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Originally Posted by Jay Random
There is a very great difference between a criminal who kills children, rapes, or tortures himself, and the leader of a country at war whose armed forces have committed those crimes. Moreover, there is no crime in having a friend who has committed crimes; and there is no crime in continuing to be friends with a criminal, no matter how notorious or despicable that criminal may be.
Here is the nub of the CBC news story:
The answer to that is that the league does not have the authority to discipline or suspend players for their citizenship or political affiliations. It is not a crime in the United States or Canada to support Putin, or to speak in his support. Ovechkin hasn't been charged with anything, and under the laws of the countries the league operates in, he hasn't done anything illegal. If the league tried to suspend him, the PA would certainly file a grievance, and the matter would go before the courts, where the league would be all but certain to lose.
HockeyKhan, you want a player thrown out of the NHL simply because he doesn't hate a person whom you hate. No organization and no society can be run on that basis.
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I didn't say anything about kicking him out of the league, I said it is disgusting to be praising him. I didn't say it was a crime. He openly supports his child killing friend.
Go and read up on why he is a wanted war criminal and then come tell me it is his army that committed these hanous acts and that he had nothing to do with it.
The only discussion we should be having about Ovechkin is what a discusting person he is for supporting Putin, that is and was my whole point.