Trouble In D.C.!? Alex Ovechkin Benched, Nicklas Backstrom Plays The Hero
Last night, the Washington Capitals trailed the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 with about a minute and a half remaining in regulation. Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau drew up a play during a timeout and sent his best line back out on the ice to try and win the game. Superstar Alexander Ovechkin was not a part of that best line. Ovi stayed on the bench while Nicklas Backstrom went out and tied the game with less than a minute to go. More like Oh-Bench-kin, am I right!?
You’ll notice in the clip above that Ovechkin appears to say something that involves the word, “fuck.” Hey, who can blame him? He’s one of the best players on the planet and he wants to be out there with the game on the line. If something like this had happened with LeBron or Kobe? Well, this would be the 5th post of the day about this game and not the only post of the day about this game.
Let’s see what Erik Spoelstra Mike Brown Bruce Boudreau had to say for himself. From NHL.com:
“I got to put out the guys that I think are going to score the goal,” Boudreau said. “Ninety-nine percent of the time, Alex is the guy I think is going to score the goal. I just didn’t think he was going to score the goal at that time tonight.”
Did Ovechkin throw his coach under the bus?
“I think the [Joel Ward]-Brooks Laich line play unbelievable today,” Ovechkin said. “They score like four goals. It’s coach’s decision, so it’s working.”
Hmm… Give a blogger something to work with! Since Backstrom tied the game, Boudreau’s plan actually worked and there’s not even anything to second guess. In fact, Ovechkin went on to redirect the puck to Backstrom early in overtime to set up the game-winning goal. I guess we’ll just have to focus on Ovi saying “fuck” on Versus. I bet there are some kids in cold-weather cities today with extra foul mouths. Of course, there’s always the chance he was saying, “I agree with your decision, coach. Go team!” in Russian.

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November 2nd, 2011 at 3:44 PM
Nik Backstrom needed a confidence booster like this after last season’s clunker. Big win for the Caps. I was fucking pissed.
/Jonas Hiller owner
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:50 PM
Also, I know that the Caps won this game but if there’s trouble in DC, it’s Tomas Vokoun’s play early on. They’re 8-2-0 with 16 points but he’s had some really shaky games. Bottom half of the league in even-strength SV%. He and Bryzgalov both. Two biggest goalie acquisitions of the offseason and they’re not playing up to snuff. Bryz more so than Vokoun.
Still, results are there in the standings so that’s picking nits.
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:53 PM
I think it’s being reported that he called Boudreau a “fat fuck”. Awesome.
It’s not like Ovi refused to go on the ice. I don’t see what the big deal was.
As a matter of fact, the guy that is really open to criticism is Boudreau. It worked out for him this time, but if it didn’t work, the inevitable “Why didn’t you have your best player out on the ice in that spot after a stoppage of play?” question.
I mean, it’s not as if that team has overacheived with Boudreau at the controls. If this team slumps at any point this year, he might not be the coach come playoff time.
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Well, to be fair to Bryz, the play in front of him has been looser than a coked up celebutard.
I mean, that game against the Jets (he didn’t start it; he was mopping up for Bobrovsky) was basically shinny.
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:55 PM
I was not.
/Vokoun owner
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Note: The Detroit Red Wings have lots five consecutive games.
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:56 PM
They’ve also LOST five straight games, too.
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:57 PM
Phil
Let’s check the scoring leaders…..
Oh look. Claude Giroux is still there.
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:57 PM
As a diehard fan of the Washington (hold on… where do I find information on the NHL? Dammit. Ah! There it is) Capitals, I give a hearty Go Caps! Hurrah team!
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:57 PM
Thank you autopick!
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Is Vlad here?
I was hoping for a solid rant on this.
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:58 PM
/drunkly stumbles in and takes giant swig of vodka straight from bottle
you know what is problem…burps…we have the warming of the globe and all you think about is, hockey game played on the ice. what you do when ice melts? what you do then, comrades? i tell you what you do then…you come crying back to yuri like little girl.
/passes out
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:59 PM
The game last night was hilarious. The Wild sucked SO BAD and were totally bailed out by Josh Harding and terrible calls all over the place. Their power play is worse than the Redskins offense.
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Seeing as how you’re a Canes fan I figured you’d be a Pens fan for hockey, Stark. They do employ one of the biggest thugs in hockey.
November 2nd, 2011 at 3:59 PM
But enough about this hockey problem. The point of this post is sokething about LeBron & Kobe fucking or something right? While the last few minutes of a game were going on?
November 2nd, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Was it a back-to-back, weeze? Was curious why Backstrom didn’t collect any stats for me last night. Didn’t check the schedule though. Backstrom has had some up and down games this year.
November 2nd, 2011 at 4:01 PM
I will never tire of Cousin Yuri rants. Ever.
November 2nd, 2011 at 4:02 PM
/begins slow clap
November 2nd, 2011 at 4:03 PM
No, SC, my Canes fandom is a fluke of nature & living in FL during my teenage years. I’m mostly partial to the DC area teams of my youth. When the O’s were the hometeam & Georgetown hadn’t even started their AAA football program. I’m half a Navy fan, too, fwiw
November 2nd, 2011 at 4:03 PM
That’s the one that should be bolded. I mean, WHAT THE FUCK? Fat Kessel? That’s like Donovan McNabb leading the league in completion percentage.
November 2nd, 2011 at 4:05 PM
No, I guess they’re just riding the hot hand with Harding. Backstrom appears to be fine.
November 2nd, 2011 at 4:12 PM
Give it time.
He’ll drop like a stone shortly, when that team hits the skids, he stops caring, and they fire Ron Wilson.
November 2nd, 2011 at 4:13 PM
serious road cookin’ going on at the Joe. Wings were lucky to make it out with a point.