Obviously we won so it doesn't matter but every single year someone thinks Ovechkin will kick it up a notch for the playoffs. It never happens. He plays at his regular level.
Dude has led the team in scoring seven out of the eight years we've been in the playoffs.
82 points in 85 playoff games.
Backstrom is second in points in that time with 62 points in 84 games.
Our problem in year's past has been secondary scoring.
If we don't need him to be a force every game then good.
8 and 19 were terrible tonight. They have had mixed results in past playoffs but tonight they were awful. Only thing that matters is the present and they sucked and were unprepared.. that is on Trotz and them
Agreed.
I was adressing the point that Ovi has never raised his level in the playoffs.
They will need to step up if we have a chance at the cup.
I'm just happy they don't have to all the time now.
How is that raising his level? That's just his regular level. Below actually.
I just don't understand why this team cant get up for a big game. Year after year they just always come out flat. A lot of things have come and gone while the captain is still the same. Is OV part of this problem?
name me one foreign captain who won the cup
Zdeno Chara and Nicklas Lidstrom. I don't see what citizenship has to do with winning the Stanley Cup.
nice find, that boston team had seidenberg, chara+2 chechz in it.
let me help you to see that citizenship has something to do with winning or losing the stanley cup.
merging as a team has something to do with winning. i think thats pretty clear to all people.
its easier to merge with same cultural background. wouldnt you agree ? so most of the time the citizenship dictates the cultural back round. its not about simply learning the language... it may be ok for a 0815 job but to lead as a foreigner u have to adapt more than that if u expect a team full of different people to follow you.
lets look at ovechkins adaptation to the us
- lived or lives most of his time with his parents in the us
- his agents are his parents
- he dates only russian woman, currently married to some model or something
- goes "home" to moscow every year
in my opinion he is divided by his homeland culture where he is himself (off the ice), that he didnt exchange while living over 10 years in the us, i think as a normal person you would do that. in the culture change he has to captain a nhl club full of north americans.
ovechkin didnt really fail as a hockey player, he just failed as a captain of an nhl club. its an every day job, not just as long as the season goes.
nice find, that boston team had seidenberg, chara+2 chechz in it.
let me help you to see that citizenship has something to do with winning or losing the stanley cup.
merging as a team has something to do with winning. i think thats pretty clear to all people.
its easier to merge with same cultural background. wouldnt you agree ? so most of the time the citizenship dictates the cultural back round. its not about simply learning the language... it may be ok for a 0815 job but to lead as a foreigner u have to adapt more than that if u expect a team full of different people to follow you.
lets look at ovechkins adaptation to the us
- lived or lives most of his time with his parents in the us
- his agents are his parents
- he dates only russian woman, currently married to some model or something
- goes "home" to moscow every year
in my opinion he is divided by his homeland culture where he is himself (off the ice), that he didnt exchange while living over 10 years in the us, i think as a normal person you would do that. in the culture change he has to captain a nhl club full of north americans.
ovechkin didnt really fail as a hockey player, he just failed as a captain of an nhl club. its an every day job, not just as long as the season goes.
This Russian dude carried his team to the Stanley Cup. His English is barely understandable, he also lived with his parents for a while and home is the city of Magnitogorsk.
Crosby pulls hair, acts like a poor sport, whines, and deliberately hits people in the nuts with his stick from behind.
This is leadership. Huh.