very cool slapshot
2004....
time flies
On his first impressions of Ovechkin as a 17-year-old:
I know (winning the draft lottery) allowed me enough time to watch him in the (2004) World Championships. I had already seen him the year before in Halifax and I remember he stood out in terms of his strength, but more his determination, not unlike today. His team wasn’t very good and I remember the game I was watching (Russia) was losing about 7-2, but every time he stepped on the ice he wanted the puck and you could tell he really wanted to make a difference. And he never, never stopped working. He was something to see in that regard.
On meeting Ovechkin for the first time at the 2004 World Junior Championships:
I was trying to get more intelligence. I wanted to meet with him alone and interview him so that he wasn’t coached or scripted. So I stayed at the hotel where his team was staying so that I could catch him at some point walking through a lobby or in a restaurant and it actually worked out. I was able to do it. I got him alone, we sat and we talked and his English was good enough. He seemed like a really impressive kid. I kept asking people around that team what kind of person he was and I kept hearing that the veteran players really liked him. To me the intangible side is just as important as the ability. You see that over and over and over in this league, that there are guys that are really good players and really good people, too, and those guys are the winners, those guys have success.
2004....
time flies
On his first impressions of Ovechkin as a 17-year-old:
I know (winning the draft lottery) allowed me enough time to watch him in the (2004) World Championships. I had already seen him the year before in Halifax and I remember he stood out in terms of his strength, but more his determination, not unlike today. His team wasn’t very good and I remember the game I was watching (Russia) was losing about 7-2, but every time he stepped on the ice he wanted the puck and you could tell he really wanted to make a difference. And he never, never stopped working. He was something to see in that regard.
On meeting Ovechkin for the first time at the 2004 World Junior Championships:
I was trying to get more intelligence. I wanted to meet with him alone and interview him so that he wasn’t coached or scripted. So I stayed at the hotel where his team was staying so that I could catch him at some point walking through a lobby or in a restaurant and it actually worked out. I was able to do it. I got him alone, we sat and we talked and his English was good enough. He seemed like a really impressive kid. I kept asking people around that team what kind of person he was and I kept hearing that the veteran players really liked him. To me the intangible side is just as important as the ability. You see that over and over and over in this league, that there are guys that are really good players and really good people, too, and those guys are the winners, those guys have success.
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| 4 | Vegas Golden Knights | -1½ | +200 | -150 | Un | 5½ | +113 |
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| 891 | Capitals Series Prices | +197 | |||||||
| 892 | Golden Knights Series Prices | -227 |
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Knights line down to -139
Total stayed at 5.5
I have feeling we get a low scoring game
Total stayed at 5.5
I have feeling we get a low scoring game
Imagine Dragons
What time is it?
It's Knight time cheersgif
It's Knight time cheersgif
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That was a wide open net for the Caps
That was a wide open net for the Caps
Yeah,PP goal
