Ovechkin milestone thread - 850 and Beyond!

[banks]

Funny how all the most “durable” players are all floaters. Kessel, Marleau, Kane, Ovechkin, etc.

Amazing what not playing defense, battling along the boards, or blocking shots will do for one’s durability.

Do... do you think Ovie is a floater who doesn't battle along the boards?

 

[tfwnogf]

Funny how all the most “durable” players are all floaters. Kessel, Marleau, Kane, Ovechkin, etc.

Amazing what not playing defense, battling along the boards, or blocking shots will do for one’s durability.

Putting pucks in the net is the best defense you can ask for.

 

[vippe]

Funny how all the most “durable” players are all floaters. Kessel, Marleau, Kane, Ovechkin, etc.

Amazing what not playing defense, battling along the boards, or blocking shots will do for one’s durability.

Why are you even here

 

[Dingo]

Do... do you think Ovie is a floater who doesn't battle along the boards?

I have a buddy, Crosby fan to be fair, who sounds just like the guy you responded to.

I say what you have said, in one form or another, well i have been saying it for fifteen years.

Ovechkin plays the offensive zone HARD, especially when he was younger. No, he isnt a big backchecker, but I want my wingers forechecking and hitting and my centers playing the 200ft game. He is playing the role that makes the most sense for his skill set.

 

[NatusVincere]

I think the legends of the game are given a certain level of respect late in their careers. You could see it with Jagr; nobody was going to risk running the guy and forever being known as the one who ended his career.

No one except one:

 

[BallardEra]

Why are you even here

The haters have never left.

They lurk and read the thread from afar.

 

[Bizz]

Funny how all the most “durable” players are all floaters. Kessel, Marleau, Kane, Ovechkin, etc.

Amazing what not playing defense, battling along the boards, or blocking shots will do for one’s durability.

Ovechkin has more hits than the rest of those players combined.

 

[banks]

I have a buddy, Crosby fan to be fair, who sounds just like the guy you responded to.

I say what you have said, in one form or another, well i have been saying it for fifteen years.

Ovechkin plays the offensive zone HARD, especially when he was younger. No, he isnt a big backchecker, but I want my wingers forechecking and hitting and my centers playing the 200ft game. He is playing the role that makes the most sense for his skill set.

Right!? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills sometimes. I know Ovie isn't perfect in his own zone. Controller disconnect bla bla bla. But the guy is not a perimeter floater, and he absolutely digs in the corners. The guy is a truck in the offensive zone.

 

[kugelbahn]

The haters have never left.

They lurk and read the thread from afar.

Not many talking points left for them:
16P in 12G, balanced G/A, just 1 ENG, +10, just 18:11 mins per game with less than 20 shifts per game (12th on Caps)
Narratives destroyed, inevitability settled...