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Alexei Yashin is one of the hockey commentators on CBC for the Olympics. I see this as a bad move. He doesn't speak English well. His sentences are often ungrammatical and have a Russian accent. Couldn't CBC find a hockey guy who speaks proper English? After his NHL/KHL career he was the GM of the Russian women's hockey team in 2014. This was the Sochi Olympics where the Russians have been punished this year for their systematic doping. This is the reason they are the Olympic Athletes from Russia and are competing under the Olympic flag. His insight on this situation would be the most interesting thing he can offer about international hockey. As women's GM it is hard to imagine that he knows nothing - although that has been his claim. My unfounded guess is that he is under pressure from some Russian goons to not spill the beans.
Can't CBC do better than hiring a hockey guy who doesn't speak great English for commentary and further a guy who is part of a significant conspiracy that he cannot or will not discuss. Thus he is on TV and that part of his past is not even mentioned.
Can't CBC do better than hiring a hockey guy who doesn't speak great English for commentary and further a guy who is part of a significant conspiracy that he cannot or will not discuss. Thus he is on TV and that part of his past is not even mentioned.