RomanP
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Or maybe they ordered him slightly higher skates lol
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Is it just me or did Hughes grow and inch or two?
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I agree on the legitimacy of exceptions. And the entire non-orthodox portion of Israeli population agrees with you on The religious exemptions lol. I forgot to add one more nugget re: Israeli military - you have to volunteer to the fighting units, they won’t just assign you there. Moreover, there’s a huge demand into these fighting units, especially into the elite ones, like Sayeret Matkal. Majority of applicants don’t get in and end up serving in less prestigious units. And it’s not just physical abilities, but also mental and in general being smart.
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I guess it depends on the country and the type of exception. In Soviet Union the only official exception was on medical reasons. That was one of the primary routes for people to try to avoid the army. In Israel, beside the medical, there’s also exception for the ultra orthodox and there’s also a way to do a civil service instead of military one. Surprisingly, percentage of people trying to avoid service in Israel is much lower than it was in Soviet Union.
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I lived in 2 different countries with mandatory military service. First, it was Soviet Union, where I served a year and a half. The experience helped me in my life. However, vast majority of people didn’t want to serve and almost every family was looking for a way to have their son to serve closer to home and in some non-fighting units. It was during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, so that contributed to the attempts to get an easier service. Also, very few people were able to completely skip the service, even from the families of the communist bosses. One of the biggest downsides of the Soviet Army (beyond the constant communist propaganda) was hazing in the first 6 months of service. Some situations led to young soldiers either committing suicide or taking their AKs and “solving” their issues that way against the hazers. After that I lived in Israel (also served there, but a short term). The situation in Israel is quite different. Vast majority of kids actually want to go into the Army, especially fighting units. There are two reasons - first being a very high sense of patriotism and knowing that they have to protect their own families and second being life long relationships forged during service. In Israel, the people that you serve with in your unit, stay together for years during annual reserve call ups. There’s a great book called “Start-Up Nation”, which attributes a lot of success with high tech startups in Israel to the relationships built during the military service.
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I get what you are saying, just a small correction - SKA 1946 is not a KHL team, it's an MHL team (2 levels down, similar to CHL here). KHL -> VHL -> MHL.
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Nope, renting with Silovs
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Yes, Artur speaks Russian. The boys are renting together and also in close contact with Podz.
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Also, you haven't provided any link to any of your beloved "writers" that would say anything about his "temper". The only article that I found that has "temper" in the text is the one that has a sentence about "expectations should be TEMPERed due to small size of scouting". Perhaps the problem is with your reading comprehension of English language?
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I met him in August, when he arrived in Vancouver. Since then I spent enough time with the kid to see whether temper is an issue. My opinion - it's not an issue at all. I think those writers look at his high demand of himself as "temper", which is not even close to the truth. They see him hitting the stick on the ice after his shot isn't going in and say "Oh, look, he's got temper". Or do you think these writers know him in person for many years? All they see is the games and practices, they rarely communicate with these young players at the personal level. Also, do you think "bush league media" is a prerogative of Vancouver only? I'm not really sure why you keep arguing with me. My personal opinion from my personal interactions with him - the kid doesn't have temper issues at all. He's very soft spoken, hard working kid, who really wants to succeed in NHL in general and in Vancouver specifically. I think I already wrote it somewhere earlier in this thread - his words to me were "I want to score the game winning goal in the final game of the Stanley Cup for Vancouver. I absolutely love it here". I also have lengthy conversations with his father in Belarus almost on weekly basis and you can see where Danila gets his work ethic and high demand for himself. Will he become a star for the Canucks? I have no idea, like any 18 year old, million things can go wrong. But I will support the kid to the best of my abilities because he's clearly "good people".
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Wow, you just don’t give up, do you? When you are talking to someone regularly, especially after they’ve been in a press box for 2 games, you would see a “temper” if one existed. I’m not going to argue with you anymore, but every time you will post something unfounded and stupid like this, I will call you out on this. And, btw, looking at Vancouver hockey media - it’s primarily built from shmucks who pretend to write professionally.
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You see, instead of reading something written by others, I actually know the kid in person. There's no temper problem here. not even close. He's only occasionally hard on himself if something doesn't work out, which is absolutely normal for a high performance athlete at 18 years old. But you can continue reading... This is exactly how unfounded rumors begin.
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What all this has to do with Klimovich?
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100% agree. This is how bs starting - someone throws some bs claim and it starts snowballing. There’s only one problem in this case - I’m watching this thread closely and will defend the kids vigorously
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Where did this comparison come from? Please give me one thing that Danila displayed that would remind even remotely of Virtanen’s issues.
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Who the hell is "Kostinitov" lol? Did you mean "Konstantinov"?
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I guess I’m about an hour and half faster lol
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All good, he's fine.
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How do you figure? If we indeed go 34-18, we will get 96 points (28 + 68). In the last 10 seasons (if we count full seasons only), there was only 1 year, where 96 points wasn't enough for the wild card in the West (2014-2015 with Minnesota 7th at 100 points and Winnipeg 8th with 99 points). All the other years 96 points would be sufficient to be in one of the two wild card spots.
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Define “most people”. I know quite a few who stopped growing at 16.
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Bud, being 5’9” at 16 doesn’t mean he will be 5’11” in the future. Let me tell you a story. I was 6’2” volleyball prodigy at 15 years old. Guess what - I’m now 6’2” 52 year old man lol. People stop growing at different times in their lives.
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Essentially, Belarus doesn’t want its young players to go to North America to play junior league. In that situation they want them back at home. They wouldn’t release his transfer list for that. KHL is an option (Dynamo Minsk specifically), on a loan from Vancouver, which means we have a lot more say about his play time and deployment.
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Dude, Q wasn’t an option due to paperwork issue in Belarus.
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Dude, in the old country it’s very common to have kids by the time you are twenty lol
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Danila didn’t feel bad about not going to the world junior. Guys, I can’t underscore enough what a gem (character wise) we’ve got. The kid told me (verbatim) - I want to score the game winning goal to win the Stanley Cup for Vancouver. Oh, and it’s not his parents moving here lol
