Ovechkin Out “No More Than Two Weeks”
The status on superstar forward Alex Ovechkin has changed quite a bit over the last couple of days, going from day-to-day to week-to-week to “hopefully it’s no more than two days.”
By all accounts, it looks as though the Washington Capital and two-time NHL MVP is suffering from the worst injury of his young career so far. He is suffering from what is being called an “upper body strain” and didn’t practice Tuesday. He did, however, talk to reporters in the dressing room and was pretty mum about the whole thing.
“Sometimes players have injuries,” he said. “Every player gets hurt. I’m lucky I don’t have nothing broken. It’s just…something. You think I’m going to tell right now?”
Secrecy is the name of the game when it comes to an injury to one of the best players in the sport, so it’s no surprise that it was hard to get any real information of substance out of the Capitals camp.
Luckily for the Capitals, they’re looking good with a comfortable lead in the Southeast Division and are a club with a lot of confidence right now.
“I think we can pick up the slack,” said captain Chris Clark. “We have a really good team and we’ll be able to show that to everybody else now. There’s been games where he hasn’t scored and we’ve won, but he does take a lot of focus on the ice.”
As for when or how he was injured, Ovechkin wasn’t too sure about that. There are some theories that it occurred during a scrum in the second period of Washington’s loss to Columbus, but nobody was saying for sure.
Regardless, Ovie has no plans on sitting at home while his team goes on the road. “Take some nachos, take some Coke, and enjoy the game. Hope the guys are going to win,” he said. “I don’t want to stay at home and watch the game at home. I want to travel and I want to be a part of the team, too.”
Posted by Jordan Richardson.
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