11,976 – Number of days since Alex Ovechkin was born (otherwise known as 32 years, 288 days). Ovechkin is the oldest Capital under contract, but the third-youngest “team’s oldest player” in the League, behind Brandon Dubinsky in Columbus (32 years, 64 days) and Carl Söderberg in Colorado (32 years, 263 days).
Alas, this stuff seems like it was just yesterday:
Time marches on…