2015 KHL All-Star Game Hockey Player Member Nikita Shields in an interview with a correspondent, he commented on the words of a former partner in Moscow “Spartacus » Dominik Hasek on the need to legally ban Czech athletes from performing in Russia.
This is how Hasek reacted to the transfer of Czech striker Dmitry Yashkin to SKA St. Petersburg. Hasek, who ended his career as a hockey player in a club in Moscow, said that “the work of a Czech citizen in the Russian Federation is a support for the Russian regime and, therefore, a danger for our country” .
– Hasek played in Spartak, received a salary, everything was fine with him, he had good relations with everyone. He communicated well with us, suggested a lot of interesting things for young people. Hasek accompanied us to team meetings. It was obvious that this 45-year-old athlete is getting younger in the circle of partners. It is surprising that he now speaks so negatively in our direction.
Perhaps Hasek wants to draw attention to himself in this way in order to eventually break into the government of the Czech Republic. If they ban their hockey players from playing in Russia, they will make things worse for themselves. Czech players will suffer. I believe the strongest Czechs play in the NHL, and those who come to Russia are no better than ours. And salaries here are higher than in the Czech Republic.
There is another option – why Hasek is doing this. Maybe in the final of the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Valery Kamensky concussed him with his throw. It hit Hasek in the head with a loud click so the helmet nearly broke. Maybe the Czech is now suffering from headaches which is why he is so angry with Russia, Shields told .
Source : MatchTV
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