dekedangle_rpfanon | #23 — Brown Goes Down

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That...doesn't engage with what I said at all. Why would he go back to Metallurg when his parents are in Pittsburgh? Why would he rather his children go to schools in Magnitogorsk when schools in any North American city (that he could/would choose to waive for) would be much, much better? Why would he drag his Muscovite wife there for that matter?

And I don't think Kovalchuk's the example you want to be using here, since he was allegedly pressured to go back, he's clearly miserable there now and Geno's not idiot enough to put himself in that position.

NA, but didn't he sort of have to press his wife to come to the US? She might be happy to go back to Russia. (And who says he'd have to go back to Magnitogorsk anyway? Dude's rich. He could just as easily buy a big place in Moscow and have his parents stay with him some portion of the year if he so chose. Even his parents having a house in Pittsburgh could very well be just with the thought of it making it easier to visit him while he's still playing for the Pens. He has enough money that just buying another house doesn't really indicate anything about anyone's permanent living status.)

Idk, I think your comment kind of ignores the perspective of an immigrant who still strongly identifies with his home country. You can say all you want that the schools in NA are all "better" or whatever, but there's really no substitution for being back where everyone speaks your language and understands your cultural context.

na is curious to know if it's common knowledge that Russian schools are bad, or something. Because wow are there are a lot of terrible schools in the US. Obviously Geno could make sure his kids went to a good one, but he could do that in Russia, too. And in his native language, which I'd imagine he'd prefer.

I assume they mean specifically the schools in Magnitogorsk, rather than any Russian school.

I ended up on one of those girlfriend forum type places and the Russians were saying she moved because tv channel was bought out by another one in Russia, so she was pm unemployed.

We're probably going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I clearly have a very different take on his feelings for his homeland and his old team. I think if he moved back to Magnitka (or Moscow or wherever), he'd simply move his parents too. I don't see how that is an issue? He's loaded. I also think he'd actually prefer to raise his kids in Russia. He's in the States to play in the NHL (because he wants to play in the best league while he's at his best), not because he wants to live in America.

I only mentioned Kovy to illustrate that his properties aren't going to be an issue.

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