"I finally bought myself a car. I drive with my Russian license. Don't know if I'm allowed to;...

"I finally bought myself a car. I drive with my Russian license. Don't know if I'm allowed to; haven't been pulled over yet. My girlfriend was refused a visa to the US again. They think she will stay here illegally. They tell her a single girl has no business being in the States. So during the ASG break I will fly to Toronto to spend 5 days with her. She has a Canadian visa. When the Flyers played in Vancouver we spent Christmas together."

-- Sergei Bobrovsky via Dmitry Chesnokov

Don't worry, the car's a Lexus SUV... Also, here's a picture of him and his girlfriend.

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Poor Bob. Will he have to marry her so she can get in?

Mourning Gagne forever.

by ToddtheFox on Jan 27, 2011 5:39 PM EST reply actions

Филли (Philly). LOL.

It’s been a looooong time since I’ve read Russian. I recognized Голкипер as goalkeeper right away, but it took me a while on Philly for some reason.

Damn, I’m rusty. If Bob stays here in Philly I promise to go back to studying it. There’s my impetus.

Oh, and poor Bob.

Aristotle was not Belgian, the principle of Buddhism is not "every man for himself", and the London Underground is not a political movement.

by doubleh on Jan 27, 2011 6:01 PM EST reply actions

I google translated the whole article, and while some of it is just hilariously off (On Jody Shelley – “Following the recent fighting, his head was like an anti-hedgehog and drained blue.”) it does give a few more tidbits on his life, like how his parents have been in town this past month cooking him soup.

by ohnickels on Jan 27, 2011 6:06 PM EST reply actions

“He jumped like a yo-the-box”

Bob.

by The Dark on Jan 27, 2011 6:26 PM EST up reply actions

There’s something poetic about “All my life I acted under the first. But here he was raised under the roof of the palace – belonged to Bernie Parent.”

by ohnickels on Jan 27, 2011 6:40 PM EST up reply actions

I feel him on the long-distance relationship thing, but at least my girl is in the country so I’m lucky by comparison. No matter how rough it seems for one person, it’s usually worse for someone else.

It will all work out for the best, Bob! Hang in there!

"Darroll can't see it, blind to the eyes;
He came up in your face OOPS POWE SURPRISE!"
Man-crushin' on #36 since he hit his "absolute ceiling" as a rookie in 2008.

by mikefive on Jan 27, 2011 6:06 PM EST reply actions

Long distance is NOT fun. Been doing it for two weeks now, I get to see her in two weeks for four days, but won’t actually be able to be near her for longer than that for a total of 6 months. How long you have you been doing it/going to be doing it for?

by KornontheKobb on Jan 28, 2011 6:01 PM EST up reply actions