KHL Season 20/21

[Jussi]

Riga - Neftehimik postponed because 7(!) Neftehimik players gave a positive test upon arriving in Latvia from Helsinki. Friday's Jokerit home game likely to be postponed too.

Great bubble!

 

[Uncle Leland]

Dinamo Riga vs Neftekhimik game is postponed

 

[Albatros]

So, we can look at this post in details.

So, quoting, "It is just very unlikely that Russian teams would be granted entry anytime soon (this year)"

Jokerit is now playing their first home match ...
... in Helsinki, Finland - check
... with an opponent from Russia - check
... and even with a limited number of fans at stands

good

It's an experiment with very particular conditions, and the experience so far is not a success.

 

[Exarz]

Imagine working day and night to make border-cross play plausible just for the FIRST team to visit have seven players test positive
what a ****ing joke

 

[Jaska]

Jokerit game tonite postponed and no games for them for next 14 days. This KHL season is practically over for them.

 

[Exarz]

Jokerit game tonite postponed and no games for them for next 14 days. This KHL season is practically over for them.

I don't think it's over (yet), however I do think that it will be very, very difficult to fully complete it seeing how fragile the situation is. Having this to happen 2–3 times more, thus postponing around 15-20 games will make it extremely difficult to schedule all the regular season games.

 

[Garl]

So, we can look at this post in details.

So, quoting, "It is just very unlikely that Russian teams would be granted entry anytime soon (this year)"

Jokerit is now playing their first home match ...
... in Helsinki, Finland - check
... with an opponent from Russia - check
... and even with a limited number of fans at stands

good

This post didn't age well

 

[KTl]

I don't think it's over (yet), however I do think that it will be very, very difficult to fully complete it seeing how fragile the situation is. Having this to happen 2–3 times more, thus postponing around 15-20 games will make it extremely difficult to schedule all the regular season games.

The will move to play all games in Russia pretty quick.

 

[vorky]

It's an experiment with very particular conditions, and the experience so far is not a success.

I will politely remind you of the sense of your (& others) words.

You wrote, "hockey is not classified as essential work for which travel restrictions are lifted." So, you claimed that any single Russian team will not be allowed to travel to Finland this year (2020). So Jokerit will play all home games in Russia. So, you discredited the KHL´s ability to negotiate a deal with the Finnish government. That deal was reached at the end of the day. So, you are wrong here.

Any possible way to prove you were right with that statement is to prove now that Jokerit´s home match played on September 9th was not played in Helsinki or another Finnish city. Simply, to prove that the game was played in Russia. I believe you will not claim such an absurd thing.

Regarding Neftekhimik, it will be solved according to the rules. I see no problem here, the league is prepared for all scenarios.

 

[vorky]

The will move to play all games in Russia pretty quick.

 

[Exarz]

Just gonna bump this (lovely Google translated for everyone to understand) what the fans feel about relocating home games to Russia when the situation is under control in Finland

 

[SoundAndFury]

The real shame is that with cap in place Jokerit seemee like a real contender.

But in general, everything is pretty much the way anyone sane would have expected.

 

[Jussi]

You wrote, "hockey is not classified as essential work for which travel restrictions are lifted." So, you claimed that any single Russian team will not be allowed to travel to Finland this year (2020). So Jokerit will play all home games in Russia. So, you discredited the KHL´s ability to negotiate a deal with the Finnish government. That deal was reached at the end of the day. So, you are wrong here.

Not really since government restrictions on travel and entry into Finland have changed since that post (about last week) and are changing. But this is going to put that arrangement with Jokerit into a different light and with spikes in hockey circles in Finland and some areas, could pressure authorities to change their stance. Especially with pictures in media over how close to other hotel visitors at Långvik the Neftekhimik players dined.

 

[vorky]

Hockey is coming back to another European city!

 

[rohky]

Really poor start of the season for Dynamo Moscow. 3 games, 0 points... What is going on with them?

 

[Rigafan]

The real shame is that with cap in place Jokerit seemee like a real contender.

But in general, everything is pretty much the way anyone sane would have expected.

It's clearly a conspiracy against Jokerit to stop non Russian teams from winning the league!

 

[Exarz]

So Jokerit is put on a two-week quarantine with five games postponed and Neftekhimik is already playing against SKA tonight.

It’s gonna be tough to finish this season when teams handle the situation different

 

[SoundAndFury]

So Jokerit is put on a two-week quarantine with five games postponed and Neftekhimik is already playing against SKA tonight.

It’s gonna be tough to finish this season when teams handle the situation different

Neftekhimik and Amur played through major outbreaks (over 10 players mussing in some games) from the start of the season. Evidently, that's normal in Russia, nobody will blink an eye. Teams should be smart enough to not travel abroad in the future in such situation though.

 

[vorky]

 

[Albatros]

So Jokerit is put on a two-week quarantine with five games postponed and Neftekhimik is already playing against SKA tonight.

It’s gonna be tough to finish this season when teams handle the situation different

At this point it remains to be seen whether Jokerit will ever play another KHL game.

 

[vorky]

 

[Jaska]

At this point it remains to be seen whether Jokerit will ever play another KHL game.

Hopefully not. KHL seems not take covid-19 seriously. No reason to endanger the players.

 

[vorky]

 

[vorky]

650 pts for Zaripov. Shipachyov with 670 pts, Mozyakin with 897 pts.

 

[aonb]

spectacular performance in SO from severstal. out of 4 attempts, 3 times they failed to take a shot on goal