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Originally Posted by FlyingKostitsyn
I think the book is out on Ovechkin, he needs to be more creative instead of doing the same thing over and over again. An example would be the Mtl-Wash series were he was completely neutralized - Habs simply isolated him from his teammates when he had the puck, so he held to it and made millions of low percentage shots over that made Halak look like a hero. Backstrom appeared far more dangerous in that series because he was more unpredictable.
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Apparently scoring 5 goals and 5 assists in 7 games is being "completely neutralized" (that's a 117 point pace).