Welcome once again to 32 thoughts to podcast presented by the all new GMC AT4 line up and

Elliott on Wednesday evening. We all watch the invasion of Ukraine and listen,

although it feels trivial to talk about hockey at a time like this under this umbrella,

you know, hockey is affected as well, but primarily our thoughts are with the people

of Ukraine full stop. The reaction in the hockey community and there is still questions

about what happens with world championships next year, supposed to be hosted in St. Petersburg,

the world juniors, the U-20 supposed to be hosted in Russia next year as well. Questions

about what to do with Russian hockey players, internationally, Belorussian hockey players,

internationally as well. I know it is very early. It's only a couple of days now since the invasion,

but what is the reaction from the hockey world being? I think that it's pretty much the way

everybody has reacted. You know, you're horrified to see it. Nobody wants to see that.

I think we're all wondering what the punishments are going to be. The soccer is going to be moved

out of there. The UEFA Champions Cup, some countries have asked to have their qualifying matches.

There's two world cup qualifying matches potentially to be held there. The countries that could play

them are saying they shouldn't have to play there. You know, hockey's got two tournaments coming up

there, the world juniors next year, and the world championships in 2023. The double-hs are going

to be under a lot of pressure to take them out of there. And the thing that's kind of the big deal

here is that René Fizzell, who until recently was the president of the double-hf, he was very tight

with Russia. And, you know, the feeling is that if he was still in command, there would be no

chance that this would be moved. Now with Luke Tardif there, you know, we'll see what happens,

but he's going to be under a lot of pressure. But in the short-term, Jeff, they've got games to

be played there. In the KHL. In the KHL. So what happened was right at the time of the Olympics,

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