After the flaming Kung fu-style groin chop that was the Vancouver Canucks 2016-17 season ended, and after they canned their coach a few seconds after the final whistle, you would have thought the damage was done for awhile. Kick back, watch Calgary lose and get ready for the draft was all you had to do, right?
Tryamkin is leaving the Canucks to play in the KHL for Avtomobilist instead, in a move that was announced first on the Avtomobilist web site and then confirmed by the KHL in a tweet.
Angry yet? Wait until you get the (Google-translated) facepalm of why he’s leaving for his home country:
For myself personally, first of all - to gain a foothold in the composition.