Yeah, let's get rid of all our homegrown talent! Who needs fantastic skating ability, a shot that can score goals every time it leaves the stick, or creativity on the ice? They're not perfect so get rid of them -- we need moar Erskines, Laichs, and Brouwers!
A shot that can score goals every time it leaves his stick? Are you high?
Ovechkin ANNUALLY leads the league in shots on goal. He shoots more than anyone in the league by a WIDE margin. I've long said that if you give a 4th line grinder as many shots as Ovie takes per year then he would score just as much as ovie does, maybe even more.
2013-2014 - led league with 386 shots, next highest was 313, #64 in S%
2012-2013 - led league with 220 shots, next highest was 190. #50 in S%
2011-2012 - #6 ranked with 303 shots, leader was Malkin with 339. #85 in S%
2010-2011 - led league with 367 shots, next highest was 347. #216 in S%
2009-2010 - led league with 368 shots, next highest was 347. #50 in S%
2008-2009 - led league with 528 shots, next highest was 372. #155 in S%
2007-2008 - led league with 446 shots, next highest was 358. #47 in S%
2006-2007 - led league with 392 shots, next highest was 351. #136 in S%
2005-2006 - led league with 425 shots, next highest was 368. #127 in S%
Since 1997-1998, the 400 shot mark has only been surpassed 4 times. Ovie has 3 of those 4 times. Suprisingly, Kariya was the other one in 1998-1999 with 429.
As you can see above, Ovechkin has only finished in the top 50 in S% once in his career, and that was a 47th overall finish, despite leading the league in shots every year but one. To say he scores "every time the puck leaves his stick" is quite untrue.
As for your "lets get rid of all our homegrown talent" remark........
I'm perfectly fine with other "homegrown talent" we have in Backstrom, Mojo, Carlzner, Holtby, and Wilson as a core group.
The problem with Ovie/Semin/Green is that they frankly are not team players. They all chase the personal glory/stats over the greater good of the team. If you told Ovechkin he would only be allowed to take 250 shots in a season, but in exchange for that change in shot totals his team would win the cup.....I think he would ask for a trade!
So many of you hockey "fans" in DC are blinded by his celebrity. Take a dive into his stats and you'll see he is quite an overrated player.
***** Edit to fix a few spelling errors.