It was a great gesture last night by Alex Ovechkin to thank Nicklas Backstrom for all of his help in making Alex the MVP of the NHL. We all saw Nicklas and his family last night and it is great to see how close Alex and Nicklas are as teammates and as friends. They have become true brothers in arms.
Tags: Alex Ovechkin, Hockey, NHL Awards, Nicklas Backstrom, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Capitals
Give Backstrom a key to the city too !!!!!
Backstrom is wonderful. Was sad he didn’t win … but we all know how good he is and WE (your organization and the fans) love him!!
It is a shame that this season, like 2 seasons ago, there was more than one rookie who would normally win rookie of the year (two years ago Malkin won… it wasn’t close.) This year there were four candidates who would have won in a normal year (Kane, Backstrom, Toews and Corey Price in Montreal). But like 2006 (with Ovie, Crosby and Phaneuff) only one can win…
Now it’s up to Nick to prove the voters wrong and be a better player than Patrick Kane… which will be tough as Kane is a helluva player. But if he can take that as the challenge, then watch out.
Oh, and in 2009, the Caps already have a preseason pick for the Calder in Karl Alzner…this kid is going to be dynamite.