Ovechkin no longer untouchable

He is MORE than welcome here

I lost a lot of respect and admiration for this guy this year. He lost his head a bunch of times and ended up costing his team.

Let's go BLUES! We need a sniper and a presence. Could Ovie live with Backes as team captain? Does Hitch want to deal with the ego (to be bruised with a trade)? Only Doug Armstrong knows........

I think the window has closed for that line-up on the Caps.
Maybe Ovi would bring an All-star and some good prospects in return.

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Originally posted 08:47 AM ET  05.22 by Gary The Sox Fan

I lost a lot of respect and admiration for this guy this year. He lost his head a bunch of times and ended up costing his team.

he also carried them for most of the season when everyone was out, and outside of Holtby, was probably their best player in the Rangers' series

He sucks...he finally lost his talent. Just trade him to the panthers. **** we'll deal with it :)

I thought of this last series. If there is another amnesty clause and the Caps decide to go to a defenisve minded approach like they did with Hunter, would they even think of buying him out, if they couldn't trade him for anything good (like having to take back a bad contract).

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Originally posted 09:13 AM ET  05.22 by Nard Dog

I thought of this last series. If there is another amnesty clause and the Caps decide to go to a defenisve minded approach like they did with Hunter, would they even think of buying him out, if they couldn't trade him for anything good (like having to take back a bad contract).

I think that if Caps management thinks the window is/has indeed closed...this would be a great way to rebuild for them

"Ovechkin no longer untouchable"

I guess Semin will finally have his wish! To touch Ovie!

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Originally posted 08:57 AM ET  05.22 by Spiny Norman

he also carried them for most of the season when everyone was out, and outside of Holtby, was probably their best player in the Rangers' series

agree- and that was with greatly reduced minutes

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Originally posted 08:54 AM ET  05.22 by BrownsBucksBlueJackets

I think the window has closed for that line-up on the Caps.Maybe Ovi would bring an All-star and some good prospects in return.

I hope you're wrong but the firing of Bruce was significant in that GMGM was admitting that something was wrong with this group of guys. Semin and Hunter are gone but we have two first round picks. With Nicky, Laich, Carlson, Alzner, Holtby, Chimera, Marcus and a few others Ovi has a ton of talent surrounding him. No reason to break this team up yet.

Silly article. I note the "former NHL coach" is not named. Anybody can be traded (see Gretzky) but this story is based on maybe's, if's and could be's. Usually these don't start until after the Cup Finals.

maybe they can get Detroit to take him.....

Will fit right in with the Flyers...

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Originally posted 09:40 AM ET  05.22 by FanOFlyers

Will fit right in with the Flyers...

Too bad Flyers don't have the cap space. Flyers vs Pens with Ovie in tow.

Not sure any team wants to spend almost 1/6 of their cap on 1 player.

So a sub par year and he's out the door?

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Originally posted 09:42 AM ET  05.22 by hbomb

Too bad Flyers don't have the cap space. Flyers vs Pens with Ovie in tow.

because there isn't quite enough animosity between them as it is

Maybe they can trade him to Montreal for a beer company.

This may be news if someone inside the Capitals organization said this.