David Staples

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[David Staples @dstaples]

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[Warren Kinsella @kinsellawarren]

Good. Rogers is wrecking the game. https://t.co/s3QajNxRDK via @TheTorontoSun

[David Staples @dstaples]

@Lowetide @TheAthleticNHL It is clearly their top trade priority.

Nothing else is close at this moment

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@heavyoilcontry I will never get tired of the Nurse trade

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'Pretty good deal by Stan': Edmonton Oilers coach Mike Babcock praises Darnell Nurse trade.

Nurse under some fire in San Jose as well...

https://t.co/mJqYhYBGfW via @edmontonjournal

[David Staples @dstaples]

@rascalgas I get it.

Disorder.

[David Staples @dstaples]

@rascalgas Exactly. Might well be done on purpose

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@JETSrBACK2011 They are playing. Just not for Team Russia

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An elite international body making a stupid ruling to allow the Russians back into sport?

Who would have guess an elite international body would be so ridiculous?

[TSN @TSN_Sports]

The Canadian government has officially informed Hockey Canada and the IIHF that it will not issue visas to Russian players for the upcoming World Juniors. Players who already hold Canadian visas will also be ineligible to participate, even under a neutral flag, per Gord Miller.

[David Staples @dstaples]

@RickODonnell15 I do not believe in collective punishment.

Why should individuals have to pay for Putin’s decision?

But Russia as a nation? Fitting to take appropriate action against that nation.

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@heavyoilcontry Murphy is a bottom pairing dman

[David Staples @dstaples]

@herbersh @marcusp11 @Sumit_Tripathi_ I see no use in hammering on most individual Russians, do you?

But I see some good in standing up to Putin, certainly in the realm of sports.

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The sh*t flows downhill from the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

All other international bodies below them must comply. Only sovereign nations have power to call BS on elite international groups like this court.

Canada should make a habit of it given the crap that comes from groups like the UN and the WHO.

[David Staples @dstaples]

'Pretty good deal by Stan': Edmonton Oilers coach Mike Babcock praises Darnell Nurse trade.

Nurse under some fire in San Jose as well...

https://t.co/mJqYhYBGfW via @edmontonjournal

[David Staples @dstaples]

@Sumit_Tripathi_ No, this elite international tribunal made the ruling

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@Sumit_Tripathi_ As I see it, yet another elite international body is being dumb.

Who knew?

[David Staples @dstaples]

@jeresells @edmontonjournal Supposed to be back on ice last Nov, early Dec.

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Top 6 Edmonton Oilers winger will be sent to minor leagues as part of injury rehab

https://t.co/E18Wd1PaiO via @edmontonjournal

[David Staples @dstaples]

@Adam_B888 How so?