while Ilya leaving boston for Ottawa is indeed a sacrifice for Ilya Rozanov the hockey player and his career, him going to Ottawa was objectively GOOD for Ilya Rozanov the human being even if Shane wasn't in the equation. Book Ilya constantly reminds us that Boston was extremely homophobic and they wouldn't accept people like Harris + he never felt close with the people there the way he formed bonds in Ottawa. Troy + the rest of the Centaurs are Ilya's actual friends and a support system that he didn't have in Boston. Which is why it angers me when people act like Shane is the devil himself for everything in regards the Ottawa plan, when the biggest problem with it is that they lose - WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THEY FIX!!! ilya does lead the centaurs to the playoffs.

















