Ovechkin's Wife Criticizes NHL Over Caps' Covid-19 Sanctions

[Sod16]

In a statement released Wednesday, Ovechkin took responsibility for his actions and expressed his regret over the situation. But his wife, Nastya Shubskaya, criticized the NHL for its guidelines on Instagram.

 

“Of course, only Russian players of Washington Capitals were together in the same hotel room,” she wrote, according to USA Today. “Of course, all of the other NHL players, when playing away, separating themselves from their teammates. Of course, you can’t catch the virus when you and your teammates sit together on the bench, hug each other when they score a goal, or when they are all together in the lounge or locker room.

 

“Players can’t get infected when they are at the restaurants, supermarkets, malls, etc. Virus only works in a hotel room.”

 

Shubskaya said Ovechkin and Orlov both have COVID-19 antibodies, but that doesn’t preclude them from following the league’s protocols.

 

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I hope she used the $100 bills to wipe her tears instead of the $20 bills, I hear they're softer.

[Dunny]

She should just accept all the arbitrary, completely contradicting, rules that make zero sense like everybody else. We know it's dangerous to go to Johhny K's sports store, but not Wal Mart because they sell tooth paste. It's just basic science.

[Bugg]

She should just accept all the arbitrary, completely contradicting, rules that make zero sense like everybody else. We know it's dangerous to go to Johhny K's sports store, but not Wal Mart because they sell tooth paste. It's just basic science.

 

In NYC, the virus gets very extra deadly after 10PM. And a cheeseburger in a sitdown restaurant, deadly as could be. Supermarkets, malls, Costco, Walmart, all, perfectly safe.

 

It's serious, and we should take precautions. But Mrs. Ovie isn't wrong either.

[josh]

I like a woman with a little crazy, little attitude.

[SaveByRichter35]

In NYC, the virus gets very extra deadly after 10PM. And a cheeseburger in a sitdown restaurant, deadly as could be. Supermarkets, malls, Costco, Walmart, all, perfectly safe.

 

It's serious, and we should take precautions. But Mrs. Ovie isn't wrong either.

 

It also knows the difference between ice hockey and roller hockey

[Pete]

She's an idiot.

 

You break the rules, you face the consequences. The players are taking a risk when they play. Sitting in a enclosed hotel room with no ventilation and no masks in an unnecessary risk.

 

And yes, hotel rooms are a different exposure level than supermarket. Sitting in an enclosed space unmasked vs walking past someone in an aisle, masked is different.

 

After 9 months of this, I didn't think these things still needed to be said.

[LONG LONG LONG TIME FAN]

Who cares what she has to say. Her poor baby now has time to re-count his millions of $$$$$$$$.