{"id":1926,"date":"2017-11-03T12:10:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T12:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2017-11-03T12:10:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T12:10:59","slug":"washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin","title":{"rendered":"Capitals&#8217; Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/alex-ovechkin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1609\" \/><strong>Alex Ovechkin<\/strong> is one of the top players in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/sports-betting-guides\/hockey-betting\/ice-hockey\/nhl-betting\">National Hockey League (NHL)<\/a> and the captain of the Washington Capitals. His experience and skills have made him a top asset for Washington and even though he is Russian, he has a vast fan following in Canada. <\/p>\n<p>Ovechkin was in the news in September when he expressed his disappointment after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/ovechkin-upset-after-nhl-stops-him-from-playing-at-pyeongchang-2018\">NHL decided not to allow its players to be a part of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea<\/a>. He made it very clear that he wanted to be a part of Team Russia and help his country win a gold medal at the Olympics and said nothing would stop him from representing Russia. <\/p>\n<p>He eventually dropped the idea after the NHL made it firm that no players would be given permission as the Olympics was taking place mid-season.<\/p>\n<p>Now Ovechkin has once again made headlines in the NHL after he announced on Instagram that he was starting a social media campaign to support <strong>Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/strong>. Ovechkin has always been a supporter of President Putin and has not hid the fact that he has a close relationship with the Russian President. However he has now gone a step further in not just supporting President Putin but starting a social movement to get support for Putin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px\">\n<div style=\"background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:35.27777777777778% 0;text-align:center;width:100%\">\n<div style=\"base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;width:44px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ba_72RJBE8h\/\" style=\"color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u041b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434\u044b \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0437\u044b \u2013 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0437\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e, \u043d\u043e \u0432 \u0445\u043e\u043a\u043a\u0435\u0435, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0438 \u0432 \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043e\u043c \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0435, \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0431\u0435\u0434\u044b \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043d\u0435\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430. \u0422\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043b\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0445\u043e\u0434 \u0438\u0433\u0440\u044b, \u0441\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0435.  \u0412 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043d\u0435\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u0432 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0430\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0441\u0435 \u044f \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0447\u0430\u044e \u0441\u043e\u0447\u0435\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 Putin\u2019s team, \u0442\u043e \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430 \u041f\u0443\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0430. \u0418 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0435, \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043e\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435. \u041b\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e \u044f \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u044b. \u042f \u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043a\u0440\u044b\u0432\u0430\u043b \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043a \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0443, \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0440\u044b\u0442\u043e \u0435\u0433\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u044f. \u042f \u0443\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043d, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0441, \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0445 \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0430 \u041f\u0443\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0430, \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e! \u0422\u0430\u043a \u0434\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u043e\u0431\u044a\u0435\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0441\u044f \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043c \u0432\u0441\u0435\u043c \u0441\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0438 \u0441\u043f\u043b\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044e!  \u0421\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044f  \u044f \u0445\u043e\u0447\u0443 \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043e \u0442\u043e\u043c, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u044e \u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0434\u0432\u0438\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c Putin Team.  \u0411\u044b\u0442\u044c \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u044b \u2013 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c, \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0436\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0449\u0443\u0449\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0442\u044b \u043d\u0430\u0434\u0435\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0448\u044c \u043c\u0430\u0439\u043a\u0443 \u0441\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438, \u0437\u043d\u0430\u044f, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0437\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f \u0431\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0435\u0442 \u0432\u0441\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430.  #putinteam<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center\">A post shared by Alexander Ovechkin (@aleksandrovechkinofficial) on Nov 2, 2017 at 9:07am PDT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a statement, Ovechkin said <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019m certain that there are many of us that support Vladimir Putin. Let\u2019s unite and show everyone a strong and united Russia. Today, I want to announce a social movement in the name of Putin Team. Be a part of this team \u2013 to me it\u2019s a privilege, it\u2019s like the feeling of when you put on the jersey of the Russian team, knowing that the whole country is rooting for you<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His social movement to support President Putin has not gone down well with many of his Canadian fans who do not support or endorse Putin\u2019s ideologies and policies. While fans of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Capitals\">Washington Capitals<\/a> support and have a lot of respect for Ovechkin, they are now in a delicate position because thousands of them disagree with President Putin. The relationship between Russia and Canada has also been strained in recent times and many Canadians will now rethink as to whether they want to continue to support Alex Ovechkin.<\/p>\n<p>Ovechkin did try to clear the air and state that since he was from Russia, he wanted to support his President but did not want to really get involved with President Putin\u2019s political views and policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin is one of the top players in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the captain of the Washington Capitals. His experience and skills have made him a top asset for Washington and even though he is Russian, he has a vast fan following in Canada. Ovechkin was in the news in September when [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Capitals&#039; Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alex Ovechkin has once again made headlines in the NHL after he announced on Instagram that he was starting a social media campaign to support Russian President Vladimir Putin.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Capitals&#039; Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alex Ovechkin has once again made headlines in the NHL after he announced on Instagram that he was starting a social media campaign to support Russian President Vladimir Putin.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Betting.ca News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-03T12:10:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/alex-ovechkin.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Heidi Specter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@heidispecter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Heidi Specter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Heidi Specter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34593f991a02d9c034cc982fabd504c0\"},\"headline\":\"Capitals&#8217; Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-03T12:10:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin\"},\"wordCount\":572,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/alex-ovechkin.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin\",\"name\":\"Capitals' Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/alex-ovechkin.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-03T12:10:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34593f991a02d9c034cc982fabd504c0\"},\"description\":\"Alex Ovechkin has once again made headlines in the NHL after he announced on Instagram that he was starting a social media campaign to support Russian President Vladimir Putin.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/alex-ovechkin.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/alex-ovechkin.jpg\",\"width\":380,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Alex Ovechkin\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Capitals&#8217; Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Betting.ca News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/34593f991a02d9c034cc982fabd504c0\",\"name\":\"Heidi Specter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbc57a7b221d71d63976229c1b552f84be29e177c6fc4385411d9aace28a14a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbc57a7b221d71d63976229c1b552f84be29e177c6fc4385411d9aace28a14a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbc57a7b221d71d63976229c1b552f84be29e177c6fc4385411d9aace28a14a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Heidi Specter\"},\"description\":\"Heidi is has always been travelling the globe as such she is the perfect writer for world news, she has a keen interest in tennis as she used play at senior level for her college.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uk.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/heidi-specter\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/heidispecter\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/author\\\/heidi-specter\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Capitals' Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin","description":"Alex Ovechkin has once again made headlines in the NHL after he announced on Instagram that he was starting a social media campaign to support Russian President Vladimir Putin.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Capitals' Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin","og_description":"Alex Ovechkin has once again made headlines in the NHL after he announced on Instagram that he was starting a social media campaign to support Russian President Vladimir Putin.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin","og_site_name":"Betting.ca News","article_published_time":"2017-11-03T12:10:59+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/alex-ovechkin.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Heidi Specter","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@heidispecter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Heidi Specter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin"},"author":{"name":"Heidi Specter","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/34593f991a02d9c034cc982fabd504c0"},"headline":"Capitals&#8217; Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin","datePublished":"2017-11-03T12:10:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin"},"wordCount":572,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/alex-ovechkin.jpg","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin","url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin","name":"Capitals' Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/alex-ovechkin.jpg","datePublished":"2017-11-03T12:10:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/34593f991a02d9c034cc982fabd504c0"},"description":"Alex Ovechkin has once again made headlines in the NHL after he announced on Instagram that he was starting a social media campaign to support Russian President Vladimir Putin.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/alex-ovechkin.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/alex-ovechkin.jpg","width":380,"height":250,"caption":"Alex Ovechkin"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/washington-capitals-captain-causes-a-stir-in-canada-supporting-president-putin#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Capitals&#8217; Captain Causes A Stir In Canada Supporting President Putin"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/","name":"Betting.ca News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/34593f991a02d9c034cc982fabd504c0","name":"Heidi Specter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbc57a7b221d71d63976229c1b552f84be29e177c6fc4385411d9aace28a14a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbc57a7b221d71d63976229c1b552f84be29e177c6fc4385411d9aace28a14a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbc57a7b221d71d63976229c1b552f84be29e177c6fc4385411d9aace28a14a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Heidi Specter"},"description":"Heidi is has always been travelling the globe as such she is the perfect writer for world news, she has a keen interest in tennis as she used play at senior level for her college.","sameAs":["https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/heidi-specter","https:\/\/x.com\/heidispecter"],"url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/author\/heidi-specter"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}