09-22-2022, 05:18 PM
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Sharks GM Grier Says Team will not go to Prague if Russians can't play
The Czech foreign ministry informed the NHL that they will not allow Russians into the country due to the conflict with Ukraine. San Jose and Nashville are scheduled to play regular season games in Prague against each other.
Grier: "We’re a team, so, if they say some guys can’t go over then, either we all go or no one goes.”
https://www.marinij.com/2022/09/22/s...s-not-welcome/
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09-22-2022, 05:21 PM
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They're hockey players, they're not involved. Unless they're actively promoting Putin's regime (coughOvechkincough) just... whatever, let them shoot a puck at a net. Grier's right.
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09-22-2022, 05:21 PM
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No one goes.
No one.
Do not go there right now. Are you nuts??
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09-22-2022, 05:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Do not go there right now. Are you nuts??
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Uh, why? Prague is nowhere near Ukraine.
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09-22-2022, 05:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
They're hockey players, they're not involved. Unless they're actively promoting Putin's regime (coughOvechkincough) just... whatever, let them shoot a puck at a net. Grier's right.
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I believe the Czechs are leading an EU push to ban all work visas for Russians. Making an exception for a few hockey players will hurt their credibility on the matter.
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09-22-2022, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Uh, why? Prague is nowhere near Ukraine.
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The crazy Russian madman just re-instated forced conscription. Things are going to get weird.
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09-22-2022, 05:33 PM
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Feels like Grier is getting a little ahead of himself here.
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09-22-2022, 05:44 PM
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Cancel it.
Things can destabilize so quickly and unpredictably.
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09-22-2022, 06:01 PM
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I have no issue with what the Czech govt is doing here. If Grier doesnt like it, I dont care...stay home.
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09-22-2022, 06:38 PM
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Good for Czechia. #### Russia.
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09-22-2022, 07:02 PM
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Are the Czechs going to alter their foreign policy to keep an NHL GM happy?
Let them forfeit and have Nashville play an exhibition game against the top Czech team. Get Jagr to play and people will watch.
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09-22-2022, 07:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jacks
Are the Czechs going to alter their foreign policy to keep an NHL GM happy?
Let them forfeit and have Nashville play an exhibition game against the top Czech team. Get Jagr to play and people will watch.
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Nashville would forfeit that game too as Jagr would probably sleep with all their wives simultaneously.
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09-22-2022, 07:50 PM
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Nashville would forfeit that game too as Jagr would probably sleep with all their wives simultaneously.
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The pay per view possibilities alone...
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09-22-2022, 08:12 PM
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It's their country, if the Czech government wants to ban Russian, it's their right. If the Sharks decides not to go then it's their right as well, just forfeit the game. Does Grier thinks he is showing solidarity for his players? He is showing the stupidity in him.
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09-22-2022, 08:20 PM
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They don't need to forfeit. Just move the game somewhere else, like back in their home cities, and don't plan another one until the war is over and things normalize.
I don't blame Czechia or the Sharks here. They are both in the right.
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09-22-2022, 08:20 PM
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I doubt there would be a forfeit. Just rescheduled to North America.
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09-22-2022, 08:21 PM
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Grier is wrong.
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09-22-2022, 08:57 PM
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The league doesn't like when a team goes against their plans.
Sharks will go or Grier will be punished
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09-22-2022, 09:48 PM
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I would really like it if people who don’t understand the whole situation just stay out of commenting. This is like stating all Americans agree with Trump or all Canadians agree with Trudeau and should be treaded a certain way because that person is _____. The Russians are being forced to either go to the front they didn’t choose (get a vote on) and die or prison!!! Why should we also remove their ability to leave that regime?
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09-22-2022, 10:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
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That's basically like saying you are nuts if you go to Germany tomorrow. Like almost identical. FYI when we drove from Germany to the Chech Republic (named that at the time) we were doing 140kph as we crossed the border.
Check out a map sometime.
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