Comments on: Why Alex Ovechkin on the Penalty Kill is a Bad Idea http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2013/01/20/why-alex-ovechkin-on-the-penalty-kill-is-a-bad-idea/ A cheerfully demented Washington Capitals site with a healthy fixation on Alex Ovechkin and his Russian bros. CRASH THE NET! Thu, 23 May 2013 20:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Peter Hassett http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2013/01/20/why-alex-ovechkin-on-the-penalty-kill-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-31371 Peter Hassett Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:07:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=42964#comment-31371 “the PK could be the only time he doesn’t have a top defensive pairing on him.”

Very good point!

]]> By: Priscilla Villanueva http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2013/01/20/why-alex-ovechkin-on-the-penalty-kill-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-31370 Priscilla Villanueva Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=42964#comment-31370 I wouldn’t do it all the time, but if the team is really going to use puck pressure as a big strategy in penalty killing, it could pay off in certain scenarios. My guess is that Oates is trying to squeeze every advantage he can out of Ovi’s offensive talent and the 40 or so seconds he’s on the PK could be the only time he doesn’t have a top defensive pairing on him. There’s no way Oates has him in there to block shots, he seems too smart for that. So I think on a situational basis, it could work. Another thing to consider: pretty sure if you asked Adam Oates who his favorite penalty killing team was last year, he would probably give the edge to the Kings over the Devils. He witnessed, in person, some incredible hockey, and I’m sure that made an impression. They were relentless in their puck pursuit in the playoffs and that coupled with Quick is why they won. “With Quick” being the operative part of that sentence. Which is really my bigger concern. Do we have the defense and goaltending that allows us to take the risks that could pay off for the likes of Ovi? Not yet. Gotta have it though, or Ovi will continue to be Ovi – the greatest player to never win a Stanley Cup and that would just make me super depressed and sad.

]]> By: AAA http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2013/01/20/why-alex-ovechkin-on-the-penalty-kill-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-31369 AAA Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:49:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=42964#comment-31369 They haven’t “let Ovi be Ovi” for a while now and it shows. Do the powers that be not remember his first 5 seasons?

]]> By: Andrew Merewitz http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2013/01/20/why-alex-ovechkin-on-the-penalty-kill-is-a-bad-idea/#comment-31368 Andrew Merewitz Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:42:00 +0000 http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=42964#comment-31368 I think the last line says it all.. Let Ovi be OVi

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