I laughed.

Mainstream media is clueless. NHL teams aren

Let the focus go elsewhere now. Speculate amongst yourselves.

Read this now.

This is unbelievable, ratting out a friend.

This is so wrong on so many levels. OFB gets a black eye on this one I believe.

I find many in the press – and in the Canadian press – hypocritical, uninformed and pretty damned lazy to boot.

I find many in the press – and in the Canadian press – hypocritical, uninformed and pretty damned lazy to boot. Wasn’t it the Canadian press that was writing that Alex deserved to be playing on a Canadian team and that they could afford to pay him record setting amounts of money and within very long term contracts because of the strength of the Canadian dollar? Wasn’t it the Canadian press that was salivating over the prospect of offer sheets in the off season to a restricted free agent? And has anyone looked at our salary cap numbers to see what we have in room to keep and re-sign our young players of late? Isn

Here is more acclaim for our film.

As I said, Alex Ovechkin will be a Washington Capital for a long, long time. Thanks to our front office and to Alex and his family for crafting this unique, one of a kind agreement that secures Alex’s services to us for a 13 year period. In time, I believe this deal will look reasonable and fair and affordable as the NHL salary cap continues to increase.

As I said, Alex Ovechkin will be a Washington Capital for a long, long time. Thanks to our front office and to Alex and his family for crafting this unique, one of a kind agreement that secures Alex’s services to us for a 13 year period. In time, I believe this deal will look reasonable and fair and affordable as the NHL salary cap continues to increase. I will be commenting on the deal; the mass hysteria created by the blogosphere; and some in the media as we negotiated the deal in the coming days. But suffice to say – for now – we have a deal and Alex will be a Washington Capital for a long, long time as promised. And for those of you who thought he wouldn’t be here…how do you like those apples?

Nice…