The Washington Capitals have authoritatively been without Evgeny Kuznetsov since February 5 when the veteran place went into the NHL/NHLPA Player Help Program.
This is Kuznetsov’s second spell in the program after he deliberately entered it back in 2019 because of testing positive for cocaine at the 2019 IIHF Big showdown.
There has been no information on Kuznetsov’s status as the cycle is kept hidden however Capitals skipper Alex Ovechkin gave a positive update on his old buddy in a new Russian-language interview with Game Express’ Igor Rabiner. Ovechkin says the two have been in touch. We text,” Ovechkin said as interpreted by means of Google Decipher.
All will be great.” Rabiner originally raised the circumstance by inquiring as to whether he had any earlier sign that Kuznetsov would be going into the program. No, we didn’t discuss this subject, Ovechkin said.
Allow God to concede that everything works out positively for him. Kuzya is my old buddy, we are family companions. You never believe something should happen to your companion that would require this.” Under the conditions of the joint NHL and NHLPA program, Kuznetsov will possibly get back to the Capitals when he gets completely cleared for on-ice contest by the program’s executives. As things right now stand, Kuznetsov is considered not to be in the group’s list and they don’t have to figure his cap hit where the compensation cap is concerned.
Rabiner inquired as to whether he had any inside data on when Kuznetsov would be back on the ice and out of the program. “No, I don’t have a clue about that,” Ovechkin said.
The Player Help Program was laid out in 1996 and “upholds players and their families battling with medication and liquor reliance or emotional well-being issues.” Capitals lead trainer Spencer Carbery has recently communicated that Kuznetsov has the association’s full help.
There’s not much of foundation of what we know,” Carbery said on February 6. “There’s not much of foundation data that they share with us, other than the way that he’s in the program.
Thus, for our purposes, as an association, staff, players, it’s simply supporting him and his family as he gets the assistance that he wants. “We discussed it (collectively).
There’s not much that I can share, other than this is what’s the deal with your partner, your sibling, an our relative. As a many individuals are worried for himself as well as his family, and that is truly where a ton of the discussions and considerations have gone.”
