"You know though, he's got the one thing that you've got to have to get
to 894, you've got to have a passion for scoring goals. He has that
passion for scoring goals. ... If he can sustain his pace, there's no question in my mind that he has
the ability and the talent and the work ethic to be able to do it. And
if he does it, I'll be the first guy there to shake his hand. If there
is one guy out there that can do it, there's no question it's him.
Records are made to be broken."
~Wayne Gretzky on Alex Ovechkin
Gretzky also said the first 500 were the easy ones... But we're on #OviWatch here at IRTR, and Ovi has another chance to climb the ladder tonight in Nashville.
This week, we have:
- 09-Feb: At Nashville Predators (First encounter) 25-20-8 record
- 11-Feb: At Minnesota Wild (First encounter) 23-20-9 record
- 13-Feb: At Dallas Stars (Caps lost 3-2 in first encounter) 33-15-5 record
so it will be very interesting to see how this plays out. All three of these teams are in the western conference, so the Caps will play them only twice each this season. Dallas is sitting comfortably behind the Chicago Blackhawks (36-16-4) for second place in the Western Division, and Minnesota is currently out of the playoff picture. Nashville has the first wildcard spot in the western conference at the moment, with Colorado on their heels (27-24-4, Colorado is tied with Nashville in points at 58, but Nashville has done it in three fewer games played.
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