Tag Archives: Alex Ovechkin

Thud

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Another tough and poor performance by us in Winnipeg.

After going up 1 to 0; we allow 4 goals against – 3 in a four minute time frame. We lose 4 to 1.

After sifting through a lot of noise – and focusing on signal; for us it usually comes down to:

How well is our core group performing; how are Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green and Alex Semin contributing to the team performance? They are still the straws the stir the drink. Semin scored one goal last night – Mike Green is still at home, sad to say.

How well are we playing on special teams? Our power play – is it contributing? We are zero for a long time now on the power play. Zero for five last night.

How well are we killing off penalties; we didn’t kill off enough last night. The Jets scored twice.

We have work to do. It is shocking to see we are til tied for the lead in the division at 10-6 and 1. Onward to Toronto. Thank you for your emails over night; I appreciate them all.

Number 68

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That was the number of the suite the Flyers provided me at the game last night – ironic, no?

That was a fun game – an intense game – a game that we all wanted to see.

We played well after going down 1 to 0. I was happy to see Alex Ovechkin score 2 goals; see highlights within.

We are now 6 and 0.

Not a lot more needs to be said for the moment. Go Caps. See you all Saturday night as we face off against the Detroit Red Wings.

Another Great Article on Failure

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Fail to succeed. Without risk there is no upside. Celebrate mistakes when you take the positive from them.

Be happy and you will be successful.

Learn from the experiences.

There is no such thing as an overnight success.

“We love the company” is a great line here.

I saw a fan the other day yelling at Alex Ovechkin at a game. He was standing up and using his thumb and second finger and forming an “L” and yelling “Loser.” Alex was in the penalty box.

“We love the company” came to mind.

Failure drives some great people. See this article. Embrace it and bounce back. Thank you.

Thank You Number 8′s

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This is a funny article.

Alex Ovechkin wears number 8. Cal Ripken wore number 8. In fact, they both do charity work under the “Great 8″ umbrella. They have great respect for one another and have become friends. There are zero issues here. Zero. I know Cal well. We have been friends for a long time. He is a great man and a great philanthropist in his own right. He is the best of the best.

Alex threw out the first pitch at a Baltimore Orioles game last night and took some batting practice tips. He loves baseball events and helping us to expand the game of hockey to all audiences and support our outreach in Baltimore. We play a preseason game as you all know in Baltimore next week.

Isn’t that great? Thank you Alex, the hardest working man in hockey and the hardest working man in show biz.

We are really appreciative to our players for helping us promote the game; the team; and to showcase what terrific people we have in the NHL. The Friday night before camp opens and Alex is in Baltimore helping us to help the game of hockey. He came to camp very early; has been the first one on the ice; and is ripped and in great shape with new equipment. He is ready to go.

The volunteer work for our community that is done by our players and staff is spectacular and I am grateful. This was a fun night for Alex and O’s fans and a “good pitch just a bit outside”.

A Good Ongoing Series

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Peerless is writing good stuff; good analysis here.

We do have a core of young players that we started the rebuild around; ” the Young Guns” and we have added to it with even younger players of late – and then added to it with vets this off season.

This is all a part of a narrative of trying to find the goldilocks phenomenon; “Yum … just right”.

But clearly our highest paid players – Ovechkin, Semin, Backstrom and Green; are the straws that stir the drink.

Health plays a big role in their productivity.

I also think special teams play is key to our team’s productivity in the playoffs; and to the individual stats during the year for this core group.

Great power play during the regular season – and the playoffs – the better we will do as a team.

Good health helps a lot too!