He also supports Putin so lets not take any of his opinions seriously
beginner-woodworker
« LGBT is welcome here »
« Ugh! All this political pressure!!! »
habulous74
Says a guy who had a pic of him and Putin on his IG. No political pressure there.
What a dumb hump.
glitchycat39
Common Ovechkin L.
DisgruntledCatGuy
bro it’s always wild to me how angry people get about showing a gesture of good faith towards a community that, historically, the hockey community has been extremely unwelcoming and toxic toward.
Edit: much love to all my non cis and hetero hockey brethren. I see you
dylanknez
User name checks out
Future_Ad_7445
No gays in russia. Manly 3rd world country.
gotta_leave_now_bye
Mfw my source is a « Russian podcast »
SteakMan43
Source?
kayl_the_red
Did we expect him to say it was a bad thing that they were ending Pride Nights on a *Russian* Podcast?
Hello Political Pressure, thy name is Putin.
powerplay_22
“stop giving into political pressure. but also please signup for my #putinteam and support our glorious dictator”
saturnsnephew
He also supports invasions of sovereign nations so…
dennisthemennis9
Who cares. He’s entitled to his opinion
CobblerObvious5511
“I am very happy to support a dictator and murderer out of pure fear for my family” assuming he said that too.
phanfare
Translated: « I’m glad the league buckled to *my* political pressure »
Novelsound
Just like any Reddit thread there’s no room for nuance in the comments. Downvote me to oblivion but I’ll play devil’s advocate anyways.
I don’t want my employer pushing me to show support for positions, groups or political positions. Even one I agree with. I want my employer to stay out of my personal business in every way possible. I’ll grant that being a pro athlete you give away some privacy, but I can understand players pushing to keep the NHL neutral.
LunarMoon2001
Good comrade. Now family not fall from windows total accidents!
PoopOfAUnicorn
Ending pride night is them giving into political pressure
mattcojo2
I’d have to agree, and here’s why:
This isn’t about being against anything. It’s more of an issue of making everyone an activist.
Last year, you had people that were crucified because they chose to not want to be activists, and it really hurts everyone for two reasons.
1. It’s perfectly reasonable to say “no, I don’t want to wear a rainbow jersey”. Like it’s perfectly reasonable to not wear a poppy on veterans/Remembrance Day. Or to not want to have specific stickers etc. . Players should not be expected to be activists. That’s not their job. They have the right to not express something if they don’t want to. “Wear the dang jersey” makes you sound really bad.
2. It takes away not just from the night, and the people the night is for, but the controversy takes away from the NHL itself. Regardless of what side you were on, it was a political issue, and it’s one both the NHL and sports in general could do without.
Not even for or against thing, it’s simply a smart decision for the sport to just do away with those jerseys being worn. And they did exactly what people said on here by getting rid of them.
I absolutely support the decision of the NHL to remove the wearing of special practice jerseys.
Spiritual_Holiday511
In news that is shocking to absolutely no one: the Putin boot licker isn’t down with gay people.
He’s the last guy that should be talking about political pressure. If Panarin had said that, maybe I’d actually respect that opinion.
nicksj2023
Soooooo can people stop giving this dickwad a pass now ? Does he literally have to come out and say I hate gay people ?
I mean let the guy play and stuff , live your life but he shouldn’t be treated as a face of the game , or ambassador of the NHL type like he has been in years past .
Kenobi4President
It’s sad that the NHL is moving backwards…
JohnYCanuckEsq
I love how acknowledging gay people exist is somehow political.
DivClassLg
Sorts by controversial…
Lol
DrRevolution
I’m sure Reddit will take this well hahaha
jstols
Dude is a idiot trained to support bigots and dictators. Time to stop defending him and accept reality that he probably isn’t that great a human being.
CalligrapherNo4927
Washington should have a support Ukraine night and make him wear the colors of ukraine
AirborneMarburg
Breaks my heart that this Putin lover is going to break Gretzky’s record.
tool_isis
Sir this is a Wendy’s drive thru
Defiant_West6287
It still amazes me how sports « journalists » continue to kiss Ovi’s ass. He’s clearly a Putin supporter, you know – the murdering dictator – and is clearly wanting the Russians to kill innocent Ukranians and take their territory. And of course anti-LGTBQ. It’s just bizarre and embarrassing.
Familiar_Ad_2641
« hockey for everyone »
rhunter99
They better not have military appreciation nights or jerseys because that’s too political as well
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He also supports Putin so lets not take any of his opinions seriously
« LGBT is welcome here »
« Ugh! All this political pressure!!! »
Says a guy who had a pic of him and Putin on his IG. No political pressure there.
What a dumb hump.
Common Ovechkin L.
bro it’s always wild to me how angry people get about showing a gesture of good faith towards a community that, historically, the hockey community has been extremely unwelcoming and toxic toward.
Edit: much love to all my non cis and hetero hockey brethren. I see you
User name checks out
No gays in russia. Manly 3rd world country.
Mfw my source is a « Russian podcast »
Source?
Did we expect him to say it was a bad thing that they were ending Pride Nights on a *Russian* Podcast?
Hello Political Pressure, thy name is Putin.
“stop giving into political pressure. but also please signup for my #putinteam and support our glorious dictator”
He also supports invasions of sovereign nations so…
Who cares. He’s entitled to his opinion
“I am very happy to support a dictator and murderer out of pure fear for my family” assuming he said that too.
Translated: « I’m glad the league buckled to *my* political pressure »
Just like any Reddit thread there’s no room for nuance in the comments. Downvote me to oblivion but I’ll play devil’s advocate anyways.
I don’t want my employer pushing me to show support for positions, groups or political positions. Even one I agree with. I want my employer to stay out of my personal business in every way possible. I’ll grant that being a pro athlete you give away some privacy, but I can understand players pushing to keep the NHL neutral.
Good comrade. Now family not fall from windows total accidents!
Ending pride night is them giving into political pressure
I’d have to agree, and here’s why:
This isn’t about being against anything. It’s more of an issue of making everyone an activist.
Last year, you had people that were crucified because they chose to not want to be activists, and it really hurts everyone for two reasons.
1. It’s perfectly reasonable to say “no, I don’t want to wear a rainbow jersey”. Like it’s perfectly reasonable to not wear a poppy on veterans/Remembrance Day. Or to not want to have specific stickers etc. . Players should not be expected to be activists. That’s not their job. They have the right to not express something if they don’t want to. “Wear the dang jersey” makes you sound really bad.
2. It takes away not just from the night, and the people the night is for, but the controversy takes away from the NHL itself. Regardless of what side you were on, it was a political issue, and it’s one both the NHL and sports in general could do without.
Not even for or against thing, it’s simply a smart decision for the sport to just do away with those jerseys being worn. And they did exactly what people said on here by getting rid of them.
I absolutely support the decision of the NHL to remove the wearing of special practice jerseys.
In news that is shocking to absolutely no one: the Putin boot licker isn’t down with gay people.
[guy loves Putin](https://media.tenor.com/Exv8qHQeWYkAAAAd/ha-gay.gif)
He’s the last guy that should be talking about political pressure. If Panarin had said that, maybe I’d actually respect that opinion.
Soooooo can people stop giving this dickwad a pass now ? Does he literally have to come out and say I hate gay people ?
I mean let the guy play and stuff , live your life but he shouldn’t be treated as a face of the game , or ambassador of the NHL type like he has been in years past .
It’s sad that the NHL is moving backwards…
I love how acknowledging gay people exist is somehow political.
Sorts by controversial…
Lol
I’m sure Reddit will take this well hahaha
Dude is a idiot trained to support bigots and dictators. Time to stop defending him and accept reality that he probably isn’t that great a human being.
Washington should have a support Ukraine night and make him wear the colors of ukraine
Breaks my heart that this Putin lover is going to break Gretzky’s record.
Sir this is a Wendy’s drive thru
It still amazes me how sports « journalists » continue to kiss Ovi’s ass. He’s clearly a Putin supporter, you know – the murdering dictator – and is clearly wanting the Russians to kill innocent Ukranians and take their territory. And of course anti-LGTBQ. It’s just bizarre and embarrassing.
« hockey for everyone »
They better not have military appreciation nights or jerseys because that’s too political as well