I never doubted this, but in some Finnish NHL-previews it was brought up. What happened with Nuke? What's with the gun posting during the summer? How is he perceived by his teammates?
Well, so far so good. Have seen no issues as he's embraced by his teammates after a goal. What's even better, he looks healthy when he's skating.
In the end he is Russian and they are in a war. I guess it's not that surprising that he is glorifying war, when the whole government is talking about it all the time and in a positive manner. Propaganda gets to your head.
As a Finnish, I'd find it hard to believe Lehkonen, Rantanen would look at these things nicely(glorifying war), but in the end it's some stupid macho shit he is doing, so maybe it's totally normal in these circles. Macho culture is big in hockey.