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    Soooooo I noticed today dude is -24 on the season. Like he's only +5 better than Yakupov. How can he be that low and that bad? Actually blew my mind. That is all.

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    It's because he doesn't actually try to play defense. Whenever the puck goes the other way he just floats along until his team gets the puck again or they get scored against.
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    I guess it's extreme one-way play, Caps let in a ton of goals too.

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    No surprises. Alex is now a PP specialist who hurts his team at even-strength. Too bad Hunter is the only coach to have used him appropriately. Been saying for a few years that the Caps would be FAR better off trading him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by letangerang58 View Post
    It's because he doesn't actually try to play defense. Whenever the puck goes the other way he just floats along until his team gets the puck again or they get scored against.
    I know this, I just didn't realize it was quite that bad.

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    Backstrom is 'only' a -12.....

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    This thread hurts my head a little. So one of the top 5 goal scorers in the history of the league is garbage because his +/- (LMAO) is low for only the second time in his career. There are 100 other forwards in the league who are just as bad as Ovie in there own end and never get anything but praise on this forum and those guys bring nothing else to the table on top of scoring and Ovie doe's. He is one of the most physical forwards in the game and is relentless at pursuing the puck in both the offensive and neutral zones. The reason his totals are what they are this year is because Wash has the 2 or third worst D in the league and there Goal-tending has been a disgrace. His assist totals are down because his line mates are having career low years in SH%. He is 11 goals ahead of the second leading scorer in the league. Give me a break. Guy will put his garbage team on his back, like he did last year and lead them to the playoffs. Now that Halak is there and with Kuznetsov coming I expect a lot of people to look silly as they did last year. Fool me once shame on you, fool...........

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    Ovi doesn't play in his own end, and the Caps are terri-bad defensively with brutal goaltending, that's why. Exciting player, will never be a winner.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigbabybuda View Post
    This thread hurts my head a little. So one of the top 5 goal scorers in the history of the league is garbage because his +/- (LMAO) is low for only the second time in his career. There are 100 other forwards in the league who are just as bad as Ovie in there own end and never get anything but praise on this forum and those guys bring nothing else to the table on top of scoring and Ovie doe's. He is one of the most physical forwards in the game and is relentless at pursuing the puck in both the offensive and neutral zones. The reason his totals are what they are this year is because Wash has the 2 or third worst D in the league and there Goal-tending has been a disgrace. His assist totals are down because his line mates are having career low years in SH%. He is 11 goals ahead of the second leading scorer in the league. Give me a break. Guy will put his garbage team on his back, like he did last year and lead them to the playoffs. Now that Halak is there and with Kuznetsov coming I expect a lot of people to look silly as they did last year. Fool me once shame on you, fool...........

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    I don't think anybody questions Ovie's ability to play physical or score goals.
    All this thread is about is what a TERRIBLE defensive player Ovie is.
    I think you are giving credit where it isn't due.
    Are you saying he isn't terrible defensively?

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    ovechkin is the guy on your beer league team that only tries his hardest when theres an offensive chance to be had. when he does get the puck, hes most likely not giving it back unless he absolutely has to. the term for this type of player is a black hole

    that being said, hes so good at scoring that you simply have to let him play like that and take the good with the bad. better this than a black hole that cant actually score lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigbabybuda View Post
    This thread hurts my head a little. So one of the top 5 goal scorers in the history of the league is garbage because his +/- (LMAO) is low for only the second time in his career. There are 100 other forwards in the league who are just as bad as Ovie in there own end and never get anything but praise on this forum and those guys bring nothing else to the table on top of scoring and Ovie doe's. He is one of the most physical forwards in the game and is relentless at pursuing the puck in both the offensive and neutral zones. The reason his totals are what they are this year is because Wash has the 2 or third worst D in the league and there Goal-tending has been a disgrace. His assist totals are down because his line mates are having career low years in SH%. He is 11 goals ahead of the second leading scorer in the league. Give me a break. Guy will put his garbage team on his back, like he did last year and lead them to the playoffs. Now that Halak is there and with Kuznetsov coming I expect a lot of people to look silly as they did last year. Fool me once shame on you, fool...........

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    Plesae give me a break. You did the same pumping of the tires on the HF Boards. It makes no sense there and makes none here. +/- is a usefull stat when compared to your team and a useless stat when compared to other teams. He is by far the worst player in that category on his team. Considering he has scored 43 goals and is still a -24, he should be ashamed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 27Blue View Post
    I don't think anybody questions Ovie's ability to play physical or score goals.
    All this thread is about is what a TERRIBLE defensive player Ovie is.
    I think you are giving credit where it isn't due.
    Are you saying he isn't terrible defensively?
    No but it is absurd that he get's a different thread every other week when he is not playing well. When every other player forward in the league who is = as bad in there own zone never gets 1. They get "Damn Phil Kessel is a God". Or "Patrick Kane Is So GREAT". These players are just as useless in Phil's case more in there own zone and I have yet to see 1 thread criticizing them for it.
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    Just watch some of the recent footage of Ovi "back-checking" (I use that term extremely loosely) on goals that have been scored against. That should say it all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sd1976 View Post
    Plesae give me a break. You did the same pumping of the tires on the HF Boards. It makes no sense there and makes none here. +/- is a usefull stat when compared to your team and a useless stat when compared to other teams. He is by far the worst player in that category on his team. Considering he has scored 43 goals and is still a -24, he should be ashamed.
    LMAO and 85% of the people who were not a leafs fan completely agreed with me and Laughed you guys out of the water. So what is your point. Post the thread here. You guys looked like fools!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiva Blaster View Post
    Ovi doesn't play in his own end, and the Caps are terri-bad defensively with brutal goaltending, that's why. Exciting player, will never be a winner.
    This is yet to be seen imo. The guy is has not missed the playoffs since his 2nd year in the league and is fifth among active players in ppg in playoff history. I just think he hasn't had the team surrounding him to do better. Time will tell I suppose. He is not going to win any selke's as he is bad in his own end but I think it get's blown out of proportion
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