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#letsgopens

[willmack archive @willmackarchive]

Macklin playing 'This vs That' and picking Will for almost all the rounds 😭

[SensFan97 @SensFan97_]

NHL players need to learn that if they do not want people to ask them questions related to politics, then they should not associate themselves publicly with politics. It’s easy, don’t celebrate gold medals with the head of the FBI, don’t do commercials with Putin’s cronies, etc.

[robertklemko @RobertKlemko]

Another interesting exchange from Capitals training camp: I asked GM Chris Patrick if Ovechkin had told the team he planned to film the Russian campaign advertisement. He said Ovechkin had not.

“We would have worked to avoid the situation very hard,” Patrick said. “And I doubt we'd be standing where we're standing right now if he had run it by us.”

[Christian Borys @ItsBorys]

Ovechkin says "I'm not in politics. I can't say who's right and who's wrong."

Think about this boy, Hordii Udovychenko and his Mom, who were murdered by the Russian military just this spring.

And the @NHL is silent, waiting it out, because they expect this will blow over.

[robertklemko @RobertKlemko]

After quietly answering questions about his support for Putin’s agenda in a press conference, Alex Ovechkin said, “Let’s do hockey questions.” I spoke with him after and asked Russia questions until he ended the interview.

“I wanted to know more about the process of filming the ad. When did you shoot it?”

AO: “I think three weeks ago.”

“Did you tell the team you were doing it?”

AO: “No.”

“Were you surprised by the backlash?”

AO: “I'm surprised, but it is nothing you can change right now. I'm Russian, I'm gonna live there when I'm done. My kids gonna be there. My family's gonna be there, you know, I support my country. That's it.”

“I think the reason for the backlash being bigger this time is because of what Lavrov says about countries bringing “the sword” to Russia. When I talk to experts about that, it mimics messaging Russians get that says Ukraine is responsible for being invaded by Russia. So you standing behind him, as he says that, feels to people like a pro war stance.”

AO: “Well, I don't think it's a pro war. I think it's just support what's happening in Russia. I want the peace and love for everybody. It doesn't matter who you are, American, Russian, or Ukrainian. Like, I have lots of friends who are Ukrainians, and I hope everything's gonna be good, and everything's gonna be done soon.”

“It'll be done soon if Putin stops the invasion. Like, that's how it ends.”

AO: “Well, I'm not in politics. I can’t say who's right and who's wrong.”

“In that larger group, there were about 30 people with you, One of the people is Maria Lvova Belova. She's got an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for abducting Ukrainian children.”

AO: “I don't know who that is.”

“Okay. Can you understand why a congressperson says the NHL shouldn't allow you to participate because you support this regime, and this country is spending billions of dollars helping fight Russia? What's your reaction to that?”

AO: “Well, everybody have their own opinion, right? I'm not a politician, I'm an athlete, and, how I said, I'm gonna live there when I'm done playing. I support my country. Like, I'm Russian.”

“You would support it no matter what?”

AO: “Well, I'm gonna live there, yeah.”

“So if they're responsible for a genocide, you would support the genocide?”

AO: “What do you mean, genocide?”

[Media relations official translates ‘genocide’.]

AO: [Groans.] “Oh. I would say, like, I'm, I hope it's not gonna, it's not gonna be like that.”

[Ovechkin walks away]

https://t.co/FHUB9YCbE0

[Sharks on NBCS @NBCSSharks]

I’m being so serious right now when I tell you we are sitting on the best piece of content we’ve ever gotten

#TheSamDickinsonProject

[NHL News @PuckReportNHL]

BREAKING: Winnipeg Jets suspend Connor Hellebuyck for failing to report to training camp

[Pens Inside Scoop @PensInsideScoop]

Had to ask Sid about Geno being back 💛

[gianna @nyyfever]

the realization that geno had to take the top spot is killing me

[Volodymyr Tretyak 🇺🇦 @VolodyaTretyak]

Alexander Ovechkin appeared in a campaign video for Putin's "United Russia" party.

Shame for the USA and the NHL

[Sai 🍉 Limited!! @appleofursai]

that’s just an extra puck he carries around in case a hockey game randomly breaks out

[•ash• @crosbyterian]

KINDY SIDDAUGHTER CONFIRMED (also apparently sid has a terrible sense of direction?? checks out😭)

[M @sidcroslifer]

Edmonton Oilers Reverse The Signing of Alex Formenton - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/zAYE9JYXR2 via @UKChange

[B/R Open Ice @BR_OpenIce]

The Red Wings have announced Dylan Larkin will be stripped of the captaincy for the 2026-2027 season 😳

[ara🌬️ @LAZ4RUSRIS1NG]

the way geno grabs sid and looks down at him w that smile #Nut #RubOneOut4Sidgeno

[luce 🍊☁️💗 @spaceyquill]

i love felicia wennberg publicly reposting this

[jay @kendallhosseini]

“we’re all men in here” what a great message for the athletes who came forward about how babcock treated them to hear.

this rhetoric is just going to stop anyone else who is harassed, bullied, targeted, or verbally abused in the future from coming forward, across the league.

[ale ✮ @snoopllander]

And it is not a simply an “oilers issue” or “knights issue” it’s a league problem, sport wide even.
Hockey as a whole needs to change. Not only a specific player or team. Everything and everyone has to change.

[NHL Review @nhl_review]

- Hasn’t played in NHL since 2022
- Played poorly overseas
- Accused of sexual assault
- Involved in the largest scandal in Hockey Canada history

You’re telling me there weren’t 50 players better options than him?

[fish 🇨🇦 @nathaninfielder]

You want to expand the reach of hockey???? You could start by not signing rapists. You could start by not allowing rapists to play