While listening to the talk of the NHL bosses, even the stupider understood what it was, writes Jussi Paasi.
Jussi Paasi
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Montreal.
– I would love to see Russian players in international games.
My ears shook. Hard.
From a Finnish point of view, such a sentence could not be expected.
Then I remembered where I was. In the middle of the NHL business.
The words came Marty Walshin from the mouth. He is the boss of the NHL player association.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman And Walsh spoke alternately beautiful words about Russian ice hockey culture and Russian hockey players.
And of course it is. Russia is a tough class of hockey. And Russian ice hockey players are the world’s best.
Most of the brightest stars in the NHL are Russians. That’s why NHL bosses praise them.
Bettman told at a news conference in Montreal Arena at the Montreal Arena’s news conference, shining about the return of the World Cup.
Three years later, a world top hockey tournament will be played with at least eight countries. If Bettman and Walsh’s wish comes true, one of them is Russia.
One thing was not mentioned by Bettman and Walsh at the event.
War.
They talked about the world political situation and hoped it would change so that Russia could be taken back to international games as soon as possible.
In Europe, it was startling to see how some people take the Ukrainian war on this side of the Atlantic.
With that, the stalling commissioner does not need to bother his head. As long as we only get the Russians involved. At least the karkel organized by the NHL.
As I listened to the speech of the NHL bosses, even the stupider understood what it was all about.
Bettman and partners are interested in money. Russian hockey stars forging dollars for their business.
They are not interested in the emergency of Ukrainians. For when you don’t earn anything.
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