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Milstein said it sparked a torrent of derogatory messages directed toward the defenseman. Milstein also represents Calgary Flames defenseman Nikita Zadorov, who posted a graphic with "no war" written on his Instagram. Among his clients are some of the most popular players on their NHL teams: Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning Ilya Sorokin of the New York Islanders and Ilya Mikheyev of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Milstein is known in hockey circles for the substantial number of Russian players represented by his agency, Gold Star Sports Management.
I feel if I don't defend Russians, who will?" "But I'm a Ukrainian, defending innocent people. The building that I lived in for the first 16 years of my life is under attack right at this moment," he said. When he talks with his friends back in Ukraine, he hears bombs exploding in the background. He said his heart has broken many times over. He has watched, from afar, as Russia invaded Ukraine. He is a political refugee who escaped the Soviet Union on the last day of its existence and has lived in Kyiv. "If anybody tries to make him feel bad about the situation, then he's got 23 brothers who will stick up for him."ĭan Milstein believes the treatment of Russian players now is tantamount to discrimination. People are getting some criticism," Martinook said. You've seen it with other players in the league. "It's not anything that Svech can control. Their teammates also are looking out for them, as Svechnikov's teammate Jordan Martinook explained on Tuesday. The NHL has offered security resources to its teams, and the teams have beefed up their own security to protect these players. It also expressed concern for the well-being of players, like Svechnikov, "who play in the NHL on behalf of their NHL clubs, and not on behalf of Russia," acknowledging the players and their families "are being placed in an extremely difficult position."įor some Russian players, that's meant online harassment and public disparagement since the war began. The NHL, never known for emphatic political stances, released a statement that "condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine and urges a peaceful resolution as quickly as possible." Svechnikov is Russian, a designation that's taken on a different context over the past two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his army to invade Ukraine. The other is Kazan, the Russian city where his family lived after stops in Moscow and Siberia.
One is Raleigh, North Carolina, where the Carolina Hurricanes star has played for the past four seasons. Andrei Svechnikov has two locations listed in his Instagram bio.
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