August 28Aug 28 I'm obviously not invested in hockey year round but this came across my feed. Dallas Stars' Superstar Mikko Rantanen Officially Convicted, Fined Nearly 40,000 Dollars https://sports.yahoo.com/article/dallas-stars-superstar-mikko-rantanen-190039982.html What a crock of shit. Apparently he will be able to weasel out of it.
September 4Sep 4 On 9/1/2025 at 8:26 PM, markstanco said: Yawn. Say that last week as well. All is fine. I'm not worried about him being deported to go fight Russia. I'm saying that the Finnish government trying to hold him to mandated military service is absurd.
September 4Sep 4 19 minutes ago, ztejas said: I'm not worried about him being deported to go fight Russia. I'm saying that the Finnish government trying to hold him to mandated military service is absurd. He's getting $12M this season, I think he'll be ok.
September 4Sep 4 23 minutes ago, ztejas said: I'm not worried about him being deported to go fight Russia. I'm saying that the Finnish government trying to hold him to mandated military service is absurd. It’s not absurd and conscription has been around in Finland for a long time. You just must be new to hockey. He either needs to sacrifice a few summers to complete his mandatory service or pay the fine. Basically every Finn has faced the same dilemma.
September 4Sep 4 Hell, Selanne had to pay a bigger speeding ticket than that. I think his was over 120k.
September 4Sep 4 3 minutes ago, Vertuzzi said: It’s not absurd and conscription has been around in Finland for a long time. You just must be new to hockey. He either needs to sacrifice a few summers to complete his mandatory service or pay the fine. Basically every Finn has faced the same dilemma. Fair enough. I'm not trying to debate the merits or drawbacks of required military service. And he's an outlier even as an NHL player. I didn't grow up next door to ze Russians.
September 4Sep 4 Koreans have to do the same and I don't think they can buy out of it. Much to the dismay of KPop fans and musicians.
September 14Sep 14 Stars prospects got torched yesterday but play again today at 6p on Victory+ for anyone interested
September 15Sep 15 totally missed Toby Petersen was named Texas Stars head coach. i remember him being extremely ok with the Stars as a player, wonder if he has a better coaching pedigree. guess we shall see
September 16Sep 16 On 9/14/2025 at 6:02 PM, Longhorn_Fan68 said: totally missed Toby Petersen was named Texas Stars head coach. i remember him being extremely ok with the Stars as a player, wonder if he has a better coaching pedigree. guess we shall see He spent a decent amount of time in Cedar Park as a player, because I have a Toby Petersen bobblehead from a giveaway night sitting around here somewhere.
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