Thursday, December 04, 2008

A tremor in the force...


Given that there are seven other guys who almost certainly won't dress for tonight's game against the Islanders who did dress for opening night, even a one percent chance Ovechkin won't suit up is cause for skipped heartbeats in Caps Nation. Why? Well, if Ovechkin were to sit out, your top goal scorer heading into tonight's game would be...



3 comments:

tim :) said...

And then you realize he's tied with Malkin, Richards, Lecavalier, and Getzlaf for goals, and it doesn't seem all that bad.

The Peerless said...

He has had a nice year...it just seemed something of a jolt to see him that far up the team rankings

Anonymous said...

I beg to differ if I may, being new to your awesome news site...

He either led the team in goals in the preseason or was 2nd at the worst and he really hasn't let off the gas too much when the games counted. There are murmurs at the Phone Booth that he reminds some of the older fans of Peter Bondra before he became Bonzai the 50-goal scorer. That's a nice comparison...

"Great, kid, now don't get cocky!"

Lee