Alex Ovechkin to Miss 4-5 Weeks? Not So Fast...
by J.P. on Nov 8, 2009 5:53 PM EST
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Earlier this afternoon, Puck Daddy's Dmitry Chesnokov published an interview in which injured Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin was quoted as saying that he "will miss 4-5 weeks."
Per a team spokesman, however, "The Washington Capitals dispute the validity of this report."
Stay tuned.
Update (9/9, 1:15 PM): Per @cmasisak 22, "Ovechkin says he feels better today and only hopes to be out a week. He says he was joking Saturday."
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Oh snap.
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Nov 8, 2009 5:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yes, it is getting absurd. If I’m reading all the news correctly, the team seems to be much more optimistic about Ovi’s chances of coming back than Ovi himself is.
by CapsFan75 on Nov 8, 2009 6:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
JP, out of curiosity, did this team spokesman contact you directly to dispute the report? Or, if not, how’d they announce this?
by sixsevenfiftysix on Nov 8, 2009 6:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
it showed as an update at 6:45 on the puck daddy article.
by DonCaps819 on Nov 8, 2009 6:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This post was up far before that though.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Nov 8, 2009 7:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yes, yes it was. I dunno. They talked about it on Sportsnite, and Russ Thaler said that Chesnokov isnt sure what could be disputed as he has the entire interview on tape. FWIW.
by DonCaps819 on Nov 8, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I contacted the team and they gave me the quote.
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by J.P. on Nov 8, 2009 8:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Inside info, just for the elite, eh?
Wonderful!
"And next year it will be ours."
by Ovechwin on Nov 8, 2009 8:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, until everyone else got it, at least.
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by J.P. on Nov 8, 2009 9:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Name drop. Do it.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 8, 2009 11:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He hasn’t had surgery yet so I’m more optimistic. Take as much time as you need, Alex.
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
by hotdog88gt on Nov 8, 2009 6:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
He’d still play 50 games this season. I doubt anyone gets upset over missing games.
by TFG on Nov 8, 2009 7:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
50 in 50 = 50 goals in the team’s first 50 games, whether the individual player plays all 50 or none.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Nov 8, 2009 7:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I’m pretty sure if he were to knock out 50 goals in 50 games played, no one’s gonna get pissy about it not being the team’s first 50.
by TFG on Nov 8, 2009 7:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I mean, sure, but when you hear people talking about how there are only five members of the 50-in-50 club or things like that, that’s only counting people who met the requirements above. The NHL only recognizes it if it’s in the team’s first 50 games.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Nov 8, 2009 8:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
id take the productivity over the title anyday.
I don't know shit about baseball.
by oVecKid on Nov 8, 2009 8:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
you, sir, are not right today.
I’d prefer the Cup over individual awards!
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Nov 8, 2009 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i meant the title of 50 in 50. Sorry for the confusion.
I don't know shit about baseball.
by oVecKid on Nov 8, 2009 8:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oh my bad….didn’t mean to throw you down. i wasn’t following the convo close enuf
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Nov 8, 2009 10:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No bigs.
I don't know shit about baseball.
by oVecKid on Nov 8, 2009 11:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair, it’s a false dichotomy though. We’d all rather obviously have the productivity over the title, but if the choice is “the productivity” or “the productivity AND the title”, then obviously we would prefer the latter. Yes, individual achievements are nothing compared to the Cup, and nothing should be done to compromise our Cup chances, but individual achievements are a source of pride for our team and scoring fifty in fifty wouldn’t make us any less likely to get a Cup.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Nov 8, 2009 8:34 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Well you can look at it one of two ways; you can torch Dmitry for putting that in without a better context (or not reading dry humor into things), or you can torch AO for crapping over what the team wants to accomplish vis a vis the injury reports, timelines, etc.
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by Bald Pollack on Nov 8, 2009 7:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
What’s killer about all of this is that the team had the day off, so you assume staff was off also. Instead, they have to go put out the fire.
by gfcaps fan on Nov 8, 2009 7:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
From Tarik:
The Caps have issued the following statement in response to a Yahoo! Sports interview quoting Alex Ovechkin as saying he expects to miss 4-5 weeks: “The Washington Capitals dispute the validity of this report.”
The timeline suggested in the interview, I’m told by a team official, is not accurate. The Caps hope Ovechkin can return sooner, though it’s not possible to determine an exact time frame based on the diagnosis.
Ovechkin suffered a strain near his left (non-shooting) shoulder last Sunday. He’s officially listed by the team as week to week.
by DonCaps819 on Nov 8, 2009 7:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That’s good that they’re now saying “it shouldn’t be that long” rather than just “that is not accurate”. With as quick as they came down on it, I was afraid they were trying to keep us from getting our hopes up.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Nov 8, 2009 8:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“Non-shooting” shoulder? When did Ovechkin start shooting pucks one-handed?
…just teasing.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Nov 8, 2009 8:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that he has three shoulders is secretly the explanation for his abnormal hockey skills.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 8, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
16 in the spring would be nice… wins that is.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Nov 8, 2009 7:59 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
F* this. I wanna know when Jeff Schultz is coming back. Why isn’t there a daily story on that? Why isn’t AP guessing/making up headlines about Sarge? Can’t we send someone who speaks Canadian after 55 to get the skinny?
by TylerG on Nov 8, 2009 8:32 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
Oh, whatever. He’ll get back when he gets back and hopefully when he is 100% healthy and not before. I still say him being out in the short term is a good thing for the team’s confidence and a good learning experience for them.
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by gotsparkly on Nov 8, 2009 8:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Ovechkin’s a lying liar! I don’t think I can be a fan anymore.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Nov 8, 2009 9:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the Caps tooled the Panthers in one period last night, but long-term without Ovechkin, I have serious doubts as to whether this team can perform, especially with Semin off his game. This is seriously worrisome. The Caps are not a one-man team, but that one-man makes a decent middle of the pack team into a league leader.
by katzistan on Nov 8, 2009 9:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Sooner or later, Semin has to find his game.
by CapsFan75 on Nov 8, 2009 10:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
OR!!!
Some of the role players on the team can step it up and take more responsibility…
by JustJeff on Nov 9, 2009 12:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
well, i don’t think I’d call Flash a role player, but he’s definitely doing his part
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Nov 9, 2009 7:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Semin will find his game. He’s in a slump but it’s not going to last forever. The Caps are a good enough team to hang around .500 without Ovie. In this division, they’ll be ok and maybe even learn some things about winning as a team in the process.
Unless everyone else gets hurt too, of course. As long as Ovie’s timetable is weeks and not months, no need to panic.
by grapejoos on Nov 9, 2009 1:02 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Could it be that the Caps are trying to sell single game tickets, and a lot of people might prefer to buy a game where Ovechkin plays.
So if its announced that its 4-5 weeks w/o Ovechkin, that’s a lot less tickets they are going to sell to those games.
Keep it ambiguous, and you sell more tickets.
by Stormblue on Nov 8, 2009 10:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
So that means that Caps will sell more single game tickets for later in the year than earlier. (And all the season ticket holders who have tickets they want to unload for games in November or December will have a tough time of it.
by CapsFan75 on Nov 8, 2009 10:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, because every game is sold out already.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
by Fehr and Balanced on Nov 8, 2009 11:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Using the title bar is tipping your snark.
by Knee high to a duck on Nov 8, 2009 11:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought there were a few single game tickets left.
by CapsFan75 on Nov 9, 2009 6:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
safest to assume snark first around here, CF75.
by Natty Bumppo on Nov 9, 2009 1:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
4/5 weeks isn’t a bad thing. It’ll make this team learn to win without him. We’ll be able to put him on LTIR.
This aint a bad thing.
by vt caps fan on Nov 8, 2009 10:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
The Phonebooth was full, and LOUD last night. On a night the fans knew full well they would not see AO, Gangsta, or Sarge.
Yay Caps Nation!
IS PЯESS BOX NOW
by Your Nation's Capital on Nov 8, 2009 10:37 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
the couple sitting next to me on Saturday were from New England and down in DC for something else, and bought tickets when they went on sale to see Ovie. They left dazzled by the fact that the Caps could still pour on 7 goals without him. “Damn good hockey team” one of them said.
by RedBirdie on Nov 9, 2009 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
More fuel for the fire. http://www.twitvid.com/569DB
by gfcaps fan on Nov 9, 2009 11:57 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I hope some idiot in my fantasy league drops him or lets me trade Rick Nash for him or something.
by red army line on Nov 9, 2009 1:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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