Two seems about right, he hasn’t been suspended before, but he needs to slow down and show a little more respect to his opponents (and himself). He’s too reckless.

It looks like he got lucky, no structural knee damage but I bet he will miss the next two games with his “sore” knee anyways, so it’s really not much of a suspension.

He was probably going to miss time anyway

I kind of made supporting statements for him the other day, but then he goes and does this.

While he hasn’t been suspended until this, he’s been a scud on the ice, and, as much as he can make an impact getting hits, someone has to tell him he’s going to end his own career doing junk like that, either by him blowing a knee out like he almost did or by repeated assults on the ice by the opposing team after he does what he does. He’s a goal scoring wizard, but to see him do more stuff like this is idiotic, and he has a good history of being kicked out of a game for stupid stuff now.

First of all, I think the NHL gave out the proper punishment, even though Player X would’ve been given a 5 game suspension for being a repeat offender (which is what Ovechkin should be). He was probably going to miss that time with the knee injury anyways, but it still sends a message and he loses money.

This is what troubles me: “How can you tell me, like, you just have to stop playing how you play? I play risky…Why I have listen somebody to say I have to change game. Nobody can kill me. Just play my game.” -Ovechkin after practice this morning.
The guy thinks he’s invisible. If he continues the way he’s going, I see one of these happening:
1) He injures someone so badly, that it ends that player’s career.
2) He injures himself so badly, that it ends his own career.
3) He actually kills himself or someone else (highly unlikely, but never say never).
4) He plays so hard that by the time he’s 45, when he’s supposed to be shooting golf balls, he’s got so many “bad this…” and “bad that…” that he can’t shoot anything.

Let me make this clear – I don’t want to see Ovi injured. Even though I don’t really care for him all that much, it would be just a shame for something to happen to him. It’s a lot of fun, when he’s not playing the Pens, watching him fly through the neutral zone and unleash that unreal snap shot at the top of the face-off circle. Plus, someone has to challenge Crosby and Malkin for the Art Ross. There are others this year but, let’s be realistic, which three players would you bet on being the leading scorers at the end of the season?

As a side note, some of the words, in the Firefox spell check, when I typed “Ovechkin” in the comment box include:" Lovechild" and “Munchkin” LOL.

I don’t want his season to end, I don’t want him permanently injured, but I am very glad he’s getting an opportunity to rethink the way he’s been playing. I hope he takes it.

For some reason, the reply is not working. I think they take the money from suspensions and fines and donate it, in the players name, to the NHL Foundation and the Players Fund, which are both non-profit organizations that qualify for tax deductions on the players taxes. Not as big a loss as it might seem. (not even mentioning that he is still making 8.5mm or so)