Where do YOU want Ovechkin to play?

[me2]

Realistically

Pittsburg. Its got to be Pittsburg because they have the greatest need of a draw card player. Fluery could be great but people go to games to see Mario and Gretzky wow plays, not Broduer and Hasek wow plays. If they don't get an offensive superstar they are just going to go bust and be the Portland Penguins when Mario retires.


Otherwise I'd love to see him on an offensive team that plays the game the way it should be.

 

[SmokeyClause]

Nashville or Pittsburgh.

I kinda feel Atlanta and Florida have already had their go.

I think it's Nashville over everyone else. They are the only expansion team that doesn't have a future gamebreaker. Pitt has Fluery, Columbus has Nash, and so forth.

 

[Ausburgh]

What is this a trick question???


PITTSBURGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LHJMQ MASTER]

I think he should go to Edmonton or to Vancouver. Put him ryan smith and they'll never loss. put him with the twins in vancouver and unstopable. although For Vancouver to get him they'd probly have to give up the twins.

 

[nomorekids]

I think he should go to Edmonton or to Vancouver. Put him ryan smith and they'll never loss. put him with the twins in vancouver and unstopable. although For Vancouver to get him they'd probly have to give up the twins.

and they'd be stupid not to, if they had the chance...but you won't find a team in the league that would trade ovechkin for the sedins.

 

[Fedz]

Canuks- That would be awsome

Why? The Canucks would let him stay in russia one year, he'd come here, play second line, with the sedins, then after his 3 year contract he'd hold out for some ludcicrous amount of money. Although the CBA is coming...Hmmmm....

 

[Jeffrey]

Pittsburgh I would be happy for their real dedicated fans ...
Edmonton .. They are always giving chance for youth guns..
Montreal .. he will (I hope) turn the franchise around and put us on the good track ...

 

[ShootOut]

Either Buffalo or Pittsburgh, with a preference towards the latter.

Both teams fill their arena when given a winning team.

 

[kruezer]

Calgary or the Bolts, though there is no chance for Tampa to get him and I really hope Calgary doesn't have a chance at getting him (as weird as that may sound).

That is assuming the team who gets the 1st picks doesn't trade it (cause they'd be crazy if they did)

 

[Epsilon]

In a perfect world I can picture Ovechkin blazing down the ice wearing the winged wheel on Pavel Datsyuk's wing.

I guess I will have to be satisfied watching that pairing on Russian national teams for year to come. How about a Kovalchuk-Datsyuk-Ovechkin line at the World Cup?

 

[Absolut]

In a perfect world I can picture Ovechkin blazing down the ice wearing the winged wheel on Pavel Datsyuk's wing.

I guess I will have to be satisfied watching that pairing on Russian national teams for year to come. How about a Kovalchuk-Datsyuk-Ovechkin line at the World Cup?

I have an easy solution for you. Wings trade Datsyuk to Atlanta for eh... Patty Stefan , tank the rest of the season, and viola - Ovechkin is theirs. Hey, it can happen. The Wings got rid of all their Russians already; who's to say Datsyuk is not the next one to go? He may be young and talented, but so is Patty (supposedly :p).

 

[nomorekids]

the wings can get ovechkin...

...in 20 years.

 

[Vagrant]

Well, the only reason i'd hate to see Ovechkin land in Pittsburgh is because he wouldn't have very much support and it would be pretty hard to generate offense like we know he probably will without any help. Penguins fans will probably jump all over me for that, but there really isn't that much established talent there anymore.

Besides him playing with Eric Staal in Carolina, which would be fantastic, I would love to see him land on the Nashville Preds. This is a good young team and i'm thinking with Legwand and Upshall and the goaltending that team has that he could really push them over the top.

 

[Oiler94]

Ofcourse I'll say Edmonton because that's my hometown, but if I were to pick another team in the league, it'd be Atlanta, just to see how he'd do with Ilya.

 

[Bobby Orr's Knees]

It'd be awesome to see Ovechkin in Atlanta, with Kovalchuk and Heatley.

Nashville would be my second choice. It's a new market, and people in Nashville seem to be pretty excited about their franchise.

I would like to see him in a big city where he is visible, but with a young franchise where he can make an impact. Like Kovalchuk in Atlanta. If Rangers drafted Ilya, he'd be warming the bench; if he went to Columbus, he wouldn't have the exposure.

 

[Jovavic]

I would like to see him in a big city where he is visible, but with a young franchise where he can make an impact. Like Kovalchuk in Atlanta. If Rangers drafted Ilya, he'd be warming the bench; if he went to Columbus, he wouldn't have the exposure.

How wouldn't he be getting any exposure in Columbus? Playing on a line with Nash and Zherdev next season would bring him and the team the exposure the team deserves.

 

[Foppa_Rules]

I think Atlanta would be a really good place for him. It's gotta be a place where he can develop properly. Minnesota might be a good place but the trap might sqeeze off his offense a bit. But I doubt Minnesota will miss the playoffs anyway. I think he should go to a young expansion team. They wouldn't have too much pressure on them.

 

[John Flyers Fan]

Blackhawks.

God knows those fans have suffered enough.

 

[Foppa_Rules]

He's got to go to a good team. If he goes to a junk team he may never reach his full potential.

 

[nomorekids]

hm, you make a good point there.

in fact, i move that...from now on...in addition to fighting for the stanley cup...teams shall fight for the first draft pick! that way...all of the GOOD players will go to teams that are ALREADY good....and really get their chance to shine! why didn't anyone think of this earlier?

 

[MLH]

Not Atlanta, Nashville, Carolina, Tampa etc.. I hope he goes to a hockey city. Edmonton or Montreal.

 

[nomorekids]

Not Atlanta, Nashville, Carolina, Tampa etc.. I hope he goes to a hockey city. Edmonton or Montreal.

well, there's no chance of these cities BECOMING hockey cities, if they don't get top end talent consistently. it's not like you're talking about a canadian pride posterboy here. this is a russian scorer. it makes no statement to have him play for edmonton or montreal...or any US city. he goes to the team that, through the draft process, needs him the most. please refrain from ignorant, nationalistic comments in the future.

 

[icarus]

He's got to go to a good team. If he goes to a junk team he may never reach his full potential.

Yeah, look what happened to Mario.

 

[dem]

Calgary

Yes im an Oilers fan.. but come on.. someone needs to save that team. :p

 

[pb1300]

Florida!

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