tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152316208138615862.post3612501377492487400..comments2023-10-21T05:31:18.318-07:00Comments on The Prospect Park: Not a Slow SundayJess Rubensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086094927046897195noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152316208138615862.post-20073798497837260102008-09-09T10:11:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:11:00.000-07:00AHWow thank you for those very kind comments. I th...AH<BR/><BR/>Wow thank you for those very kind comments. I think you might recall the days of the WHA when it tried to take on the NHL and lost.<BR/><BR/>That is what I see happening with the KHL as I think the NHL will really not have to do anything but watch as I fully expect the KHL to turn on each other and destroy the league themselves by overspending.<BR/><BR/>I see that when the KHL can not lure quality NHL players over there then they will start raiding each other and as it has been the case for Russian Hockey since the USSR fell, they can not get along with themselves for more than a couple of years at a time.Jess Rubensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086094927046897195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152316208138615862.post-83517603732206219082008-09-09T08:37:00.000-07:002008-09-09T08:37:00.000-07:00Jess,What a magnificent article on the way NHL han...Jess,<BR/>What a magnificent article on the way NHL handled itself by boycotting the meeting in Europe.<BR/>Outstanding prose; you are one clear and strong voice of sports journalism that I admire.<BR/>I love North American and Russian hockey. I have been a fan and an amateur hockey historian for over 40 years. There will never be peace between North America and Russia. The people that the NHL is dealing with only know how to take from somebody else. Yes, NHL missed the chance to state its case publicly. But, in my opinion, and no one asked me, don’t agree with KHL on anything. NHL prospered without Russian players for over 60 years and did great. We can tell KHL to go to hell. There will be no agreement that we will respect until your Government stops support of Syrian and Iranian Governments. That’s where we should start. NHL will not wither and die. We are strong and proud people who love and support the Game. It will endure and prosper. Let them play in Ufa, Novosibirsk and Moscow, etc. Where is our pride? When will we stop assisting a Country and her sporting Clubs that accuses Americans in setting up a Muslim regime in the heart of Europe and hates us? Who is running NHL anyway? You hear nearly daily about another owner going to jail. Pretty soon we’ll run out of owners. Oh, I see. Then Russians will supply some new blood. Pretty soon you’ll see Russian NHL Club owners here… Maybe it’s time for a CHANGE in the NHL front office? <BR/>OK… I understand the argument about the small World, global impact of hockey… Tell it to Georgians! <BR/>Cut them off completely. Don’t support their Clubs. Instead invest in hockey here in North America. Russians have enough money to challenge you? Let them support their clubs themselves. Hit them in the pocket. Don’t entertain Bardin! Boycott him. Jaromir wore number 68 to honor his country and countrymen during the Prague Spring in 1968. I’m one dude that’s amazed to see him now in Russia taking Russian money. Sure. Oh, I got it, Mr. Jagr: money doesn’t smell. I was under impression that you had PRINCIPALS, pal… that you had CLASS and not the one that you showed the World during your “Mike Millbury” good-buy New York interview. <BR/>But once a Red is always a Red. Especially if your, what’s her status now, Jaromir, future wife? Is Ukrainian. <BR/>Now… In Ancient Greece all athletics were used as a preparation for war. In our own time this tradition, of course, continues: athletes are usually are better prepared for army rigors. NHL, stop cooperation and support of KHL clubs now! You are breeding the next generation of Russian warriors! All these people want from you is money. They are not our friends! They are our enemies! <BR/>What’s next? Red Chinese hockey players? Hmmm… It’s a “new” NHL. They are fast. We can sign them for “peanuts”… <BR/>What happen to the notion that North American hockey players are the best athletes in the World? Were we lied to? <BR/>Respectfully,<BR/>Amateur Historian.HockeyFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304890188949756107noreply@blogger.com