Dominik Hasek: “The NHL must immediately suspend contracts for all Russian players!”

The NHL must immediately suspend contracts for all Russian players! Every athlete represents not only himself and his club, but also his country and its values and actions. That is a fact. If the NHL does not do so, it has indirect co-responsibility for the dead in Ukraine.

— Dominik Hasek (@hasek_dominik) February 26, 2022

Yesterday, Alex Ovechkin was asked about the current war his country has started with Ukraine and responded:

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin issued an anti-war statement on Friday in his first comments following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"Please, no more war. It doesn't matter who is in the war … we have to live in peace," he said. https://t.co/ubTGh8WdTE

— ESPN (@espn) February 25, 2022

I am in no way qualified to provide any sort of substantial answer in terms or what should or shouldn’t happen but I think we can all collectively agree that peace should be the only thing that matters right now. There’s some seriously scary shit going on right now, things that myself and many cannot begin to comprehend. With all the hate and polar opposite opinions and bullshit spewing in the media, I’m just going to try to continually educate myself on this situation and watch as much hockey as possible.

And speaking of educate: There is a documentary on Netflix called Winter on fire which provides real, intense, information as to how Ukraine got to where they are – up until the Russian invasion – seriously scary stuff.