Ovechkin talks after morning skate, March 22, 2010

Caps Captain speaks to media after hard Monday morning practice

Here's transcription from DC Sports Bog:

Alex Ovechkin met the D.C. media for the first time since his second career suspension on Monday afternoon, and I figured it was worth asking him whether he's paid attention to the massive media buzz over his style of play.

"No, I just, I know what guys can say: Maybe it was a good hit, maybe it was a bad hit." Ovechkin said. "Everybody has his own mind. And if you're gonna listen to everybody, you're gonna be just crazy. You can kill yourself. And so I think it happens, and it's pretty sad [Brian Campbell] get hurt, but it's life, it's hockey."

NBC Washington's Dan Hellie than asked for the best piece of advice he's heard on this matter: "Don't stop playing how you play," Ovechkin said.
He was also asked whether Bruce Boudreau has talked to him yet about how he plays in the wake of the Campbell incident.

"You know, he just told me it's a game, and everybody told me it's a game, and I know it's a game," Ovechkin said. "Anything can happen. You can see the game against Calgary, puck goes to the net and [Daymond Langkow] was hurt, so you never know what's gonna happen. Maybe puck, maybe stick, maybe skate, maybe a hit. You never know who's gonna do it. You just have to keep playing, and how like I say all the time, nobody wants to get hurt, nobody wants to make an injury to somebody, but that happens."

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