Comments on: Russia Blanked By Finland, 3-0, Will Play Czechs for Bronze http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/13/russia-blanked-by-finland-3-0-will-play-czechs-for-bronze/ A cheerfully demented Washington Capitals site with a healthy fixation on Alex Ovechkin and his Russian bros. CRASH THE NET! Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: BobbyG http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2011/05/13/russia-blanked-by-finland-3-0-will-play-czechs-for-bronze/#comment-20058 BobbyG Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:48 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=18193#comment-20058 It looks like the two highlights for Ovie this past season were the Winter Classic win over the Penguins and Russia’s win over Canada in the World Championships. Now it’s time for him to return home to rest and reflect on what went right and what went wrong for the Capitals in general and for him specifically. If Ovie is honest with himself, he will realize he was in poor shape at the start of the season. He admitted as much when he called Ted Leonsis prior to leaving for Slovakia to apologize for not doing things right. Ovie pledged to make changes to his training which is very good news, because IMO the seeds of his problems and struggles were sown way back last summer by his making poor decisions for training and in general having misplaced priorities about what was really important for him to play the best hockey he can.

I want to see pics of Ovie training early and hard, and showing up for training camp in the best shape of his career. What he does to prepare will tell me everything I need to know about his commitment to be the best player and team leader he can be. Words are one thing, results are another thing entirely. And IMO only results count.

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