Russian players are in a tough spot. I think it isn’t always really up to them. Lot at stake.
Also, fuck the caps for not letting flags in tho. They can smd
BM19921992
Nothin wrong with ovies position. You get fed lies in the western media. Of course you’ll go along with it.
CadillacsandBourbon
He didn’t get a choice on who to captain for, the government tells them who to support. That’s why allot of their “elections” only have one name on the ballot. Ovi is doing what is best for his family, I think we can all be OK with that and look the other way.
Parkway-D
Who gives a fuck? He can support whichever politician he wants, just like you can.
Long_Nectarine1216
Put a list of players that supported G.W. Bush before he started the Iraq War. Now start a shit storm. Or are all Americans protected because you still think it’s the greatest country and it does everything right…
BillMcCrearysStache
Ovi good at hockey so I enjoy watching him, leave politics out of sports
RoRtornado
Most people don’t know anything about russia. Most clubs out here are owned whether by biggest oil businessmen or some huge plants owners, or monopolists (for example HC Lokomotiv owned by russian railways). And most of all of these people are connected with the government. Otherwise they wouldn’t have such money. And all top russian players, ESPECIALLY those who successful overseas, have deep connections with these clubs owners. And that’s why they have a safe platform to come back and play the rest of their careers here. It just so happened that ovechkin gets most of the blame, since he’s the biggest face of Russian hockey.
Neo---Neo
This sub has gone to shit
OzzieNewYork
When you have the The forehead and jaw line of a cro magnen and went to the same academy as the athletes who were busted for juicing….. you have big pharma bills to pay back.
ehdhdhdk
Has anyone watched how Navalny has been treated? It will take a brave person to campaign for the opposition. Also, I highly doubt opposition votes get counted anyway.
CadillacsandBourbon
No doubt
No_Mongoose_1456
As a Russian, he can’t just say ‘fuck you’ to Putin. He is almost forced to say that he supports him, if he didn’t, bad things could happen to either him or his family. Besides, we should want to watch these guys play hockey, not judge and shame them for their political opinions (which have nothing to do with hockey)
Ok-Dirt5717
Putin has done nothing that compares the evil shit every US president has done in my lifetime. For as progressive as the online hockey world professes itself to be you all become hateful pieces of trash as soon as you think you have the moral high ground.
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Russian players are in a tough spot. I think it isn’t always really up to them. Lot at stake.
Also, fuck the caps for not letting flags in tho. They can smd
Nothin wrong with ovies position. You get fed lies in the western media. Of course you’ll go along with it.
He didn’t get a choice on who to captain for, the government tells them who to support. That’s why allot of their “elections” only have one name on the ballot. Ovi is doing what is best for his family, I think we can all be OK with that and look the other way.
Who gives a fuck? He can support whichever politician he wants, just like you can.
Put a list of players that supported G.W. Bush before he started the Iraq War. Now start a shit storm. Or are all Americans protected because you still think it’s the greatest country and it does everything right…
Ovi good at hockey so I enjoy watching him, leave politics out of sports
Most people don’t know anything about russia. Most clubs out here are owned whether by biggest oil businessmen or some huge plants owners, or monopolists (for example HC Lokomotiv owned by russian railways). And most of all of these people are connected with the government. Otherwise they wouldn’t have such money. And all top russian players, ESPECIALLY those who successful overseas, have deep connections with these clubs owners. And that’s why they have a safe platform to come back and play the rest of their careers here. It just so happened that ovechkin gets most of the blame, since he’s the biggest face of Russian hockey.
This sub has gone to shit
When you have the The forehead and jaw line of a cro magnen and went to the same academy as the athletes who were busted for juicing….. you have big pharma bills to pay back.
Has anyone watched how Navalny has been treated? It will take a brave person to campaign for the opposition. Also, I highly doubt opposition votes get counted anyway.
No doubt
As a Russian, he can’t just say ‘fuck you’ to Putin. He is almost forced to say that he supports him, if he didn’t, bad things could happen to either him or his family. Besides, we should want to watch these guys play hockey, not judge and shame them for their political opinions (which have nothing to do with hockey)
Putin has done nothing that compares the evil shit every US president has done in my lifetime. For as progressive as the online hockey world professes itself to be you all become hateful pieces of trash as soon as you think you have the moral high ground.