athletes still consider themselves as representing Russia and Russia sees it like that too, it's an empty gesture

Have you ever looked at some of the old discussions we had and say I’ve grow as a person and my mind has gotten smart from learn this stuff

Well with Mrazek the term works, it's for two years. The contract is little bit over the top but he'd still currently be 1G in Buffalo, and most importantly BUF could potentially gain assets by taking him in as well.

They could go for a UFA option, but I have to wonder who they'd go for. Their options are very limited.

Indeed.

There's nothing wrong with drafting Russians, they might not even support putin. On the other hand Mailloux....
BTW it was a different gm who drafted Mailloux, and I don't appreciate having team hating comments like that

I do it all the time with myself. Interesting to look back

For sure. I don't mean retaliate though. If Chychrun was holding him, they were at least even positionally at one point. Even if he can't keep up to cover Chychrun at that point, if he skates hard he might be able to pressure them into a worse play or get a stick in on the puck.
Standing up with your hands in the air is something you just can't do in the playoffs when the game is on the line.

He's also signed with cska Moscow long term...

... so then why allow them in sports? the entire country has to pay for what the leaders are doing. that goes for basketball, hockey, all sports, vodka, oil producers, farmers, you name it. It doesnt matter if the players may or may not want the war. thats how war works guys. Does Stoli Vodka approve of the war? probably not, thats discrimination on letting their goods into the market... what happens when putin starts launching chemical attacks/nuclear/bio weapons? what happens when millions die and this becomes a 3rd full scale world war? you think hockey is going to exist? its a very slippery REAL slope. you hit russia hard with everything youve got before it gets to that point. did nobody learn anything from germany in world war 2?

True but I was more thinking someone like Husso.

What i said applies to international sports and events, not your local sports leagues

nhl is international. everything about the NHL is international. they may physically play games in north america. but thats just job location.

Husso?

I don't think STL can't afford losing him.

That being said the cap for them is super tight and he's having a great year.

Still should BUF go after a 27 year old goalie with one good year and only 40 games played through his career? And is Husso even interested to play in a rebuilding team, knowing he's most likely only a placeholder there. I have to doubt it.

goalies peak late to begin with, im surprised they werent in on NED when he was struggling to come to an agreement with carolina.

I’d love to trade him but I don’t think we will

I don't think we can call this a peak. It could very well be a one year outburst that can deflate in a year.

Huh. Reminds me of Campbell a bit.