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 | Subject: Columbus is the "gloomiest" city in the states, per a NHL hockey player  Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:13 pm | |
| http://deadspin.com/5953771/guy-who-is-currently-playing-hockey-in-siberia-calls-columbus-the-gloomiest-city Basically here it is: - Quote :
- Nashville Predators winger Sergei Kostitsyn has been playing for Avangard Omsk—a KHL hockey team from Omsk, a Russian city located in Siberia—while he waits for the NHL to end its lockout. Don't feel bad for Kostitsyn though; he seems to be enjoying himself in Omsk. From Reuters:
"Let's put it this way — it would be better (for the players) if the lockout continues," Kostitsyn was quoted as saying by Russian daily Sport-Express on Monday.
"Players want a definite answer. If the NHL season is lost — let it be that way. I would then play in Russia for the whole season."
Not only does Kostitsyn want to stay there for professional reasons, he also prefers life in Omsk to life in one of America's finest Rust Belt cities:
Kostitsyn, 25, who joined the Predators from the Montreal Canadiens in June 2010, also said he hated life in North America and labelled Columbus "the gloomiest" city in the States.
Ouch. It's never a good sign when a guy who lives in a part of the world that is most commonly associated with gulags thinks your city is gloomy.
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| | Subject: Re: Columbus is the "gloomiest" city in the states, per a NHL hockey player Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:54 pm | |
| Funny, when I read the headline to this thread I automatically thought that would have been a Jack Johnson quote... _________________ 'eggo denoted me a First ballot Hall of Famer! - sandyeggo_blue wrote:
- that's some first ballot hall of fame stalking on your part. How in the world did you find that guy. I guess the better question is why?
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| | Subject: Re: Columbus is the "gloomiest" city in the states, per a NHL hockey player Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:01 pm | |
| - 2ndComingOfBo wrote:
- Funny, when I read the headline to this thread I automatically thought that would have been a Jack Johnson quote...
Yep I thought JJ too but it's funny when a guy would rather live in a post soviet Russia than in Ohio. This from Wikipedia.... "The city (Omsk) is currently an under performer, by Russian standards, in both economic growth and quality of life."
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| | Subject: Re: Columbus is the "gloomiest" city in the states, per a NHL hockey player Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:27 pm | |
| Columbus is filled with Buckeye fans so naturally it's going to be the most gloomy city in the states. Kostitsyn had to learn that eventually. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Columbus is the "gloomiest" city in the states, per a NHL hockey player Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:53 pm | |
| - sandyeggo_blue wrote:
Yep I thought JJ too but it's funny when a guy would rather live in a post soviet Russia than in Ohio.
I literally laughed out loud in the Chinese restaurant that I'm in after I read that... _________________ 'eggo denoted me a First ballot Hall of Famer! - sandyeggo_blue wrote:
- that's some first ballot hall of fame stalking on your part. How in the world did you find that guy. I guess the better question is why?
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