Top Putin Supporter Ovechkin Top Critic Panarin Square Off In Nhl Showdown
The two, who are considered in the top five Russian-born players in the NHL based on the number of career points, are set to battle in a game on Thursday. The game between the Capitals and Rangers comes as Putin recently declared a “special military operation” in Ukraine, following days of growing tensions between the two nations. In 2017, Ovechkin, who holds the record for most NHL points for a Russian-born player, expressed his support for Putin in an Instagram post, announcing that he was launching “a social movement in the name of PutinTeam....