Ogie Ogilthorpe ✅

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2024/08/02/paris-olympics-dominik-hasek-ban-russian-players-hockey-war-ukraine/74653209007/?tbref=hp

Though I hated him when he was playing in the #NHL for the #Buffalo #Sabers I couldn’t agree with him more on this.
#Ovechkin in particular stands out for his support of #Putin
Fuck them all, they should not be making a single cent anywhere outside of #Russia

Hockey Hall of Famer Hašek says NHL owners should ban Russian athletes

The hockey icon spoke out during a speech at the Paris Olympics' Park of Nations. He criticized NHL owners and the IOC in light of the war in Ukraine.

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Aug 4, 2024 at 4:36amWeb
Show threadKristian KiehlingApr 5, 2025
@OgieOgilthorpe I could not agree more. Alex Ovechkin is an example of how the Russians use sport and culture as a weapon of war. Ovechkin is infamous for founding a movement in support of the war criminal and current Kremlin resident - after his country invaded and illegally annexed Crimea and Donbass. The democratic world must resist the attempts to normalize the relationship with Moscow!
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/with-washington-awash-in-putin-hysteria-why-is-hockey-superstar-alex-ovechkin-slavishly-declaring-loyalty-to-the-russian-president/
Why There’s More to Alex Ovechkin’s Team Putin Movement than Meets the Eye

Hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin’s November 2 announcement that he is creating a social movement to support Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be an ill-considered PR move by the Washington Capitals captain. In the capital of a country awash in anti-Putin sentiment, Ovechkin is defiantly flaunting his loyalty to a leader who has supported military […]

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