Hockey’s Russian Backlash + Jack Eichel’s Return to Buffalo

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🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Alexander Ovechkin tied Jamomir Jagr this week for the third most goals in NHL history. But just as Ovi is climbing the ladder of hockey immortality, he is facing scrutiny like never before following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ovechkin, like the 40 other Russian players in the NHL, have avoided directly condemning the war, which has invited public backlash. But it’s an almost impossible situation for Russian players, knowing that opposition to the war could invite harassment for their families back in Russia. Emily Kaplan explains how the hockey world has been shaken by the war in Ukraine. Then, she updates on a different kind of controversy: Jack Eichel’s return to Buffalo to play against his former team following a bitter fight over how to treat his neck injury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That's a minute 50 to go here in the third.
0:07.0	Here's Ovechkin with a shot.
0:08.6	He scores and he ties Yarmir Yager for third all time.
0:15.7	That's goal 766.
0:20.0	That was Alexander Ovechkin scoring goal number 76, tying him for third place all time in
0:27.1	NHL history and underscoring the highly visible and incredibly pressurized place that he and other
0:33.8	Russian players all find themselves in right now. So today, first, Emily Kaplan is here to
0:41.0	explain how the hockey world has been uniquely impacted by the invasion of Ukraine. And then she
0:46.7	tells us about a very different controversy between Jack Eichol and his old team The Sabres,
0:52.3	which all came to a head in Buffalo last night.
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1:46.1	Emily Kaplan, good to have you back on the show.
1:47.7	Thank you for doing this, as always.
1:49.1	Thanks for having me, Pablo.
1:54.0	So we're going to get to your coverage from last night of Jack Eichel's homecoming in Buffalo after his divorce from the Sabres.
1:56.4	He's a Vegas golden night now, and there were all sorts of really interesting questions
2:00.2	about medical care and who controls an athlete's body. But before we get there, I do want to start
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