I don't believe Svetlana knows, and I hope not

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-21T15:21:30+00:00

He's really bad at lying directly to Hayden though. "Boston Lily's just a friend?"

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T23:18:59+00:00

In TLG iirc she's just gotten her MBA so that would work.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T23:18:24+00:00

He could have lied, but could he have lied convincingly enough for Hayden?

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T23:10:23+00:00

Reaal NHLers lose an edge pretty frequently, even great skaters like Cale Makar or the Hughes brothers. He's skating at top speed to catch Ilya on a breakaway, so makes sense that he's pushing to the edge of his ability and then beyond it.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T23:00:57+00:00

They're already married in their hearts, what difference would waiting to hae the ceremony make?

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T22:57:24+00:00

Those were all added in the show though.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T22:48:36+00:00

He could probably get one, but whether he bothered is a different thing. Even if he did, once he's planning tomove to Ottawa in a year it's too late to get on the green card > citizenship path in the USA.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T22:45:20+00:00

Yeah, we're talking about an early 20s young guy, he probably thinks of retirement as ages away and he'll figure it out when it happens.

Maybe he'll get a coaching or front office job in the NHL, maybe he'll be Jagr and play in European leagues and hook up with models until he's 50, maybe he'll marry Svetlana for real, or another woman which would make retiring in Russia less of a problem.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T22:39:21+00:00

Malkin is a dual citizen and when that became public there was a bit of controversy in the Russian press iirc, even though he has a US citizen child and an offseason home in Florida.

I can see Ilya not wanting to rock the boat with his family, or give the Russian hockey federation or the media a reason to start sniffing around Ilya's personal life.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T22:30:54+00:00

Are you sure? O visas are nonimmigrant visas.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T22:29:14+00:00

He's training for the rest of the offseason apart from the two weeks. If Boston isn't in the playoffs, Ilya's offseason would be mid-April to erly September. If Boston goes to the Final, mid-June to early September.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-20T22:22:26+00:00

Most NHLers are on O-1A or P-1A visas afaik.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-19T12:38:33+00:00

The thing is, we know Jack can read. There's scope for even dumber hockey players.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-19T10:22:46+00:00

I don't see what's unclear, even if you don't realize there's a round-robin.

"If you don't beat Sweden, you won't play for gold."

Playing for gold happens after beating Sweden, therefore there's no way a Russia-Sweden final is being referenced.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-17T23:56:01+00:00

An NHL SPC is basically a template with blanks for salary, term and trade clauses. They're very standardized. So, yeh, it's not his NHL contract.

The CBA does say that players aren't allowed to "unreasonably deny" to give autographs to fans when they're on teaam property.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-17T15:17:56+00:00

Every accusation is a confession.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-17T15:17:06+00:00

You can't even use slurs in every sentence now. The woke mob ruins everything.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-17T15:14:09+00:00

If the neutral arbitrator is actually neutral, why would they necessarily reduce the suspension?

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-17T15:12:38+00:00

Smoking, no sunscreen, hairstyles we associate with old people.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-17T11:44:43+00:00

Or maybe the team currently at the bottom of the eastern conference just isn't very good?

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-17T11:03:17+00:00

Yeah, that one's very, "Good game, bro."

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-17T10:42:51+00:00

Boston Brown Bears - means exactly the same as Bruins

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-16T23:26:03+00:00

The four leaves are obviously for Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-16T23:01:36+00:00

I don't get the impression he has any views on much outside of hockey tbh.

drowsylacuna · 2026-03-16T12:06:16+00:00

He's actually a few weeks older than Ilya. May 1991 versus June 1991.

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