Vjashheslav Fetisov does not understand the NHL policy.
Sergei Bobrovski was allowed to lift the Stanley Cup at the end of the season. AOP / USA Today Sports
Red machine legend Vjsheslav Fetisov67, is of the fact that Russian players are not allowed to bring the Stanley Cup trophy to their home country.
For the second year in a row, the prohibition concerns with Florida Panthers won the championship Sergei Bobrovsk and Dmitri Kulikov.
In the background is the war in Ukraine, launched by Russia in 2022.
– This is a big scandal. The written rules say that the player has the right to spend two days with the jug in his home country and present it at charity events, Fetisov rumbled according to Ria Novost, which Expressen quote.
Fetisov himself is a double Stanley Cup champion from 1997 and 1998.
The ex-hockey player who has become a politician considers the league league’s policies contradictory.
– The NHL claims to respect athletic principles because they do not allow discrimination against Russians. At the same time, however, they impose restrictions on the trophy that has been overcome with blood and charcoal. It is a scandal, a united Russian party updated.