sabills Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) Take a read through this twitter thread: https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamud/status/971595788315918336 The long and short of it is: Putin owns SKA and the league has been completely rigged this year to make them win. They don't have to pay attention to salary caps, but everyone else does. Now the games are being straight up fixed, with phantom penalties being called against opponents, and no-calls going the other way. Meanwhile, the Russian equivalent of the Charlestown Chiefs is doing their damnedest to win a playoff round against SKA. Its a fascinating, and slightly terrifying in a dystopian sort of way, read. EDIT: fixed the link so now it points to the thread. Edited March 8, 2018 by sabelvilhelm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Soooo that's why Kovalchuk wants to come back here eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Take a read through this twitter thread: https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamud/status/971595788315918336 The long and short of it is: Putin owns SKA and the league has been completely rigged this year to make them win. They don't have to pay attention to salary caps, but everyone else does. Now the games are being straight up fixed, with phantom penalties being called against opponents, and no-calls going the other way. Meanwhile, the Russian equivalent of the Charlestown Chiefs is doing their damnedest to win a playoff round against SKA. Its a fascinating, and slightly terrifying in a dystopian sort of way, read. EDIT: fixed the link so now it points to the thread. Quelle Suprise Soooo that's why Kovalchuk wants to come back here eh? Why anyone with the ability to get out of there wouldn't is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 I have some friends that play in the K, and yes, it's as bad as you're suggesting. They don't even get paid what their contract states, sometimes they get full paychecks, other times not, without any explanation. Also have some friends that play in the SHL, and they absolutely love it... it's not the best place to play if you have NHL aspirations, but it's better than a career in the AHL (better pay vs cost of living, beautiful country, rockstar lifestyle, rockets, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 I’m completely shocked by this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 *desperately tries to prevent self from making a suspendable political joke* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Reminds me of Icarus. Let's not act like we're at all surprised that Putin is doing something like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Shoulda let Trump buy the Bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 *desperately tries to prevent self from making a suspendable political joke* DO EET! Shoulda let Trump buy the Bills. Ah, there it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 The richer the 1% become, the less likely it is that the other 99% will be able to prevent them from making civilization their plaything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabel79 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 The richer the 1% become, the less likely it is that the other 99% will be able to prevent them from making civilization their plaything. Shhhhhhhh. If you state the truth so bluntly things will be deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Like your user account. Or your voter registration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnkirishone Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) Like your user account. Or your voter registration. our deletion skills are the best. No one can compare to our deletion skills. The Russians certainly have nothing to do with it Edited March 9, 2018 by drnkirishone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 The richer the 1% become, the less likely it is that the other 99% will be able to prevent them from making civilization their plaything. Look at ongoing projects to "cure" aging and go to Mars. Is there any doubt a 400-year-old Tom Brady will be playing football on another planet? While our great-great-great-great-great-great grandkids enjoy a big bowl of Soylent Green? (If anyone comes after me about the number of "greats" there, you're in for a fight. Hours of research went into that, so don't even try.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Your not even close on the greats. A generation is approx 30 years. Braddy is 40. So 360 years from now is 12 generations. Now add in your status. Do you have any grandchildren now? Are they having kids? Then figure 3 generations are alive typically at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Your not even close on the greats. A generation is approx 30 years. Braddy is 40. So 360 years from now is 12 generations. Now add in your status. Do you have any grandchildren now? Are they having kids? Then figure 3 generations are alive typically at the same time.But he took into account that as people live longer and longer, they are putting off having kids until their 50s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 But he took into account that as people live longer and longer, they are putting off having kids until their 50s. Thats cause they're too busy banging the bot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Thats cause they're too busy banging the bot.Can you blame 'em? She's hot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 But he took into account that as people live longer and longer, they are putting off having kids until their 50s. You get me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubkev Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Your not even close on the greats. A generation is approx 30 years. Braddy is 40. So 360 years from now is 12 generations. Now add in your status. Do you have any grandchildren now? Are they having kids? Then figure 3 generations are alive typically at the same time. A generation is closer to 17 years if you hang out with the kind of people that I hang out with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson's Flow Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 A generation is closer to 17 years if you hang out with the kind of people that I hang out with. Sounds like you went to the same high school as me :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Sounds like you went to the same high school as me :lol: I noticed three waves of kids (mostly based on Facebook); there are the people in my graduating class (94) that have fully grown kids that were born in or just out of HS, a bunch more 10 years later at a relatively "normal" age, and then a bunch of the "almost too late" babies within the last 5 years. RosePie is the latter; the window was closing for MrsPie and I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 A generation is closer to 17 years if you hang out with the kind of people that I hang out with. Did you go to high school in Kentucky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubkev Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 Did you go to high school in Kentucky? No, I just know a lot of people who didn't pay attention in health class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) Your not even close on the greats. A generation is approx 30 years. Braddy is 40. So 360 years from now is 12 generations. Now add in your status. Do you have any grandchildren now? Are they having kids? Then figure 3 generations are alive typically at the same time. Actually, a generation is approximately... A generation is closer to 17 years if you hang out with the kind of people that I hang out with. ...yep. You nailed it. I just spent a whole day of conference time last Thursday discussing generational diversity. Traditionalists, boomers, Xers, and millennials. Each was defined as an approximately 15 to 17 year period. *desperately tries to prevent self from making a suspendable political joke* Just think, if Trump had bought the Bills, Toronto would be on its fifth Super Bowl by now. Edited March 11, 2018 by Eleven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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