Ovie's Drawings, etc.
After Japers Rink and others alerted me to the little No. 8 drawings on Alex Ovechkin's game sticks, I figured I should ask him for their meaning. You're gonna have to go to that link to understand his comments. And we're working from left to right:
"It's Drinking Man, Fat Man, Man Who Have Legs, and this is Girl," he said, pointing to the last stick on the right. He said that he does the artwork himself, and that the order is, in fact, significant: the Drinking Man is his first stick, the Fat Man is his second stick, and so on.
For all I know he was making this up, but he explained that each drawing had numerical significance. Drinking Man's holding a stick in his left hand that looks like the number one. Fat Man has two eyes. Girl (i.e. No. 4) has two hands and two eyes. And Man Who Have Legs...well, how exactly do you get the number three out of Man Who Have Legs?
"I don't know," Ovie said. "Maybe third leg."
He must have been making that up.
Anyhow, my time with the Caps might be growing short, because they all look at me with undisguised scorn for whatever reason, which creeps me out, but there were two more items worth mentioning. (Aside from Pothier's return, which Tarik already mentioned.)
1) New backup goalie Frederic Cassivi has a goalie mask with a massive bear head. This is because he plays for the Hershey Bears, although he said the particular roaring face he chose was "just a random bear." But now he's with the Caps for at least several weeks, and so I asked whether he'd want to change the mask for something less bear-specific.
"I don't think I'm here long enough," he said. "I do have a small Caps logo in the back. Makes up for it."
Previously, Cassivi played for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks. His mask at that time had a picture of a Mighty Duck.
"I don't have enough imagination, I guess," he said. "I never got into it."
Anyhow, the Bear mask's colors match the Caps' uniforms, so he thinks he'll be ok.
2) The Caps' flight to Tampa was delayed by Dulles's closure. When he found out, Coach Glen Hanlon asked Brooks Laich to relay the message to the locker room, which he did.
"Dulles is just opening up, there are delays," Laich told the Caps.
To which there was much grumbling and more than a few cracks at Laich.
"I got told by the coaches to tell you that," he replied. "Glen just told me to tell you guys that. Don't shoot the messenger."
"You get a little authority and you can't handle it," Chris Clark laughed.
Well. And also courtesy of Japers is this video of a new Ovie-Crosby commercial.
By Dan Steinberg |
February 14, 2007; 4:01 PM ET
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Posted by: FS | February 14, 2007 4:15 PM
Why do the players look at you with an "undisguised scorn." From the entries before, I thought they all seemed to have a good relationship with you.
Posted by: Ian | February 14, 2007 4:20 PM
Baby steps, Steinz, baby steps. And thank you for trying again.
Posted by: Reader Glenn | February 14, 2007 4:37 PM
I heard some advice that if you can get into a fist-fight that everyone sees and either win it well or take the beating without crying about it, you'll be respected. Not sure how that fits in with the in-joke whimsical banter at which you seem to excel, but maybe it could be one of the life experiences you're glad you had once and never repeat. At least Ovechkin seems goofy enough for Bog fodder. Perhaps too goofy? Too Russian?
Posted by: false_cause | February 14, 2007 4:45 PM
Hey, thanks for trying man. Keep it up, don't give up please.
Posted by: Boo Hiss | February 14, 2007 4:50 PM
Yes, thanks for going out and giving it a good ol' college try. Maybe have Tarik introduce you or any of the other Caps bloggers. Good post though.
Posted by: GoBucks9 | February 14, 2007 5:09 PM
Hmm, apparently Crosby doesn't have that much acting ability. That was the lamest "ovetchkin" I've ever heard.
Posted by: EricS | February 14, 2007 5:46 PM
I thought it was exactly perfectly overacted on Crosby's part, EricS. Perfect for the bit. Of course, I'll still vote for AO for the Best New Actor award.
Posted by: false_cause | February 14, 2007 6:08 PM
That's the longest I've ever seen Crosby stand on his feet.
Posted by: Kim | February 14, 2007 7:33 PM
Chicken corn dogs?? Genius!
Posted by: Kyle | February 15, 2007 1:40 AM
Ovechkin rules!!!
Posted by: Sergio79 | February 15, 2007 1:54 AM
I thought the Caps fly out of BWI for away games?
Posted by: CapitalsPunishment | February 15, 2007 10:35 AM
I thought the Caps fly out of BWI for away games?
Posted by: CapitalsPunishment | February 15, 2007 10:36 AM
I thought the Caps fly out of BWI for away games?
Posted by: Capitals Punishment | February 15, 2007 10:37 AM
I thought the Caps fly out of BWI for away games?
Posted by: I keep clicking Submit and nothing happens | February 15, 2007 11:38 AM
Yeah Kim, you're right. With Sid having all those points from his knees, back, sliding sideways, etc., it's hard to keep up.
Posted by: Pens! | February 15, 2007 12:19 PM
FC-Eh, he sounded totaly disinterested in actually emoting more than a fence post. I was hoping for somehign more like ".......OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEETTTTCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHKIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!" with the anguished face and clentched fists and all. Why not go for the overkill?
Posted by: EricS | February 15, 2007 12:27 PM
The Caps flew out of BWI when they practiced at Piney Orchard.
Now that they are in Ballston, Dulles is closer.
Posted by: zuco | February 15, 2007 11:08 PM
EricS: because it's supposed to be a parody of seinfeld's "newman!" and they don't do that?
it's pretty accurate with what crosby is supposed to be parody-ing.
Posted by: Chad | February 19, 2007 11:02 PM
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Holy crap, it's a post about the Caps.