David said:
Ovechkin quit on his team. It's as pure and simple as that.
Name me one quality individual that has quit on his team during an important Championship, let alone in the Championship game, in the last 30 years...and I said 'quality' individual so that doesn't include clowns like Shayne Corson...
You're comparing a player leaving a game thanks to dominant opposition to a player with issues.
That says it all about your lack of perspective.
I don't know what Oiler incident you are refering to. I honestly don't remember you. I just know that on this thread, you are making assumptions that differ from what the game was like.
Canada's game plan was obviously to contain Ovechkin. They did it very well and deserve the credit. Putting young players under huge microscopes and overly criticizing them by making all sorts of fantasy assumptions is sad and Pejorative Slured.
Players get injured and leave the game all the time. Happens a lot. But athletes are under a microscope, damn if you do, damn if you don't. At one point, you have to give players some slack and the internet, with roaming venemous kids who like to take shots at every player has made that impossible.
I'm sorry, but I have to laugh at the notion Ovechkin cowared back to his dressing room, choking under pressure and afraid. He's played in events that have made a much bigger impression on him. The reality is, he was at the center of the game plan and Canada pulled it off well. Don't blame Ovechkin for leaving. Give Canada the credit they deserve. Being hit by Canada all night is no fun. It just happen they got him good and he left.
Players leave games all the time. From tough Ds like Jackman to wingers like Satan to stars like Pronger to legends like Yzerman. Mike Richards is heart and soul as they come, and I don't see you fanboys calling him a quiter. People leave games. Now, I don't know what the extent of the injury is but with the score and the way the team played, I wouldn't have sent him back either. I garantee had he taken a few more shifts, he would have been toast and WOULD have required surgery.
We had big, gritty, mature players and we dominated the Russians, Ovechkin included. That's pretty much the end of the story. This is Canada's game and at that level, especially this year, the deck was stacked in our favor. Brent Sutter prepared this team well and Ovechkin lost this one. There's always losers in hockey. But people always have to make a bigger deal out of this than it really is and ascribe choking/quitting labels to anything that doesn't win.
Your behavior is totally ridiculous and very much following that trend.
and a pretty good one at that! 
