Ovechkin Won’t Dress for Weekend Games
November 6, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under NHL, News, Washington Capitals
Alexander Ovechkin will be sitting out of the Washington Capitals lineup for the weekend as he recuperates from an upper body injury which he suffered during the overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets last Sunday.
image: TSN
He still leads the league with 14 goals in 14 games and also has nine assists.
I’m sure the Caps, and their fans, are trying not to panic too much but they lost to the New Jersey Devils this past weekend and are now 1-4-0 without Ovie (since the 2005-2006 season).
It was bound to happen, though. Almost every player has suffered some sort of injury in their career and this could be the first major setback that the Russian star has experienced.
Hopefully, it’s nothing serious and he’ll be back on the ice in no time but I don’t actually think his absence is a bad thing either. Sometimes it’s good for a team to be without their “superstar” since they really can rely too heavily on a single guy. Looking at their stats without him, I can’t help but think they need to develop the rest of the team a little more so maybe they will do that as Ovie recuperates.
