Former Detroit Red Wings goalie and Hockey Hall of Famer Dominik Hasek blasted star Washington Capitals left winger Alexander Ovechkin on Twitter Saturday, calling on the NHL to “immediately suspend contracts for all Russian players!”
“What!? Not only an alibist, a chicken s***, but also a liar! Every adult in Europe knows well, that Putin is a mad killer and that Russia is waging an offensive war against the free country and its people,” he said in response to Ovechkin’s statements on the current invasion of Ukraine.
What!? Not only an alibist, a chicken shit, but also a liar! Every adult in Europe knows well, that Putin is a mad killer and that Russia is waging an offensive war against the free country and its people. The NHL must immediately suspend contracts(contin)https://t.co/BQnQaf76L7
— Dominik Hasek (@hasek_dominik) February 26, 2022
“The NHL must immediately suspend contracts for all Russian players! Every athlete represents not only himself and his club, but also his country and its values and actions. That is a fact. If the NHL does not do so, it has indirect co-responsibility for the dead in Ukraine,” said Hasek, who is from Czechoslovakia and has played for teams in the Czech Republic.
The NHL must immediately suspend contracts for all Russian players! Every athlete represents not only himself and his club, but also his country and its values and actions. That is a fact. If the NHL does not do so, it has indirect co-responsibility for the dead in Ukraine.
— Dominik Hasek (@hasek_dominik) February 26, 2022
“I also want to write, that I am very sorry for those Russian athletes, who condemn V. Putin and his Russian aggression in Ukraine. However, at the moment I also consider their exclusion a necessity.”
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I also want to write, that I am very sorry for those Russian athletes, who condemn V. Putin and his Russian aggression in Ukraine. However, at the moment I also consider their exclusion a necessity.
— Dominik Hasek (@hasek_dominik) February 26, 2022
On Friday, Ovechkin, who was born in the Soviet Union and whose family lives in Russia, told reporters that the war in Ukraine is a “hard situation.” “I have lots of friends in Russia and Ukraine. And it’s hard to see another war. I hope it’s soon going to be over and there’s going to be peace in the whole world.”
“My family is over there,” he said. “Of course I pay attention to what’s happening out there. I don’t want to see nobody get hurt, nobody get killed.”
When asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin, the champion hockey player deflected, saying, “Well, he’s my president. But, how I said, I’m not in politics. I’m an athlete.”
“How I said, hope everything’s going to be done soon. It’s a hard situation right now for both sides. Everything, like how I said, everything I hope is going to be end, and I’m not in control of situation,” he continued.
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In the past, Ovechkin has been an outspoken advocate of Putin, even starting a “Putin Team” social media movement in 2017 to help the Russian president in the 2018 election.
