Rejoint: juill. 2021
Messages: 45
Mentions "j'aime": 17
I almost (note: 'almost') want to see him traded to NYR just so I can say I watched Zibanejad, Panarin, Kaprizov & Fox on the same PP unit.... It wouldn't even matter who the 5th body was... It would just be ridiculous... Absolutely ridiculous... Not even a little fair... I'm sure they'd get split up into 2 units most of the time but you'd see them on the ice together if NYR were down late and drew a penalty. Would be must-watch hockey for sure!!!
As far as 'playing with countrymen' is concerned... I've heard this is somewhat complicated when referring to Russian / Eastern European players... Panarin isn't exactly 'waving the Russian flag' all the time. He has been openly critical of Russia and (especially) the Russian gov't on several occasions. If Kaprizov is one of those hard core ' anything for the Mother Land' types of Russian, then he and Panarin may not get along well. I don't think this would impact their play in the ice. If anything, it just may not be as big of a 'bargaining chip for contract negotiations' as you might think.