Ovechkin being Ovechkin

This is one of the funniest video's I have ever seen in my entire life. Ovechkin is crazy.




Is there another professional athlete that has a personality like his?

Clark interview

Captain Chris Clark was on Washington Post live last night. Tarik has the interview on his blog, check it out.

I just want to say that he is ripped. He looks like he can bench 350+ pounds. I bet he's been lifting a lot of weights since he couldn't skate or play hockey for a long time. It's going to be good to have him back.

Ovechkin in Beijing.

Here's the story I mentioned earlier.

"Near the back, I came upon Alex Ovechkin sitting alone on a wall over a pond. The Russians brought the Washington Capitals winger and reigning NHL MVP here to help promote the Sochi Games.

"You all by yourself?" I asked.

"No, I'm with friends," he said, although they were nowhere in sight.

I told him I was from the Pittsburgh paper and had interviewed him several times.

"Pittsburgh?" Ovechkin said, lighting up a bit. "Tell [Sidney] Crosby hello."

"What about [Evgeni] Malkin?" I asked.

"Him, too."

He told me it was a seven-hour flight from home and he would be here two or three days.

"It's for Russia," he said."

Gordon already in D.C.

According to Tarik Boyd Gordon is back in D.C. training and getting ready for the season.

In the article Gordon talks about the playoffs, and the injury's he sustained in the playoffs. It's a good read check it out.

I think it's awesome that guys are already coming back into town. You can tell that they want it this year, you can tell they are hungry. Also Gordon will probably be competing with Steckel for the 4th line center's spot, so it's nice that Gordon is putting a lot of effort into this off-season.

Also, later today I've have an update on Ovechkin at the Olympics. So make sure you check make later.

8-8-08. Alex Ovechkin day.

So today is August 8th, 2008. I nominate today as Alex Ovechkin day. It's the day of 8's. 8-8-08.

Ovechkin is going to be celebrating Alex Ovechkin 8 day in Beijing, China. Ovie is at the Olympics supporting his fellow Russians.

"Alex Ovechkin may be still two years away from stepping on the ice in Vancouver at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but that doesn’t mean he can’t play cheerleader for his fellow Russian summer Olympians. Alex is doing his part in Beijing at the 2008 Summer Olympics by offering his services as an ambassador for Russian athletes participating at the games. Throughout the streets of Moscow Alex can be seen plastered on oversized billboards (image shown above) in support of the Russian Olympians. “Olympic athletes, You can do it. I believe in you. See you in Beijing. Alexander Ovechkin” the billboard says. In Beijing, Alex has hit the ground running, interacting and encouraging the athletes in their pursuit of a Gold medal."

5 ways Matt Bradley would change the NHL

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Bradley is so funny. You can tell he's a good guy, and you can tell that he's a good locker room presence. It's nice to have him signed for 3 years.

Caps sign David Steckel to contract extension.

So Steckel got signed to an extension today. He was under contract for this upcoming year(08-09), so he is now signed through the 09-10 season. I think this move shows how much confidence the Caps have in Steckel. He's only played 1 year in the NHL, so the Caps must have a lot of faith in him. He's expected to play 4th line center this year. If I was Boyd Gordon I'd be a little worried right now.

The numbers from the contract haven't been released yet, I'll let you know when they do release the numbers.

Edit-Steckel will make 725,000 this year.

http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=379427

You gotta love Steckel. He does it all, he even got into a fight this year.

Expectations.

As you can tell I've changed the blog some. I'm learning how to make it better, and I'm trying to show more Caps pride. I've added the picture at the top, and the "Weagle" logo as the background. I also changed the side bar. The side bar is now red, and has lots of extra feature's now.

The Summer is going by very slow, I don't think an off-season has every gone by so slow. Everybody is already signed and nothing needs done. Now we wait till camp starts. In the years past the summer's didn't take this long, but this summer is different. The team has great expectations this year, the fans know it, the players know it, and the coaches know it. But what exactly are the expectations or goals for this year. Coming into this past year the goal was to make the playoffs. The team did it, maybe not the way they planned but they still made it. So should that be the goal again this year?......No. This team was not satisfied with a 1st round exist from the playoffs. This team wants more then that, and the fans want more then that too.

Take a look at the Pittsburgh Penguins. In 06-07 they made the playoffs with a very young, and inexperienced team. They were facing the Ottawa Senators, a much older team who had been in the playoffs before. Pittsburgh went down 3-1 in the series(sound familiar?). They ended up losing the series 4-1. They were knocked out the playoffs in the 1st round, they only played 5 games, but those 5 games went a long way. Coming into this years playoffs they were the #2 seed and they made it all the way to the Stanley Cup final. They didn't win the Cup, but they made it all the way to the finals. Those 5 games meant so much to that team.

Now back to the Caps. Coming into this years playoffs the Caps were a very young, and inexperienced team, just like Pittsburgh was 1 year ago. The Caps were up agaisnt the Philadelphia Flyers, a team that was much older and had been in the playoffs before, just like Ottawa 1 year ago. The Caps went down 3-1 in the series, just like Pittsburgh did, but the Caps didn't lose game 5. The Caps came back and took the series to OverTime in game 7. The Caps only played 7 playoff games this year. 2 more then Pittsburgh did 1 year ago. If Pittsburgh can make it to the Stanley Cup finals with 5 playoff games, then why can't the Caps win the Cup? Those extra 2 games will go a long way. I think the expecations this year are HUGE. The goal this year should be to win the Stanley Cup. Plain and simple, win it all.