Ryan Spooner praises the style of the Russians.
Ryan Spooner has been playing in the KHL since the 2019–2020 season. PDO
Canadian forward of KHL club Avangard Omsk Ryan Spooner32, praises Russia, which is still waging a brutal war of aggression in Ukraine.
– Russian culture is great, it’s different from American culture. I like that Russia is Russia. You have your own culture where you stay. We in America shape our culture according to everyone else’s, Spooner says Championatin in the interview.
According to the attacker, Canada and the United States try too hard to please others. Russia is a completely different country in this regard.
– You here in Russia seem to be saying: “This is how Russia is, and we are not going to change to anyone’s liking. This is our culture. You have to accept us as we are,” Spooner enthuses.
He doesn’t even understand that in the United States and Canada, people are ready to modify their own culture to make it easier for others to adapt to the country.
– There’s nothing wrong with that, but the way of thinking is just different, Spooner thinks.
The skilled playmaker moved to the KHL in 2019. He first represented Dinamo Minsk. In addition to the Belarusian club and Omsk, Spooner has also represented Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in the ruble bowls.
He liked Russia so much that he even learned the Russian language.
– I have been learning the language for three and a half years now. It’s really hard, but it helps me. I’m not saying that I still know how to express myself perfectly, but I understand what is being said to me, Spooner says.
Before his KHL years, Spooner played in the NHL for seven years. During them, the man played 325 regular season games with 48+119=167.
Spooner represented the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks in the buckets.