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Ovechkin moving on from Olympics disappointment

There were three big stories to come out of the Olympics this year: Sidney Crosby is the Golden Kid, the United States almost pulled it off and Alex Ovechkin drove a stake into the relationship between himself and the North American media. There was the infamous video of him ‘attacking’ a fan with a camera, and the way he snubbed everyone but the Russian media while in Vancouver. The disappointing manner in which Russia finished the Olympics was also a bit of an issue as well.

Now, after the Washington Capitals added four players at the trade deadline, and are poised to make a run towards the Stanley Cup, Ovechkin is ready to move on:

“I’ve said, we’re all disappointed, but let’s move forward,” said Ovechkin, who has 42 goals and 47 assists in 54 games this season. “Let’s talk about the future, not what happened in the tournament.”

“You just can’t wait until the season’s going to be over and the playoffs are going to start,” he said. “The most important thing that when you go to the playoffs, you’re in good shape, you’re not tired and you just concentrate on your game.”


There are many who have decided to pit Ovechkin versus Sidney Crosby in a war for who is the best in the NHL; sort of a hockey version of the Brady vs. Peyton debate. Myself, I’m not too keen on comparing the two aside from the fact they are both two of the top players in the NHL and they’re both leading their respective teams to wins.

Part of the debate that happens includes bashing one while putting the other on a throne, and it seems that Ovechkin has taken the ‘bad guy’ role. The Olympics problems have only heightened that feeling. Yet he’s moved on from whatever it was that happened in Vancouver and you have to respect his wishes to forget about those troubles and focus on the Capitals.

They got off to the right start last night with a big win over Buffalo, snapping a ‘slide’ by the Capitals heading into the break.