8 represents continuation, repetition, and cycles
May 5, 2010 by quovechkin
This amazing picture of Alex Ovechkin with a sheep is quickly making its rounds on the interwebs, as things of such quality do. Quovechkin, of course, feels compelled to jump on the bandwagon because we’re fiending for any Caps-related news that brings smiles to our faces. And is it possible to look at this…
…and not smile? Yeah, didn’t think so.
Let’s keep it real; neither Ovie nor Quovechkin are very focused on that sheep right now. He’s a little more focused on…errrr…something else…and we’re more focused on a segment of the corresponding interview by Pavel Lysenkov and translated into English at Alex Ovetjkin:
PL: What was your incentive to go to the World Cup after the two terrible moral blows in the season, at the Olympics and in the the Stanley Cup playoffs?
OV: I don’t think I need to explain my motivation. Let’s assume we haven’t heard the question. Everyone knows why I come to the Russian national team. I want to play for my country.
In what universe would Ovechkin decide to quit after a few..ahem..minor set backs? In what dimension would the great one not just become more determined after facing those challenges? None of us has lost faith in the Great 8…why should he lose faith in himself? Never question or doubt his motivation; Ovie wants to win. A quick Google search and completely random selection of one of the results leads us to a profound (and, as far as we know, completely baseless, but work with us…) understanding of the number 8:
Eight: The symbolism backing number Eight deals largely with business, success, and wealth. This is due to the fact that Eight represents continuation, repetition, and cycles. Such elements are seen in arenas where success is obtained simply because of dogged determination and repetition. Also, matters of business and wealth largely depend on cycles to fulfill their manifestation. It’s like the snowball analogy: As it continues to roll, in gets bigger and bigger with each revolution. Eight represents that kind of momentum.
This affirms our belief that (further) success will come to the Caps because of Ovie’s boys’ dogged determination. They’re just going to be bigger and bigger with each season. They’ll learn from every experience in the playoffs. Get that momentum going again and look out 2010-11!!! We have another amazing season on the horizon.
With the World Championship, Ovie is admirably getting right back on the horse. He’s continuing the cycle. Being reunited with Feds should be good for his soul and his psyche. Even though it conflicts with our own national interest, here’s hoping Ovechkin (and Semin, please, while we’re at it) bounces back in the WCs with the zeal and love for the game that we love so much about him. Go get ‘em, TIGERS!
The excrutiating post-mortem
April 30, 2010 by quovechkin
My heart is still heavy as I write this. Team Quovechkin was at the game and believing until the final second (well maybe until 4 seconds left) that the comeback was still at hand. I still can’t wrap my head around the second round brackets. And if I’m still in shock, I can only imagine what Ovechkin and the Caps are going through.
Nevertheless, they are professionals and today they faced the media to answer for the 3-1 collapse and the questions piling up about their play in the series. Ovechkin said it was fair that he take blame for the end result (via the Sports Bog):
“It was my fault when we didn’t score goals. I had the chance to score goals, I didn’t score goals. Sometimes you just have to take this moment in your hand. It’s just pretty hard when you see how we fight and how we play. We have a chance but we didn’t score enough. Maybe it was, I don’t know how to say it, but if you have a chance to score goal and you didn’t score you just feel Jesus, ok next time I’m gonna score, next time I have a chance [I’m] gonna score. What happen, that kind of pressure go to your mind. It’s pretty hard.”
He also claimed it was fair that fans booed at the end of the game. I’m glad to say I didn’t see any Caps fans booing, but there was a jerk Habs fan in 405 who booed and yelled “F*** the Caps!” the entire handshake line and salute despite our best efforts to shout him down. When we asked him to have a little class and show some respect during the salute, he kindly replied with a middle finger and “F*** YOU!!!” Creep.
Keep Smiling, Ovie!
April 29, 2010 by quovechkin
After last night’s gruesome defeat in game 7, everyone seems to have the answers to questions about what went wrong and criticism about everything Ovie did or didn’t do during the playoffs. We admit we’re taking part in that, too (although most of our criticism falls elsewhere *ahemmikegreencough*…ANYway…), but for Quovechkin purposes, let’s let the wounds heal for a little while and just express our gratitude to the Great 8 for his leadership, skill, showmanship, a phenomenal regular season and of course this: What if Ovechkin Didn’t Kill Jagr?
We still love you, Ovie. Team Quovechkin will never turn their back on you. We look forward to many more seasons and many more shots at the Cup. You’re just getting started and we recognize and appreciate that. Take all the time you need (read: let’s get this done next season). Get your chin up and keep smiling. We all need that from you right now, much more than apologies and regrets.
There obviously aren’t a lot of funny quotes going around at this time, so we’ll leave this as a quote-free homage until the mood lightens a little bit. And what would a decent homage be without something like this:
Soy Capitan! Soy Capitan!
April 27, 2010 by quovechkin
Brace yourself…we’re feeling discursive.
It’s been quite a day. Sandwiched between two high pressure days. Game 6 was last night. It should have been the game that ended the series, but by some evil miracle, Halak became a Jedi master (maybe Sith lord would be a better comparison) and impressively blocked all but 1 of the Caps’ booming 54 shots. Game 7 is tomorrow night…the game that decides our fate and determines whether our boys go on to Stanley Cup glory (ok, it’s not the game that decides that, but we can’t get there without it!) or hit the links and come back fighting in September. None of us wanted to see another game 7, but it’s time to suck it up and stop whining. We’re there. Now it’s time to focus. What better to focus on in the next 22 hours than the man who, more than anyone else out there, wants to have Lord Stanley come to dinner. Alexander the Great. Our captain. He may have had a low key start to the series, but he has come back strong and Team Quovechkin thinks he is going to explode onto the ice tomorrow night. Ovie is going to lead his men into battle and they are prepared for it.
Enough about TQ’s opinions. Let’s revisit a night back in January, the 5th, to be exact, when Ovie first took the ice as captain. When asked about what the Great 8’s role would be as captain, Boudreau responded, “Ovie’s taking care of the ice. That’s what Ovie’s going to do.” (From Yahoo! Sports on January 5, 2010) Boudreau and McPhee had chosen their man, but Ovechkin wouldn’t accept this role unless the rest of the guys wanted him to lead them. It was unanimous. This extraordinary team chose to be led by this extraordinary man and he led them through the rest of a magnificent (you thought I was going to say extraordinary, didn’t you) 121 point regular season during which a number of team and individual milestones were reached. As GMGM explained, “Our team has adopted [Ovechkin’s] personality and the energy, passion, and drive to win that are his hallmarks have become our team’s as well. He sets the tone - on the ice as well as off.” (From the Washington Examiner on January 6, 2010)
That Tuesday night, the Caps ended a 3 game losing streak by defeating the Montreal Canadiens on Verizon Center ice (we won’t mention that it was a point-free game for Ovie - oops, we mentioned it - but we WILL mention that SEMIN SCORED TWICE…come on, Sasha!!). Tomorrow night, let’s take a deep breath and put our faith in our captain to lead our guys into battle once more…to end the 2 game losing streak by defeating the Montreal Canadiens on Verizon Center ice.
Take care of that ice, Ovie.
i want to believe.
April 27, 2010 by quovechkin
“Every year we make goalie feel unbelievable,” [Ovechkin] said. “Like, we play against Philly, Biron was good. [Henrik] Lundquist was good [for the Rangers]. This year we just make Halak feel good. But it’s always about this team, and we find a way to break it and win it. No panic. It’s just [one] game.”
Break Halak. Win it.
CSN via Sports Bog. Photo source.
April 26, 2010 by quovechkin
NSFW!
We tried to post this on 4/23 but it brought the whole page down! Let’s try this again…
Since beloved death metal band (and hockey fans) Cannibal Corpse are playing in DC the same night as our beloved Capitals Capitan, how could we miss the opportunity to pay tribute to both? Here is a video (click link above) of CC front man Corpsegrinder effusing his love for Ovechkin…and, notably and forcefully, his distaste for Cindy Crosby. Corpsegrinder, we couldn’t agree more with your sentiment, sir.
Now, regarding tonight’s game 5 against the Habs, it’s almost time for Unleashing the Bloodthirsty and Crushing the Despised. Prepare to get Pounded Into the Dust by our Russian Monolith, Alexander Ovechkin!!!! (yeah, maybe it’s cheesy to create puns out of CC songs…so what?) Thanks to Chris of the DC Heavy Metal blog (and lifelong Caps fan) for sending the video!
Ovie gets introspective on being down 3-1 in a series
April 23, 2010 by quovechkin
And every time he says “Jesus” in a quote, it cracks me up.
“When you are losing 3-1, you think, ‘Jesus, why did this happen to our team?’ We talked to the guys and they didn’t want to go on vacation, or go home. They wanted to play. This is a situation where everybody has to be ready for a fight.”
Via NHL.com.
April 23, 2010 by quovechkin
Ovechkin responds to the ridiculousness that is Snowshowergate (tm Japers’ Rink):
“I just do it all the time,” Ovechkin said with a grin. “The kid was on the boards. I think he’s pretty happy about it. “
w/video of his answer at Capitals Insider
Let’s push some more and see what happens….
April 23, 2010 by quovechkin
Because Ovie and the Caps are FOCUSED on the playoffs (and so is Team Quovechkin), we have another serious, playoff-mode quote. Ovie and Semin are good buddies, of course, but with Sasha struggling to get the puck in the net, it’s a good friend’s duty to give him a lift (or call him out). Thus we have Ovie weighing in on Sasha Semin’s struggles:
“Well, you can say some bad things about how he plays, but he’s getting better and in this kind of game he improved himself,” Ovechkin said. “Every guy has to step up. He didn’t feel good and different guys helped him. Everybody pushed and pushed him and he made a big play so we could score the goal.”
Via Corey Masisak/CSNwashington.com.
We would like to add: aim for the net, Sasha, not the logo on the goalie jersey.
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A blog dedicated to the humor and subtle brilliance that comes out of the mouth of the best hockey player in the world and captain of the Washington Capitals, Alexander Ovechkin. The contributors are three female Caps fans who ADORE the Great 8 and have nothing but love and respect for him.
