Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[hckošice 15,043]

  On 12/7/2021 at 6:53 PM, NearPup said:

How relieved are you that you didn't have to go through this entire ordeal with as first reserve?

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yeah. thank god everything ended well.

[opruh 129]

Another day another win, congratulations China.

[Vic Liu 1,686]

  On 12/7/2021 at 5:26 PM, hckošice said:

End of the telenovela.

 

is IN

 

IIHF confirms place for China's men's team in 2022 Olympic tournament

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IIHF has confirmed like 100 times. Someone will challenge this in 15 days and IIHF will be pleased to reconfirm it like in 30 days. I feel like I am watching Happy Death Day.

[hckošice 15,043]

  On 12/8/2021 at 2:53 AM, Vic Liu said:

IIHF has confirmed like 100 times. Someone will challenge this in 15 days and IIHF will be pleased to reconfirm it like in 30 days. I feel like I am watching Happy Death Day.

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No. This time it is official and final. China is in both tournaments. There are according rumors basically only a few details (player eligibility for guys like Bartley, Werek, Smith, Osipov, Lazushin and Pu) that both parties IIHF and China Hockey need to agree on, but even if IIHF does not give them exception to play, it will not change anything on the fact that China is allowed to play the tournament.

[Jan Linha 590]

  On 12/7/2021 at 8:13 AM, hckošice said:

but on the other hand, it must be said that the team that the Chinese would like to field does not do badly at all, quite the opposite. Yesterday they managed to get a point against a very strong Tractor Chelyabinsk team. If the IIHF recognizes this team then then the home team could have a quite decent team.

 

Even if they were clearly outshoot by their opponents, Paris O´Brien is a Goaltender beast with excellent numbers

 

 

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Are these dudes officially chinese citizens??😳😳

[hckošice 15,043]

  On 12/8/2021 at 11:46 AM, Jan Linha said:

Are these dudes officially chinese citizens??😳😳

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Some are, some not.

 

Their biggest issue is in fact that Kunlun Red Star is Although a Chinese club but for well-known reasons around this global shit we are living in last 2 years, Kunlun does not play in China or currently even does not reside in China at all, but in Moscow, Russia, where it plays also their home games, and that is the biggest legal juridical problem. Players need to play in a country that they want to represent for at least 2 years according the softest possible IIHF rules, but some recent acquisitions simply have no way to meet this condition, even though they have been in the club for 3 years they did not step a foot in China for 2 years now 

 

This is the problem around guys like Werek, Bartley, Smith, Osipov, Lazushin and Pu. So now IIHF must agree and make the rule even more softer to allow these guys to play for China in Beijing, which the host team definitely want to use them as their starting 1st liners

[hckošice 15,043]

  On 12/8/2021 at 12:05 PM, hckošice said:

This is the problem around guys like Werek, Bartley, Smith, Osipov, Lazushin and Pu. So now IIHF must agree and make the rule even more softer to allow these guys to play for China in Beijing, which the host team definitely want to use them as their starting 1st liners

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and Lazushin is out. Altogether with 5 other guys

 

another epic telenovela started for the next weeks now,

IOC-IIHF-Kunlun players naturalization approval or scratching saga  and who will not be allowed to represent in Beijing ---- we thank you for your devotion and played so hard for Kunlun in the past years but yeah, we do not need you anymore, bye bye

 

 

Alex Lazushin leaves #KRS as his contracted is terminated by mutual agreement.

Yaroslavl, RUS native joined #KRS this summer for his third season with the team, being among the candidate players to participate in 2022 Winter Olympics for Team China. pic.twitter.com/k8IPVU1V9U

— Kunlun Red Star (@KRSchina) December 18, 2021

#KRS announces roster changes. As previously reported, the KHL team's squad will be adjusted to make it close to the China NT roster at the #Beijing2022 Olympics. D Mikael Tam, FW Chris Seto, Sammy Hu, Greg Squires and Josh Nicholls were released today by mutual agreement pic.twitter.com/pqww1QEk7L

— Kunlun Red Star (@KRSchina) December 18, 2021

[intoronto 5,800]

I can't...

 

 

[Vic Liu 1,686]

NHL is quite consistent with IIHF which will make final decision every 15 days and as serious as monthly losing weight resolution.

[NearPup 3,122]

  On 12/20/2021 at 6:08 AM, Vic Liu said:

NHL is quite consistent with IIHF which will make final decision every 15 days and as serious as monthly losing weight resolution.

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I mean it's pretty clear why the NHL is pulling out - there is an increase in COVID cases, which is massively affecting their schedule (including a postponement of all cross border games) and the players and teams both have a big issue with the current Beijing playbook - specifically the possibility of having to quarantine three weeks if they test positive (without being able to fly back).

 

There's just too much money on the line for this to work out unfortunately.