MJDDawg Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 7 hours ago, Stierlitz said: I hope that with new Liberal government things change. Mr. Harper and Co. put relationship between Canada and Russia to its lowest level, even worse than during the Cold War. Haha. Thanks for the laugh. I'm sure breaking international law by illegally annexing a portion of another country had nothing to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyhee Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, Stierlitz said: I hope that with new Liberal government things change. Mr. Harper and Co. put relationship between Canada and Russia to its lowest level, even worse than during the Cold War. You're probably right that relations will thaw a little, in that Trudeau is unlikely to be as strident about Putin's actions as Harper was. I doubt that we'll see Russia and Canada being friends in the foreseeable future, though. I happen to have agreed with Harper's position regarding Putin but whether Harper was right to be so stridently opposed to Putin's actions isn't the point-Trudeau is likely to be less adamant in his position and that may alter the relationship between Canada and Russia. It won't be all that much, though. Trudeau will, inevitably, not be a friend of Putin. He will oppose his actions and his positions just as Harper did. He'll just be more diplomatic, probably, in the way he says it. I don't know if that would have much, if any any, effect on the number of Russian hockey players coming to the NHL. Edited March 8, 2016 by tyhee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 3 hours ago, MJDDawg said: Haha. Thanks for the laugh. I'm sure breaking international law by illegally annexing a portion of another country had nothing to do with it. So overthrowing a nation's government with foreign terrorists is legitimate, but over 95% of its people voting to secede from that hijacked country in order to join another nation breaks international law? Cool story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 sooo.... Tryamkin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stierlitz Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, thejazz97 said: sooo.... Tryamkin... No any news in the Russian media so far... I am sorry for unintentionally creating political controversy in the Tryamkin's topic, I should think better beforehand. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 3 minutes ago, Stierlitz said: No any news in the Russian media so far... I am sorry for unintentionally creating political controversy in the Tryamkin's topic, I should think better beforehand. No worries mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 17 minutes ago, Stierlitz said: No any news in the Russian media so far... I am sorry for unintentionally creating political controversy in the Tryamkin's topic, I should think better beforehand. Would think the next announcement should come from the Canucks, considering they haven't said anything so far other than that they're negotiating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stierlitz Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: Would think the next announcement should come from the Canucks, considering they haven't said anything so far other than that they're negotiating. Agree that Canucks team is now generator of any news. Disagree that they have not said anything more Dan Murphy @sportsnetmurph 15h15 hours ago Linden says no road blocks with Tryamkin so far. NHL must OK KHL release first. Could sign + arrive as early as this week. #Canucks Edited March 8, 2016 by Stierlitz 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 24 minutes ago, Stierlitz said: No any news in the Russian media so far... I am sorry for unintentionally creating political controversy in the Tryamkin's topic, I should think better beforehand. It's about Tryamkin's ability to come here and play. There are definitely politics involved. If having a new government in Canada helps with our getting Tryamkin, then IMHAO that is part of the discussion. I'm glad we have better relations with Russia now, for hockey reasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabinessence Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 How id he when it comes to hockey fighting? Would the Canucks dare sport a lineup with both he and Pedan in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 45 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: So overthrowing a nation's government with foreign terrorists is legitimate, but over 95% of its people voting to secede from that hijacked country in order to join another nation breaks international law? Cool story. Overthrowing with foreign terrorists? A bit overly dramatic don't you think? While the West might have played some role, how much we don't know, what we do know is that Yanukovych's decision to suddenly spurn a planned trade deal with the European Union and turn toward Russia instead was the beginning of anti-government protests against a president they viewed as a puppet of Putin. But for you to then ignore that Russia invaded an independent country and held a vote in a region it's soldiers and military was illegally occupying during the vote is laughable. The Russians, not the Ukrainian government, held the illegal vote in a region that while tradionally had close ties with Russia, was part of the Ukraine. Not surprising that 95% of the Crimean people voted in favour of annexation. That's not 95% of Ukrainian people. It was 95% of Crimeans. But nice twisting of facts. But yeah, the anti-government protesters in Kiev and those that supported them are the foreign terrorists here, and not the Russians. Am I doing it right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 2 hours ago, Alflives said: It's about Tryamkin's ability to come here and play. There are definitely politics involved. If having a new government in Canada helps with our getting Tryamkin, then IMHAO that is part of the discussion. I'm glad we have better relations with Russia now, for hockey reasons. That's a bit of a stretch....naw.... that's a big stretch I doubt the foreign office, ministers and certainly the PM's / Presidents .have any idea who Tryamkin is, there's numerous Russian playing in the league. Trudeau needs some one to comb his hair and tie his shoe laces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 4 hours ago, MJDDawg said: Overthrowing with foreign terrorists? A bit overly dramatic don't you think? While the West might have played some role, how much we don't know, what we do know is that Yanukovych's decision to suddenly spurn a planned trade deal with the European Union and turn toward Russia instead was the beginning of anti-government protests against a president they viewed as a puppet of Putin. But for you to then ignore that Russia invaded an independent country and held a vote in a region it's soldiers and military was illegally occupying during the vote is laughable. The Russians, not the Ukrainian government, held the illegal vote in a region that while tradionally had close ties with Russia, was part of the Ukraine. Not surprising that 95% of the Crimean people voted in favour of annexation. That's not 95% of Ukrainian people. It was 95% of Crimeans. But nice twisting of facts. But yeah, the anti-government protesters in Kiev and those that supported them are the foreign terrorists here, and not the Russians. Am I doing it right? "Might have"? Obama's administration boasted that they spent $5 billion for "democracy" in Ukraine, arming neo-nazi skinheads and supporting Soros puppets like Tymoshenko who ultimately overthrew the government. You can consider that legitimate regime change but a democratic vote of over 80% turnout as usurpation, but that's a pretty twisted view of democracy, to say the least. But the narrative sure helps the US's continued encirclement campaign against Russia, trying to provoke open global war (see: Brookings Institute). No biggie though, as long as I got Canucks and my bigscreen, it's full-steam ahead -- go Yankie nukes, go! Ultimately the problem here is listening to and believing western corporate mainstream media. The sooner one gets out of that psyop the better. The rare times I ever see it now, it's amazing how nearly everything they report and say is a lie. And I used to laugh at Pravda, lol. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) (Bruce Buffer voice) IT'S TIME!!! Edited March 9, 2016 by Jiggs50 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alexandre Posted March 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) The Canuck crease will no longer be a free parking zone. Edited March 9, 2016 by Alexandre 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Good luck Try-Man! Hope you're more successful in the 'Couv than even Pavel Bure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronic.Canuck Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 And so begins the Vancouver era of Nikita Tryamkin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Love to see Couture try to get his mug around our Russian Bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Yay, it's happening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Gooch Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Excited to see him play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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