Comments on: The Alex Ovechkin Pass That Summed Up The Night

By: Rhino40

Rhino40 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:04:00 +0000

Exactly

By: Chase

Chase — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:31:00 +0000

Lets me criticize each clip.

1. Look at the clip, look at where Green is a 0.5 second before that.
2. He one hands the puck forward after falling, How the hell is that no fight, beautiful play.
3. There were several other uncalled penalties. including a 2 handed slash on Ovechkins hand(theres a reason why he wears slash guards unlike 99% of hockey players) he didn’t do anything until the he had already shot the puck, getting no call of course.
4. Whats the bad play exactly by Ovechkin? He was wide open, why does he have to move? The whole point of a PP isn’t to skate towards opposing players, the best PPs try skate away and pass the opposite direction to tire PKers. Green should of passed to Ovechkin, instead he passes to Perreault(and doesn’t even do a good pass and misses him), and then Perreault had a wide open passing lane to Ovechkin. Ovechkin was standing in a good spot.
5. Nothing play, does everything but get an interference or holding penalty and ties up his mans stick nicely forcing a nothing shot.
6. Alzner should of been farther over. Holtby soft goal, it hit the back post between the body and the arm.

By: Ryan Barello

Ryan Barello — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:03:00 +0000

i dont care how bad ovechkin played last night milbury is an idiot for constantly going after the best winger in hockey its a joke.

By: Swhirly

Swhirly — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:27:00 +0000

Honestly, all Milbury is trying to do is be an ass and get shock value from his comments. We ALL know he hates Ovechkin and the Caps in general. We also ALL knew Ovechkin had a horrific game last night. Difference between Milbury and every other announcer is that they aren’t going for the throat just to do so. Announcers can say all the things Milbury did in a way that isn’t so douchy – but why would he care to do that, he’s Mike Frickin’ Milbury!?

By: Holy_Cal

Holy_Cal — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:14:00 +0000

I enjoy Don Cherry, I know some of the Caps fans think he’s a blow hard, idiot, xenophobe, etc. etc. but he’s the definition of North American hockey and I love the man.

Mike Millbury is trying to rip him off, and slam people and get publicity.

By: Ash

Ash — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:10:00 +0000

So have I. Maybe I’m just not as good at hiding my reaction when I get hit in the face. I just don’t see getting on his case for it– it’s a lose-lose situation to either ask him to play it up (what a bad example, he’s a bad leader!) or play it down (a smart player would havve made sure the ref noticed that to get the call for his team!) Ovi seems to always get set up to lose no matter what he does in a lot of situations.

So, the better play is to shake it off and possibly lose a power play? No thanks. There are more egregious examples he’s had where we can justifiably call Ovi out on diving or embellishment for; last night’s wasn’t one.

By: Rhino40

Rhino40 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:03:00 +0000

…and that’s an insult to Don Cherry. Though bombastic, chauvinistic, xenophobic, obnoxious, and of questionable sartorial taste, Mr. Cherry has at least one positive quality that the All-Galaxy Master Diüxe-Bägge Milbury lacks:
Don Cherry is–from time to time–actually amusing. Even–dare I say it?–entertaining>. You almost get the feeling that–at the end of the day–he really doesn’t take himself all that seriously.
By contrast, having to listen to Milbury’s swill–on top of perhaps the Caps’ most woeful team performance this season–was like garnishing a toxic-waste sundae with rat poison.

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:53:00 +0000

I’ve been hit in the face with a puck or stick before. Yes it hurt. It didn’t, however, lead to me looking like Willem Defoe when he got shot in Platoon.

By: Rhino40

Rhino40 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:32:00 +0000

oops…that was supposed to be “even more so for a defenceman”

By: Rhino40

Rhino40 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:31:00 +0000

^2 on that–I have taken sticks and pucks to the face more than once–such is the lot for any hockey playerso for a defenceman. No, if you want to give out Oscars in the NHL those would have to got to Brad “Little Ball of Hate” Marchand of the Boston Bruins and just about any Penguins’ player.