Comments on: Evgeny Kuznetsov Announces His Decision To Stay In Russia

By: rachel

rachel — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

So sorry that he’s “buying into” the Russian cultural importance of the Olympics instead of “buying into” the North American importance of the Stanley Cup.

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Wed, 02 May 2012 14:07:41 +0000

[...] Evgeny Kuznetsov is staying in the KHL, it seems. [Puck Daddy, RMNB] [...]

By: gg

gg — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:40:00 +0000

What’s irritating to me is that if he had every intention of staying all along, why wait until the end of your contract to announce it? What purpose does that serve other than to disappoint your “future” team/fans?

By: blip

blip — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:02:00 +0000

The thing that’s making me most sad about this? That idiotic people will now (and are doing so) jump on this and wave it around to show that “OMG, all Russian players suck!!! Stop drafting people from KHL!! He’s a selfish player/can’t play in the NHL/overrated/a diva/would cause problems in the locker room/too egoistic/yadda yadda!”

FYI, Kuznetsov =/= all the Russians in the NHL or in the KHL. Also, stop making assumptions that only make you look stupid. He has valid reasons to stay in the KHL, while your arguments are as leaky as a broken faucet.

(PS- not directed towards anyone on here. Well, unless you posted something of this sort. Also, sorry for the rant. But I don’t see very many places where Caps fan don’t post stuff like this and are actually level-headed. RMNB is one such place.)

By: McPhee

McPhee — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:48:00 +0000

I’m tired of this just trade him.

By: Theycallmebigben

Theycallmebigben — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:17:00 +0000

What if it’s just a head fake like last time?

By: HA

HA — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:46:00 +0000

Ok, I take that back. He may be as bad as Rads.

By: Photoshop Guy

Photoshop Guy — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:11:00 +0000

Sucha tease

By: Bryant Thomas

Bryant Thomas — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:17:00 +0000

radulov = badulov

By: Peter Hassett

Peter Hassett — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:48:00 +0000

Assuming for a moment that this is his final decision, I disagree with you.

He is not being “forced to stay.” Maybe he is being “forced” to choose between the Olympics and the NHL, but even that is an assumption.

And his buying into the Russian cultural importance of the Olympics is also a choice.

So I don’t accept your characterization.