People just have different beliefs and some players just don't want to outwardly "celebrate" something that goes against their religious beliefs, although I tend to think it has more to do with left/right politics than actual religion. But even recently, Russian athletes/teams were banned from sporting events, was there a cry that this is not inclusive to the local Russian community? No, because politics is the new religion for many. If the NHL announced a Russian Celebration jersey to honor the history of Russians in the NHL , many more eyebrows would be raised by the public because of the current geopolitical situation.
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