Rumor: Ilya Vorobyov: The Russians are Coming; the Russians are Coming!

[Angry Little Elf]

Apparently Magnitogorsk didn’t have a good playoff but this would be an interesting hire as an assistant coach

 

[Vector]

The what about the who?



Google translate for the article:

As it became known to Match TV, the former head coach of Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Ilya Vorobyov, fell into the sphere of interests of the Vancouver Canucks NHL club.

These days, Vancouver are looking to replace assistant coach Mike Yeoh, who is leaving the team. Russian specialist Ilya Vorobyov has been shortlisted by Swedish Canucks general manager Patrick Alvin.

Sergei Gonchar, who came with the new staff of Rick Tocquet and received the position of player development coach, could have made a recommendation to Vorobyov. Gonchar played at Metallurg, where Vorobyov worked at the headquarters in the 2012/13 season. The specialist has Russian and German citizenship and speaks excellent English. Vancouver has two strikers with whom Vorobyov worked in SKA in the 2018/19 season.

These are Andrey Kuzmenko and Vasily Podkolzin. In addition, there are seven Russian-speaking hockey players in the Canucks system at once. In addition to Kuzmenko and Podkolzin, these are Ilya Mikheev, Vitaly Kravtsov, Kirill Kudryavtsev (all from Russia), Danila Klimovich (Belarus) and Artur Silov (Latvia).

Ilya Vorobyov has already worked with North American specialists at Metallurg, when the headquarters of the Ural club included Paul Maurice, Tom Barrasso and Mike Keenan.

On April 3, it became known that Vorobyov would leave the post of head coach of Metallurg on the 30th. Vorobyov has been working at Magnitogorsk since 2019. This season, the team was eliminated in the second round of the KHL playoffs, losing to Avangard Omsk with a score of 0–4.

 

[Diversification]

First time I saw him on screen was Home Alone 2

Yep. He was also great in Clue and, of course, Rocky Horror Picture Show.

 

[StickShift]

Yep. He was also great in Clue and, of course, Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Yes! Now I have a reason to dress up as Frank N Furter at games!

 

[Wry n Ginger]

Yep. He was also great in Clue and, of course, Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Aha! We will do the time warp and get Artem Chubarov back! Our third line center problems are solved!

 

[Bubbles]

Paving the way for the return of Sven Butenschon!

Alexander Sulzer, Christian Ehrhoff, Michael Grabner...

 

[krutovsdonut]

I've been wanting to ask this for a while now: what happens in the event that a Russian player is stuck back there? Also in what event would that happen? If said player was to visit home during summer? Or they play a bit more hockey back home when NHL is in the off season?

If for example Kuzmenko went home and he couldn't leave for whatever reason, will the league just give the team a "tough shit, you signed him, you deal with this, it's not our problem"?

the tem can suspend him if he doesn't show up to camp. i think suspensions do not count against cap.

 

[Izzy Goodenough]

Aha! We will do the time warp and get Artem Chubarov back!

Did anyone ever look in the trunk of his car?

 

[valkynax]

the tem can suspend him if he doesn't show up to camp. i think suspensions do not count against cap.

Ok cool so there are some ways to deal with it. I guess the real problem would be, if it was a productive player who's working into or hovering closely around the core of the team, now that player is gone and you must scramble for coverage.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

I feel a bit squeamish about us becoming team Russia....

Guess its all in line with Aquilini business ethics.

 

[Grumbler]

Comrade General!

 

[Ninjadude]

So what kind of coach is he?

Hockey coach apparently.

 

[Jyrki21]

Did anyone ever look in the trunk of his car?

 

[StickShift]

Aha! We will do the time warp and get Artem Chubarov back! Our third line center problems are solved!

Oh man, Time Warp would be an absolutely sublime goal song. That would be top-tier trolling. Especially when the pelvic-thrusting begins.

 

[valkynax]

Comrade General!

It's Comrade PREMIER you fool!

 

[Skallagrim]

Silly conspiracy theory time!

He lived in Germany and, therefore, must speak German. Do you know who speaks German? Austrians. Who is Austrian? David Reinbacher.

Canucks are taking David Reinbacher in the draft! Open your eyes sheeple!

Half Life 3 confirmed!

 

[ratbid]

Hey, having a multilingual coach on staff in Abby or Vancouver is never a bad thing.

Vancouver is a bad team currently, but Vancouver is a top quality city. Improve the on ice quality, make it comfortable and accessible for international players and we rapidly become a top FA destination.

 

[valkynax]

Hey, having a multilingual coach on staff in Abby or Vancouver is never a bad thing.

Vancouver is a bad team currently, but Vancouver is a top quality city. Improve the on ice quality, make it comfortable and accessible for international players and we rapidly become a top FA destination.

I'm all for any competent Russian player coach or any other hockey personnel to come and settle in Van. Partly because it will definitely draw out some of them hypocrites who would screech "omg the canucks are hiring Russians how DARE they".

 

[Angry Little Elf]

Canucks Announce Change to Coaching Staff | Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today a change to the club's coaching staff. Assistant Coach Jason King will not be returning to the team for the 2023.24 season.

www.nhl.com

 

[Vector]

 

[valkynax]

Btw, if we're gonna go down this red route, then I move to have our goal song be changed to Hell March:

 

[Kryten]

Tim Curry is a national treasure.

Trigger warning for radicalized snowflakes

 

[PuckMunchkin]

I'm all for any competent Russian player coach or any other hockey personnel to come and settle in Van. Partly because it will definitely draw out some of them hypocrites who would screech "omg the canucks are hiring Russians how DARE they".

How on earth is this hypocrisy?

 

[valkynax]

How on earth is this hypocrisy?

Because those are the same people who will cheer for joy if their own team got a bunch of great Russian players. They will pretend to be the bulwark of justice, in a pathetic attempt to hide their own pitiful miserable jealousy.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Because those are the same people who will cheer for joy if their own team got a bunch of great Russian players. They will pretend to be the bulwark of justice, in a pathetic attempt to hide their own pitiful miserable jealousy.

Oh ok.

So me feeling very mixed at best at us becoming team Russia doesn't count as hypocrisy?

One very simple example of how Russia can cause dissension here through the Russian NHL players is the Pride Jersey things. Its a small thing but this is the type of stuff they do. Manufacture dissension one droplet at a time.