Ovi plays no defense

[seafoam]

He is looking terrible right now and is not involved at all in his own zone, he's only throwing hits. Is he ever gonna' come out of this funk?

[jagz]

did you see Malkin's defense last night?

The soon-to-be MVP winner?

[HockeyThoughts]

Are you watching the same game that I am? He doesn't look terrible at all..?

[Rizzy13]

man he's so bad at defence sometimes it hurts my eyes and i love him

[RedWingsNow]

I just saw Ovi twice battling for loose pucks in front of his own net.
Looks lazy with one hand on the stick. But he's working

[Fred Taylor]

When did you figure this out?

[TSC]

He's floating and not coming back to the puck at all.

[Trance Kuja]

He's a scorer, not a defenseman.

He watched Mighty Ducks 3 and now lives by that motto.

[seafoam]

Originally Posted by TSC

He's floating and not coming back to the puck at all.

I'm glad someone else noticed this

[Novak Djokovic]

That's just Ovy being Ovy, but he has assisted on the only WSH goal so... give him credit for that.

[JumpOceanless]

blame the coach

[SameOld]

...where have you been for the past 7 years? This is not news. Ovi's defense has never been strong. The fact that he's even back near his own goal is an improvement.

[seafoam]

Originally Posted by SameOld

...where have you been for the past 7 years? This is not news. Ovi's defense has never been strong. The fact that he's even back near his own goal is an improvement.

I watch the Caps maybe once or twice a year, relax

[Paxton Fettel]

Originally Posted by PaStromey

He is looking terrible right now and is not involved at all in his own zone, he's only throwing hits. Is he ever gonna' come out of this funk?

did you see Crosby last night?

or Malkin?

[HankieDankie]

It's too bad he's never had great coaching. I'd love to see what a great coach would get out of him. And I'm not only talking about his defensive play. I'm talking about his all around play. You have a 6'3, 230lbs talented beast.

[Lolipops]

Vintage Ovechkin right now.

Preserving his energy for rushes
Flying down the left wing
Not using teamates
Floating in the neutral zone
Going after the body rather than the puck
Lazy in the defensive zone

You'd think we were back in 2006

[Paxton Fettel]

hunter should move him to RW

[Beyonder91]

Originally Posted by Paxton Fettel

hunter should move him to RW

then he would be on Chara's side

[AvsFan20]

Old news

[Stop Winnin]

Meh, he looks worse offensively to me than defensively, but you have to credit Boston's players. They really are working in a collective manner to shut him down.

[RedWingsNow]

If anything, i think Ovi comes back to far on defense. Unless his center is caught up ice or his point man jumps, he should be out closer to the point man.

[Paxton Fettel]

Originally Posted by Beyonder91

then he would be on Chara's side

Chara is slow, so that's good news

[Prairie Habs]

Originally Posted by Lolipops

Vintage Ovechkin right now.

Preserving his energy for rushes
Flying down the left wing
Not using teamates
Floating in the neutral zone
Going after the body rather than the puck
Lazy in the defensive zone

You'd think we were back in 2006

Didn't he have like 50G 100P as a rookie that season? I'm not sure how playing like 2006 would be an insult.

[Click Here]

Originally Posted by Lolipops

Vintage Ovechkin right now.

right. the best player on the ice ... by a lot.

[Beyonder91]

Originally Posted by Paxton Fettel

Chara is slow, so that's good news

Hmmm... weird.

I wonder why coaches work to get their players away from him then.