Admin Victor 10,940 Posted January 31, 2019 Admin Share Posted January 31, 2019 MOSCOW, Russia - It's business as usual in the bustling metropolis that is the Russian capital, from the tourist-heavy Red Square and the central Moscow area to the modern business hub that is Moscow-City further out. Underneath the everyday mundane surface, enthusiasm is bubbling and ready to spill over. “Muscovites have been starved of top level hockey for years now,” says Ilya Popov, a 26-year IT technician. “I will be surprised if the arena isn't sold out for the entirety of Season 65, regardless of how badly the Menace do.” The right signals have been sent out by the new VHL franchise's management and Russian fans are ready to support the team through a trying first few seasons to get to where they want to later on in the process. “As long as we don't finish ninth next season, we'll be happy I think,” Popov continues. “But even if do finish ninth, we've all Googled who Victor Alfredsson is and I think no one's going to call for his head after one or two bad seasons. We're really lucky to start off with someone with so many contacts all over the VHL.” Higher up in the Russian social circles, the powers that be in Moscow are equally impressed with Alfredsson and the new franchise. “There's a lot of goodwill towards the new franchise at the moment,” says diplomat Kirill Nababkin, a man with many ties with the Russian government. “Russia wants to send out a positive signal to the world whenever it can, like we saw with the [2018 football] World Cup, or the [2014 Sochi Winter] Olympics. Having a franchise in an international league with a large North American presence is a massive opportunity and the management has sent out a good first impression. We'll see what happens.” Da Trifecta 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/57947-enthusiasm-starting-to-grow-in-moscow/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quik 4,113 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 You know it’s been a long day when I read the title as euthanasia... Hybrid1486 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/57947-enthusiasm-starting-to-grow-in-moscow/#findComment-584489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,940 Posted January 31, 2019 Author Admin Share Posted January 31, 2019 7 minutes ago, Quik said: You know it’s been a long day when I read the title as euthanasia... After the first Menace season, could happen. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/57947-enthusiasm-starting-to-grow-in-moscow/#findComment-584492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quik 4,113 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 20 minutes ago, Victor said: After the first Menace season, could happen. I don’t think you’re season will be that bad Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/57947-enthusiasm-starting-to-grow-in-moscow/#findComment-584496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,940 Posted January 31, 2019 Author Admin Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Quik said: I don’t think you’re season will be that bad I think we won't be a bad team, but no one is going to be starting a rebuild and you'd expect Davos, NY, and Calgary to improve, so will be hard not to finish 9th. Depends what Toronto does but there's no incentive to sell there given the total lack of draft picks. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/57947-enthusiasm-starting-to-grow-in-moscow/#findComment-584497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,745 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 "26 year old IT technician"...... so he's a hacker! Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/57947-enthusiasm-starting-to-grow-in-moscow/#findComment-584550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,940 Posted February 1, 2019 Author Admin Share Posted February 1, 2019 2 hours ago, BOOM™ said: "26 year old IT technician"...... so he's a hacker! IT technician and election specialist* BOOM 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/57947-enthusiasm-starting-to-grow-in-moscow/#findComment-584556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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