Capitals Overtime: Caps players now on the ice for morning skate at Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Ovi was splitting practice with Matt Hendricks, according to @SWhyno. Joel Rechlicz will play on the forth line and Bolts recalled. Dale Hunter says that you need a physical guy when on the road. Exactly. Why we never heard it from Boudreau? I am starting to like Dale Hunter.
Elliotte Friedman is extremely good journalist. Love his "30 thoughts" and always looking forward to read it.
Here are excerpts from his new 30 thoughts just released::
13. Wrote last week that I understood Alexander Ovechkin's decision to skip All-Star weekend because of his suspension. Learned very quickly I'm in the minority on this one, from Andy McDonald calling him "classless" to a couple of team executives saying they would've advised Ovechkin to go there, not play, but smile and sign autographs. That would've scored major points.
14. That said, the sense is the Capitals are strongly behind him...
14. That said, the sense is the Capitals are strongly behind him and realize (as does Ovechkin) that from now on, he will be judged solely on playoff performance. So, if a couple of days wearing SPF 30 in Florida means April, May and June success, they'll live with the fallout.
Ovechkin will travel to Florida according to Dale Hunter. Anybody on Caps line-up who will score a hat-trick: beware of Ovi or you'll get a taste of shaving cream. :-)
Capitals will have two back-to-back games Tuesday vs. Bolts and Wednesday vs. Panthers. This will conclude three-game suspension for Ovi and he will be eligible to play Saturday in Montreal.
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Ovi practiced today with Johansson-Perreault-Semin line rotating with JoJo.
I didn't watch All-Star, I was at the beach. It was a refreshing time for me. I met a lot of other hockey players there...
Unfortunately I won't be able to help my team, but I am gonna be there and I'm gonna watch the game upstairs.
“I’m pretty rested right now,” Ovechkin said after practicing with his teammates for the first time since Jan. 23, when he was informed of his three-game suspension. “I was surprised. My body feels fresh. My arms, my legs, my head.”
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~Caps GM George McPhee
~Gordie Howe
“He’s amazing. There aren’t enough words in English or Russian to describe him.”
~Chris Drury
"He's like the shark in Jaws, circling in the water waiting for blood. They should play that music from the movie – da-duh, da-duh, da-duh - when he's out on a shift. He doesn't just go after loose pucks, he hunts them down."
~John Davidson, President of Hockey Operations for the St. Louis Blues.
Thank you, Alex Ovetjkin, for killing this ridiculous storyline with this post.
~Mike Prada, Sr. Editor, SB Nation
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Just wanted to thank you for posting my book on your blog, which I consulted a fair bit while researching and writing the book. In particular, the comprehensive list of links on alexovetjkin.blogspot.com is the best library on Ovechkin material available anywhere.
Regards,
Geoffrey Lansdell
