Ovi to Russia?!? Plus why Daniel Sprong is the Caps best option at 3rd line RW
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4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Nick Ashooh and JJ Regan break down what Alex Ovechkin telling a Russian television station that he wants to end his career playing for Dynamo Moscow means for his future in Washington and the future of the Capitals franchise (1:00). Discussions then go to what Ovi might get for his next contract (15:30) and how the rest of the league views the Caps captain (22:00). Finally, JJ weighs in on why Daniel Sprong should be the answer at 3rd line RW (28:30) and the potential for Washington to move a defenseman before next season starts (33:00).
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| 0:00.0 | Today's Caps talk podcast, we're going to ease the worries that some of you may have about |
| 0:08.0 | Alex Ovechkin talking about the end of his career. |
| 0:10.2 | He talks about Russia, but don't worry. |
| 0:13.5 | That's going to be a long way off. |
| 0:14.8 | JJ and I aren't panicking. |
| 0:16.1 | We have why you shouldn't panic on that either, but there are things that are very important |
| 0:20.8 | when it comes to the rest of Ovi's time with the Capitals. |
| 0:24.4 | We'll explain what those are. |
| 0:26.0 | Plus his relationship with Henrik Lunkwist and the Caps addressed plenty of things defensively. |
| 0:30.7 | But what about forward depth? |
| 0:32.6 | There's one name that's already in the Capitals organization that could be a big part of their future that helps them out with that, all of that and more. Coming up next on the Capitol Stock podcast. |
| 0:45.4 | His spectacular history making continues. |
| 0:53.4 | It's not a desperate barrage. |
| 0:55.4 | It's Lord Stanley. |
| 0:57.0 | And he is coming to Washington. |
| 1:03.7 | All right, JJ, first as we get into this, obviously, you mentioned plenty of talking about. |
| 1:08.3 | But I want to get into the Obie thing first because there's nobody more polarizing in D.C. and really still in hockey than Alex Ovechkin. I mean, that is a name |
| 1:16.0 | that we know is clearly a legend. And with legends, there always is the end to a career, to a |
| 1:22.6 | marriage with the team, all of those things. And fans don't like to talk about it. And really, |
| 1:26.9 | organizations don't like to think about it, given the contributions that that star player, Alex Ovechkin specifically, does for that organization. But he did an interview with a Russian television. It was like this big Russian interview. It's been translated, thankfully, because my Russian is not very good. I don't know how yours is, but mine ain't good. |
| 1:44.8 | Google translates about as far as it goes for me. But he said, you know, the only other team he'd like to play for is Dynamo Moscow at the end. The only other team he's ever played for in his career. You know, look, people get worried, right? When you hear this and you talk about, well, when is that going to happen? when is Alex Ovechkin going to leave and when is his time going to be up? |
| 2:02.0 | Because there is a lot. |
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