I am number one. No matter if you like it. Ready take this sit down and write it. I am number one. -Nelly
Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! My Patriots and my heart got stung. Our bells got rung. But we ain’t done. My Patriots will continue to play championship caliber football and I will continue to write. Continue to fight the good fight.
Today I’m fighting for Alexander Ovechkin. El Ocho. Alexander the Great. The greatest player in the league today. I don’t care who’s injured.
We all know Ovechkin recently penned a 13-year, $124 million contract. M.C.A. with the bottle. D rocks the can. Adrock gets nice with Charlie Chan. Like my main man Charlie Chan always says: “When money talks, few are deaf.” So listen up. Do you know what he’s done since then? Huh? Do ya? Eighteen points in ten games. That’s what. Eleven goals in ten games. That’s what. Seven assists in ten games. That’s what. But one of those games sets him above the rest. Puts all the others to the test. Makes him simply the best.
You saw the highlights. Saw the highlights of the Les Habitantes game. Yes, it was only the regular season, but what he did there was Kirk Gibsonesque. Byron Leftwichesque. Willis Reedesque. During the game, El Ocho endured a broken nose at the hands of Francis Bouillon’s shoulder. During the game, El Ocho endured stitches on the inside of his cheek at the hands of Alex Kovalev’s stick. During the game, El Ocho endured stitches on the inside of his lower lip at the hands of an errant puck. But he kept playing.
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. The next thing you know, old Jed’s a millionaire. Next thing you know, Ovechkin scores four goals. His last, the game winner in overtime. He also notches one assist. He cannot be denied. He cannot be stopped. Heck, he cannot even be contained.
Ovechkin has taken over the NHL scoring lead as he now leads the way with 70 points in addition to his league-leading 43 goals. He’s the first person to reach the 40-goal mark in January since Jagrmiester did it in 1996-97. He’s on pace to have the NHL’s first 60-goal season since Super Mario and Jagr did it in 1995-96. He has scored 28.7% of the Capitals’ goals, best in the NHL. He has gone no longer than two games in a row without a goal. He has failed to get a point in only 10 games. But most importantly, he is putting the Washington Capitals back on the map.
The Caps have a meager fifty-three points on the year. But that just may be enough. They are tied for third with Florida and just three points behind Carolina and Atlanta for first place in the lowly Patrick Southeast Division. I’ll take my chances with Ovechkin. I’ll take my chances with the best player in professional hockey.
Public Acknowledgements: Brass Monkey, Tarik El-Bashir, USA Today, Princess Bride and the Beverly Hillbillies
Public Spectacle:
Peace out homies. Six two and Even!
Need More? Alexander Ovechkin,NHL,Washington Capitals
.jpg){kind=small}
