The Noon Number

by J.P. on Apr 11, 2011 12:00 PM EDT in The Noon Number

1.43 - Alex Ovechkin's career points-per-game in the playoffs, highest among active players and fourth all-time among players with at least ten post-season games played. Additionally, Ovechkin's 0.71 goals per playoff game is the highest goal-scoring rate in NHL playoff history.

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Now time for Sacha to step up with him. Big time.

by DChockey08 on Apr 11, 2011 12:12 PM EDT reply actions

Four new posts plus two fanshots before lunch. JP, you do know that the Federal Government wasn’t shut down, right?

"I remembered when he said that and I kind of looked at him during the warm up and told myself that I got to shut these guys out tonight." - Michal Neuvirth, 02.06.11.

by bagace on Apr 11, 2011 12:13 PM EDT reply actions

Mmm, i’ll have me a big helping of that this postseason if you please.

The safe word will be "hwiskey"

by kschaeff on Apr 11, 2011 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

We’ll see how this holds up over his career. But no one can say Ovie hasn’t showed up for the 2nd season.

Bruce Boudreau when asked about Brooks Laich's return to the lineup, he said: "He just adds another dimension to our team. If it was puzzle, he just fits that thing. He completes us."

Brooks Laich completing everything from teams to tires and everything in between.

by breaklance on Apr 11, 2011 12:16 PM EDT reply actions

They can say it… and have. They’ll just be wrong.

But still.. where did the lighter fluid come from?

by Ridley me this on Apr 11, 2011 12:16 PM EDT reply actions

Ovie’s just a playoff choker. worst leader of all time.

/pens fan’d

by aaw6848 on Apr 11, 2011 12:17 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

Hopefully he’ll score ’em when it matters most this year…

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by fat_daddyo on Apr 11, 2011 12:28 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, his stats looked better than his play last year. Not in other years though.

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by Rainbow, Kitty, Beer on Apr 11, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Jason Arnott on No. 8:

"I really didn’t think that he wanted to win as much as he does. I guess there’s a judgment placed on either European players or Russian players, that they play hard but do they really want to win, to win the Stanley Cup? It’s bad to put that on them, but that’s kind of the perception that we get.

"And I knew nothing about Ovi, just from playing against him that he comes to compete every single night and he plays as hard as as he can every single night. But just by talking to him and hanging out with him as much as I can, this guy really really really wants to win….This guy really wants to win, and that impressed me a lot."

"You do that you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free."

by LucyImHome on Apr 11, 2011 12:35 PM EDT reply actions

Semin wants to win too!

Im ready for the curl and drag….You cant hold him down forever.

by SA-Town on Apr 11, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Seabass is #8 on that G/G list!

WOOO Gotta love Cam

by Brainumbc on Apr 11, 2011 12:45 PM EDT reply actions

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"You do that you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free."

by LucyImHome on Apr 11, 2011 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Of course, ask a Pens fan and they’ll tell you AO’s numbers are only good because they’ve only played first round opposition. Crosby has higher first round playoff numbers!

First Round Exit! (Clap Clap ClapClapClap) First Round Exit!

by Rob Parker on Apr 11, 2011 1:31 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Hope he has good 1st round numbers…he had a much better SCF series the year they lost to Detroit than the year they won. I think his numbers are something like 3/6/9 -2 in 13 career Finals games. Guess we won’t be able to compare until we ever get there.

Everything ends badly...otherwise it wouldn't end.

by Davethecapsfan on Apr 11, 2011 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Pens Fans

are always going to bring this up. When we started picking up the pace at the WC and it looked pretty much over for the Pens… “No Stanley Cups! No Stanley Cups!”

by RVA Andy on Apr 11, 2011 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Even if Washington wins the Cup soon, other fans, mostly Pens, will just trade off and point to the Olympics (which is pretty ridiculous when you look at Team Canada). They need something.

Ah, beer. The cause of and the solution to all of life’s problems. - Homer Simpson

by jaytown99 on Apr 11, 2011 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Disagree…there will just be bitterness and grudging acceptance if we win one. At that point, there will be little to no arguments left about our Captain.

Everything ends badly...otherwise it wouldn't end.

by Davethecapsfan on Apr 11, 2011 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Will that really matter? They can be irrational when they want to be.

Ah, beer. The cause of and the solution to all of life’s problems. - Homer Simpson

by jaytown99 on Apr 11, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I doubt this very much. Having been to Pittsburgh for the WC and for another weekend this year, I can say they never stop talking trash about the Captain. Plenty of you guys saw the Ovechkin t-shirt in dictionary definition style. it made sense to see those at the WC, but I watched two different street vendors sell half a dozen at the end of March. Pens fans LOVE talking trash.

by RVA Andy on Apr 11, 2011 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Sure they do. But just like most (objective) Caps fans eased up on trashing Crosby once the Pens beat the Caps and won the cup, most like-minded Pens fans will do the same. But there are plenty on both sides that will never be able to admit the other is simply a great player that we are lucky to have the chance to see in his prime.

by grapejoos on Apr 11, 2011 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

This…but let’s for argument sake say we were to go on and win the Cup and Ovie wins the Conn Smythe. What is there left to get on him about? He’ll have more regular season honors, more postseason honors, same number of Cups. His playoff numbers to date speak for themselves, even if you think they are better than his play (I am not in that camp).

there will always be haters, but most of the rational fans will have to at least grudgingly give him and the team credit for doing what they always claim we haven’t…win the Cup.

Only thing left to do is go out and actually do it.

Everything ends badly...otherwise it wouldn't end.

by Davethecapsfan on Apr 11, 2011 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

No, they’ll still use the Olympics against him. They already do, and it won’t stop.

Matt Bradley: He has sensitive skin, no?

by timmyv38 on Apr 11, 2011 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Even with a better coach for Team Russia, that Canadian team was so stacked it was ridiculous.

Everything ends badly...otherwise it wouldn't end.

by Davethecapsfan on Apr 11, 2011 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Very true. Doesn’t stop Pens fans though.

Matt Bradley: He has sensitive skin, no?

by timmyv38 on Apr 11, 2011 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions

People interpret evidence based on their predisposition to it. They’ll see it how they want to see it.

Ah, beer. The cause of and the solution to all of life’s problems. - Homer Simpson

by jaytown99 on Apr 11, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Confirmation bias. A worthy runner up to entropy when it comes to universal laws.

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by winterion on Apr 11, 2011 4:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Now if we can just get that to translate in to a Cup.

I really don’t care what his numbers are. I don’t really care what the Caps numbers are. I really do care about what they do from here on in. This is what it is all about. Nothing else matters. Nothing else is even relevant. The Cup is all that matters now. That is what this team is going to be judged by.

by Patriots12 on Apr 11, 2011 5:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs