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[Lindsay @Lindsayloo7707]

@transshollander How would either of them possibly be unaware of hockey’s flaws? Two queer 30 year old pro players? That line makes no sense to me on like multiple levels.

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@rinaisnotokay He doesn’t understand the dark side of hockey, but also he’s the one who’s silly for wanting to hide his relationship, but also he is eventually proven right about the consequences.

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@viaevis Where the fuck are people getting any of this? Good players don’t make good leaders? Shane doesn’t like RULES? Captaincy is the same as the closet? Genuinely what???

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@transshollander Yeah but if he remembered any of that someone might validate Shane’s fears and then where would we be?

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@hollidaypartyyy It was not a decrease in his salary or status ffs, he goes to Ottawa because they can afford him and they need a star center! It’s there, it’s right there in the text!

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@_footnoted @viaevis What? Just because a solution eventually presents itself doesn’t mean they hid for nothing. And anyway since Ilya, Scott and Troy seem to have put themselves through all that for nothing why can’t Shane get the same deal?

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@loonyisa Where does he say that?

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@rinaisnotokay Right it sounds like “they can’t afford us both because we’re both so expensive” but Shane is able to “solve” that problem by making himself not expensive anymore so…

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@qgdhiaB @rinaisnotokay He was not looking for a way out. He loved Montreal and wanted to retire there up until the end of TLG.

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@qgdhiaB @rinaisnotokay Maybe? But that’s not the reason that’s actually in the text.

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@rinaisnotokay Ilya is actually the one who’s struggling with the captaincy in TLG too.

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@isweetcake_ @Aldrete_score Right, like Shane’s ambition is just driven by vanity but Ilya’s comes from the ~heart~ 🥰

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@viaevis How can Ottawa be so shitty that Ilya moving there is him sacrificing his career but also they’re already better than Montreal by the end of TLG? Make up your fucking minds!

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@Makeoutcreek15 @hollidaypartyyy He suggests Ottawa after Ilya has rejected Montreal because “they could never afford us both.” That’s the reason given in the text, there’s nothing about Montreal being unwilling to sign him.

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@viaevis Yeah I definitely agree with all that, I just also find his whole “I already chose you” and “I’d give up anything for you” thing to be pretty manipulative and I think it probably played a role in Shane’s decisions at the end of TLG.

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@Alyona56200806 @hollidaypartyyy The reasons we’re given in HR for Ilya choosing Ottawa are that Montreal can’t afford him and Ottawa needs a star center. He wants to keep his salary and his status as the star or franchise player on his team. We’re not given any reason to believe Montreal wouldn’t sign him.