Alex Ovechkin (and his family) are receiving serious threats right now and the Caps had to react

Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan recently opened up in an interview about the current environment and he made some pretty worrying revelations.

His organization really had to drastically increase security around the team's Russian players, especially around star player Alex Ovechkin.

Ovechkin (and his family) are receiving serious threats right now and that's why they now have enhanced security.




We therefore understand that Ovi is currently going through very difficult times and that individuals really want to attack him and his family. On top of that, he is under a lot of pressure coming from here, in North America, he also receives a lot of pressure from Russia, from his family, in short, from everywhere.

The Caps GM is clear. He does not at all compare Ovechkin's «misfortunes» to those experienced by the people, in Ukraine, but he still had to talk about it.