If anybody tries to make him feel bad about the situation, then he's got 23 brothers who will stick up for him.
It's obviously a unique situation and it isn't anything ‘Svech' can control. It's out of his hands. Obviously you want to support him ... and you have seen it with other players in the league who are getting some criticism.
He's obviously from Russia but it's totally out of his control. When you try to bring politics into hockey, it's hard for guys to really have a stance on it when it's completely out of their control. We'll support him as much as he needs.
He's mature above his years for sure. He understands what's going on. I don't know his take on it or how he feels about it, but I know he cares about it. I'm not from Russia and don't know what's going on there, I'm not from Ukraine. ... I just don't want ‘Svech' to have to face any scrutiny from this situation because as I said it's completely out of his control.
