Irina, the woman who was taken to the hospital, is not his wife.
speaker4the-dead
Damn, I had no idea our record was that bad without him
DamThatRiver22
I now have 800 more questions and still no idea wtf is going on. Lol.
pdx4nhl
Seems extreme to send him home because a woman got hammered…if he wasn’t drunk and ready to play. Maybe he was drunk too??? Which would be disappointing.
I_Fart_It_Stinks
She was born in Ukraine and from Russia and said a bad person stole her passport. This screams human trafficking/prostitution. Not saying Val trafficked anyone and this is purely speculation, but this looks really, really bad. Where there is smoke there’s usually fire.
manbeqrpig
I mean with what has been released it looks like Nuke really let the team down with some terrible decision making. Feels like there’s plenty of stuff they are keeping private (I’m assuming for a very good reason though)
ForeverJung
This clarification actually makes me feel a lot better
vliegs
why does the team continue to have this shit with russian players? like, georgie doesn’t do this shit. we lived through the shit with Varly (which he was justifiably vindicated for from his girlfriend)
Material-Statement72
The article doesn’t clarify things much, but it is so silly to call him the choo choo train in the closing paragraph of the article haha
mattevs119
Arranging stuff like this on the road is and has been something a lot of teams do that transcends across different sports and cities. Had a friend that worked at the hotel used by the LA Kings and the Clippers for the visiting teams. He said when the away teams arrived the line of girls were a short follow. It was understood that they were allowed to go to the players rooms no questions asked. I forget which player but apparently one of the visiting basketball players’ wives found out about the infidelity on the road and showed up at the hotel to catch him, which she did. She then proceeded to tear the place apart. It would not be a shock to find out Nuke was with someone on the road, but it is usually more discreet.
Huhokaynewusername
I have no idea what is going on here. It could have just as easily been this lady heard Nuke speaking Russian and went to him and told him what was going on. Or he could be guilty of sex trafficking. I don’t freaking know.
dieseldawg95
Ugh this sucks. I kinda wish this stayed private, but that’s basically impossible these days. I feel bad for Nuke, and his wife. We don’t know the full story yet either. Even though it sounds like Nuke made a bad decision, I would imagine Nuke is pissed this was released. Hopefully that doesn’t impact morale too much.
ulfhednar910
Obviously there’s a lot that we don’t know, and a lot that’s not being said, but this is shaping up to be a huge scandal :/
baronsin
Well that’s a weird way to spell Svetlana….. :/
vbcbandr
Imagine how bad this offseason could be: Landy has to retire and Nuke gets canned for hiring an escort, which is admittedly a horrible decision during a playoff run. I am not under the delusion that sex work is some uncommon thing. It is, especially for the rich and famous. I believe Charlie Sheen was the one who said: « You don’t pay an escort for sex, you pay her so that she leaves afterward. » If you’re famous, for many people, it’s probably better to hire a sex worker than get into weird relationship entanglements. I think it was a NFL player who said when he would have sex with women he would take the condom with him so she wouldn’t have it and do something weird with it. I think he was implying so she wouldn’t reinsert it to try and impregnate herself…which is straight up nuts, imo.
Featureprestige
What a gong show
InevitableAvalanche
I mean, ok. Shitty…but why aren’t you playing hockey? Unless this coming out fucked up your relationship? But still, this is your job…so like top comment says….more questions than answers.
macandcheesejones
I’m one of those weirdos who waits for evidence before I pass judgment.
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Irina, the woman who was taken to the hospital, is not his wife.
Damn, I had no idea our record was that bad without him
I now have 800 more questions and still no idea wtf is going on. Lol.
Seems extreme to send him home because a woman got hammered…if he wasn’t drunk and ready to play. Maybe he was drunk too??? Which would be disappointing.
She was born in Ukraine and from Russia and said a bad person stole her passport. This screams human trafficking/prostitution. Not saying Val trafficked anyone and this is purely speculation, but this looks really, really bad. Where there is smoke there’s usually fire.
I mean with what has been released it looks like Nuke really let the team down with some terrible decision making. Feels like there’s plenty of stuff they are keeping private (I’m assuming for a very good reason though)
This clarification actually makes me feel a lot better
why does the team continue to have this shit with russian players? like, georgie doesn’t do this shit. we lived through the shit with Varly (which he was justifiably vindicated for from his girlfriend)
The article doesn’t clarify things much, but it is so silly to call him the choo choo train in the closing paragraph of the article haha
Arranging stuff like this on the road is and has been something a lot of teams do that transcends across different sports and cities. Had a friend that worked at the hotel used by the LA Kings and the Clippers for the visiting teams. He said when the away teams arrived the line of girls were a short follow. It was understood that they were allowed to go to the players rooms no questions asked. I forget which player but apparently one of the visiting basketball players’ wives found out about the infidelity on the road and showed up at the hotel to catch him, which she did. She then proceeded to tear the place apart. It would not be a shock to find out Nuke was with someone on the road, but it is usually more discreet.
I have no idea what is going on here. It could have just as easily been this lady heard Nuke speaking Russian and went to him and told him what was going on. Or he could be guilty of sex trafficking. I don’t freaking know.
Ugh this sucks. I kinda wish this stayed private, but that’s basically impossible these days. I feel bad for Nuke, and his wife. We don’t know the full story yet either. Even though it sounds like Nuke made a bad decision, I would imagine Nuke is pissed this was released. Hopefully that doesn’t impact morale too much.
Obviously there’s a lot that we don’t know, and a lot that’s not being said, but this is shaping up to be a huge scandal :/
Well that’s a weird way to spell Svetlana….. :/
Imagine how bad this offseason could be: Landy has to retire and Nuke gets canned for hiring an escort, which is admittedly a horrible decision during a playoff run. I am not under the delusion that sex work is some uncommon thing. It is, especially for the rich and famous. I believe Charlie Sheen was the one who said: « You don’t pay an escort for sex, you pay her so that she leaves afterward. » If you’re famous, for many people, it’s probably better to hire a sex worker than get into weird relationship entanglements. I think it was a NFL player who said when he would have sex with women he would take the condom with him so she wouldn’t have it and do something weird with it. I think he was implying so she wouldn’t reinsert it to try and impregnate herself…which is straight up nuts, imo.
What a gong show
I mean, ok. Shitty…but why aren’t you playing hockey? Unless this coming out fucked up your relationship? But still, this is your job…so like top comment says….more questions than answers.
I’m one of those weirdos who waits for evidence before I pass judgment.