Comments on: Ovechkin Will Sign In Montreal – True or False?

By: AHLoldie

AHLoldie — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:23:39 +0000

And this is exactly why the Capitals will never get any better. Ovechkin can not carry a team. He has not been able to lift the Caps above mediocrity, and never will. Washington has had as many high draft choices as the Penguins but are saddled with a one dimensional star player who is holding them back. He is now demanding a high salary that is not worthy of a player on a team that will never improve. If they are losing with him, they can lose just as easily without him, and save ten Mil per year. They are now in the same boat that the Pens were in with Jagr about ten years ago. They better hope that they get a better return than the Pens got from them for Jagr.

By: jason21

jason21 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:50:05 +0000

ok i will start by saying that washington will try to keep him but if he wants to play for a team that has a chance on going somewhere he mightcome besides if us are real habs fans u should now that montreal has more money than most teams. washington will lose alexander semin if they keep ovechkin because there both gonna whant alot of money what do u do. and if gainy's smart he'll give him a good contract and with the money mr gillet has he can afford a great signing bonus so give me a real reason why he wouldnt come its up to him not the caps its where he wants to play besides markov isnt his only friend so is kovalev so realy why should he stay in washington besides with semin they whont be able to afford him .

By: arigold

arigold — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:24:52 +0000

You habs fans are dreaming, holy.

By: wingerxxx

wingerxxx — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:39:36 +0000

It's called contract negotiation, and Ovechkin isn't the first player to go through this. I personally go to Caps games, and the building is regularly over half full every game. For an NHL arena...that's actually not bad. A few games have been very full. And there is one player to thank for that.

Ted Leonsis has a history of throwing money at players he wants. See Jaromir Jagr. Ovechkin will be back in Washington, he's the reason why Caps fans go to the MCI Center in the first place.

By: wingerxxx

wingerxxx — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:36:37 +0000

False.

Ovechkin IS the Capitals. Trust me, every game I go to at the MCI Center, he's THE draw. Without him, the building goes back to being 1/3 full, which is how it was before he came to town. If Ted Leonsis lets him leave, he may as well sell the franchise. No chance he leaves Washington, sorry Habs fans. As a Rangers fan, I'd love to have him. But it's not going to happen.

By: AntropovGoodIToldUSo

AntropovGoodIToldUSo — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:35:11 +0000

AO can sign where he wants, reality is, Washington will match any offer sheet.

By: kamullia

kamullia — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:17:55 +0000

Dwayne Klessel (a.k.a. Eklund) is nothing but an extremely overrated blogger. Nothing less, and nothing more. The funniest part of this story is that he actually admits to it in his blog. He is nothing but a fan (Flyers), that thanks to the lockout and the boredom in some organizations, was able to boost his own name and make a few connections in actual NHL clubs out of misrepresenting himself as a journalist. Klessel would simply make up a "rumor" out of a conversation with friends, then call up a team and ask for quotes about the made-up rumor, sometimes getting actual reactions from organizations that fell into his made-up journalistic persona. Out of that and the hunger by puckheads for any kind of news, his blog became popular, like anything else that had NHL attached to it, during a period were fans were starved for information and nothing but a trickle of it was available due to the stoppage.

Self-boosting his minuscule actual pre-trade finds, and either downplaying, excusing, or simply ignoring well-rooted criticism of his outright awful percentage of rumors which become actual trades, Klessel has stayed afloat with his Eklund character thanks in part due to the cap, which has restricted severely the amount and types of trades that clubs were once able to perform. I am not against the cap, but it would be moronic not to realize that it has had an impact into trades. Hence, another starvation of the fans of sorts regarding trades and factual rumors has happened, and people have simply continued to read-on his wild fantasies (among the extremely few actual rumors he does stumble upon) out of hunger for real information and mistakingly taken it as true investigative reporting.

I think Greg Wyshynski, an actual sports reporter, has thus far cleanly (since the actual best statements I have heard are riddled with obscenities) put it best when he wrote about Klessel's XM radio appearances: "There’s a better chance of Barry Melrose opening up a rib joint in Newark than something journalistically significant emerging from these (Eklund) XM segments."

My advice to you and all since after the lockout has not wavered and continues to be the same: If you have time to spare and feel like being entertained, just so long as you understand it is for entertainment purposes and not actual journalism, then by all means feel free to indulge into Klessel's fantasies and regurgitating discussions. However, if you are looking for factual information on sourced NHL rumors or upcoming trades in anything from Mr. Klessel, then I suggest you also try doing the same from Jennifer Crusie's writings. You won't be far off on the results from either, and Crusie's novels do tend to turn up actual useful information. At least that is according to females who like that genre and suggest more men should read her product and "get a clue."

Now, I have to give credit to Klessel about what he has been able to accomplish. Klessel was able to put a veil over everyone's head for a while, and out of that he has been able to garner an income from several sources while simply spreading absolutely made-up statements. Not bad. Not bad at all for a musician.

By: rcichard03

rcichard03 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:01:52 +0000

i don't think AO wants to learn French and be in the market where after 2 games the whole crowd turns on poor AO because he hasn't scored 20 goals yet and the trade rumors start pouring down

By: NHLSlayer

NHLSlayer — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:35:38 +0000

Another dummy that likes to type before using either of his brain cells...

It makes NO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER what Ovie wants. NONE. He is a restricted free agent, and INELIGIBLE to become an Unrestricted Free Agent until 2012. That means that no matter what he wants, he is a Washington Capital until that time. PERIOD.

By: kilter

kilter — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:03:35 +0000

who cares what they say,Montreal will never make a move to have a player of his caliber.