Yeehaw, Alex goes country

It started as a shootout and ended up in a funeral. Oops, it started like a funeral and ended up in a shootout. It's tough, even if they pay you big bucks, to lose your friends.

from 'A view from the Cheap Seats'

Your time with us was far too brief
We wish you needn't part
We'll miss your smiles, we'll miss your frowns
But you're always in our heart

You're moving on, the deadline past
We knew this day may come
Yet part of you in us will last
You'll always be our chum

Your lanky frame a familiar sight
Your accent strong and proud
You never backed down from a fight
You made us cheer out loud

But now you're off to Buffalo
We wish you wouldn't leave
The best of luck to you my friend
We'll try hard not to grieve

Ovechkin: "If our boss says he must be traded, he's traded. We can't do nothing. We are just players and they are bosses. Right now, we have a group of guys who stick together."



Ovechkin's 1st goal ignited the team. 2 goals, 2 assists after two periods for Ovechkin.

I told you, the textbook goal scoring in the previous game was a really good sign.

Alex Ovechkin in the interview to sport-express: "The Coach told me, just continue to work, play as you can, shoot more often."

Boy, Brent Johnson really sucked tonight. Caps need to get rid of him. He is completely unreliable, one day he is better than Kolzig, another day he is worse than high school goalie. You have to expect some kind of consistency, especially from the goalie playing in NHL.

Meanwhile Sidney Crosby club (guys who score more goals than Crosby) is growing.

POS        Name        TM GP  G  A PTS
 1 Vincent Lecavalier TAM 65 41 43 84 
 2 Martin St. Louis   TAM 65 38 47 85 
 3 Teemu Selanne      ANA 64 38 37 75 
 4 Dany Heatley       OTT 63 37 44 81 
 5 Alexander Ovechkin WAS 64 37 41 78 
 6 Marian Hossa       ATL 65 36 44 80 
 7 Simon Gagne        PHI 63 35 18 53 
 8 Henrik Zetterberg  DET 63 33 35 68 
 9 Ilya Kovalchuk     ATL 65 33 28 61 
10 Chris Drury        BUF 60 33 24 57 
11 Thomas Vanek       BUF 63 32 30 62 
12 Alexander Frolov   LOS 63 32 29 61 
13 Alexander Semin    WAS 60 32 26 58 
14 Jason Blake        NYI 63 32 24 56 
15 Justin Williams    CAR 65 31 27 58 
16 Ryan Smyth         EDM 53 31 22 53 
17 Jarome Iginla      CAL 52 30 42 72 
18 Evgeni Malkin      PIT 58 29 40 69 
19 Patrick Marleau    SJS 61 29 36 65 
20 Kristian Huselius  CAL 62 29 32 61 
21 Olli Jokinen       FLA 64 28 36 64 
22 Brendan Shanahan   NYR 58 28 26 54 
23 Bill Guerin        STL 61 28 19 47 
24 Daniel Briere      BUF 63 27 50 77 
25 Joe Sakic          COL 64 27 48 75 
26 Ray Whitney        CAR 65 27 46 73 
27 Martin Straka      NYR 62 27 38 65 
28 Daniel Sedin       VAN 62 27 34 61 
29 Glen Murray        BOS 55 27 17 44 
30 Sidney Crosby      PIT 59 26 71 97