Funny thing about people going with the caps are wasting years letting ovi go for the record is that even if that were true (it’s not) what is the alternative? A rebuild is usually 4-8 years. Sabres, canadiens, blackhawks and a bunch of other teams are already 3 plus years into theirs. You could argue the caps are at least 2 years into one. Ovi is their all time franchise player. Were they supposed to say F off 3 years ago? Crosby will be allowed to play in Pittsburgh until HE doesn’t want to anymore and it will look the same. The team will try to remain competitive for him as he deserves. I just don’t understand what the naysayers think the alternative was to letting ovi play as long as he wants with whatever goal in mind while trying to be competitive. If anything they have done a pretty good job of getting younger while keeping ovi happy