No point in discussing further. One player can't win games. He didn't even guarantee a win. Arguing over pointless ****. I guess Ovi haters have to hate on something he does/says.
Ovechkin guarantees game 7 win vs NYR
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Alexander the Gr8
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If he was invisible, then what the hell is Brouwer or Backstrom ? Inexistent ?
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Can't blame him for saying his team was going to win, I'm sure it didn't effect the outcome of the game anyways. He was decent in the playoffs this year, just couldn't quite get on the board enough in the last 5 games.
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Q: Do you think you can win?
A: Yes. I believe my team can win the game.
Fan response: TERRIBLE CAPTAIN! TOO COCKY! STONE HIM!
Alternate:
Q: Do you think you can win?
A: Anything can happen.
Fan Response: TERRIBLE CAPTAIN! NO CONFIDENCE! STONE HIM!
A: Yes. I believe my team can win the game.
Fan response: TERRIBLE CAPTAIN! TOO COCKY! STONE HIM!
Alternate:
Q: Do you think you can win?
A: Anything can happen.
Fan Response: TERRIBLE CAPTAIN! NO CONFIDENCE! STONE HIM!
Yep. I love Ovie and I loved the comment but his game tonight was a Phil Kessel impersonation he scored one goal and people will think it was enough to make up for his atrocious play the rest of the night his line was the only one spending time in the Caps end in OT and they spent alot of it! Absolutely ****ing hemmed then a terrible giveaway. He didn't come close to playing well enough.
Backstrom is overrated as ****. I was saying this all year and he let the team down in a massive way tonight. People were content to call him a top 10 player in the league all year ranking ahead of or with Toews, Tavares, Giroux in every mention it's ridiculous I take any of those players 100 times out of 100.
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People crying over stuff like this is the reason we almost exclusively get ready-made answers in interviews.
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Also, I have no qualms with what he said. I have more issues with the Media making it out to be this huge thing.
One of the first things CBC asked McDonough (think it was him) after winning was "was Ovechkin's guarantee bulletin board material". So annoying.
But I still chuckle now in hindsight.
Ovechkin played well. Not great, but I noticed him playing responsible hockey and buying into his teams defence first system many times tonight. Only huge mistake was that giveaway in OT.
I will say this though. He was bad throughout the series at getting his line mates the puck. Some of that was the Rangers clogging the middle, but he was not good at distributing the puck this series.
One of the first things CBC asked McDonough (think it was him) after winning was "was Ovechkin's guarantee bulletin board material". So annoying.
But I still chuckle now in hindsight.
Ovechkin played well. Not great, but I noticed him playing responsible hockey and buying into his teams defence first system many times tonight. Only huge mistake was that giveaway in OT.
I will say this though. He was bad throughout the series at getting his line mates the puck. Some of that was the Rangers clogging the middle, but he was not good at distributing the puck this series.
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No, the better team won the game. Them's the breaks. "Ovechkin fought valiantly, Ovechkin fought nobly, Ovechkin fought honorably. And Ovechkin lost."
Why? You think this actually made a difference? A difference greater than Mike Green taking the dumbest penalty in the world moments after the Caps killed off another dumb Mike Green penalty? You think it made the Rangers try harder than they were going to try anyway? You think the Ranger guys have never been interviewed and didn't know what the context of that quote was? You think it was the difference in overtime? So, tell me just what effect did you think it had?
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So ****ing true.
.The hockey media just fabricate these attention-grabbing headlines.....practically hijacked the series with this total non-story, based off an honest answer given in an interview.
Had the Caps won, would Ovy have received half the treatment bestowed upon Messier, all those years ago? Doubt it.
Seriously. If the Rangers needed to look elsewhere for motivation and incentive to win the Stanley Cup, I'm not liking their chances against Tampa.
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How so?
First year under new coach. Two new young contributors in Kuzy and Bura. Off season is more likely trimming the fat then any huge losses (Mike Green).
I see no reason why this team won't potentially be better next year. Only major concern is how Brooks Orpik ages.
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If you look at the history between these two teams in these situations the Caps had no chance.
He had to try to do something to spark his team, so I wouldn't be too hard on him.
He had to try to do something to spark his team, so I wouldn't be too hard on him.
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Certainly the History is alarming, but this logic makes no sense. Who ever played the better 60 minutes (or 70 something) won the game. How people could tie the outcome of this game to past teams of which none of the players participated in the game tonight is funny. Yep how bout them '87 Caps?
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I don't know, I just had the feeling once the Rangers won game 5 the Caps were done, considering past series with the Caps.
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GrandmaSlices51631
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It wasn't a personal attack. Just heard a lot of that this week. I get what you're saying about having that gut feeling. I think this is almost as bad as the Sharks losing 4 straight to LA last year since it was in the 2nd Round and they were that much closer to the big dance.
That was a different situation as Ottawa was down 3-1 and getting dominated by Pittsburgh. In the 2003/04 season, Alfie took it a step further than Ovechkin, guaranteeing that the Sens would win the Cup. They obviously did not win, and people have long forgotten about that. The same thing will happen here, it will pass.
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