Ovechkin to RW

[champeen]

Caps are going to play OV on the right wing tonight vs. NJD. I can't think of a single reason why they would do this, as his shot is basically his sole outstanding attribute and he's almost guaranteed to have fewer good looks over there. I know they've started 0-3, but I can't imagine how this helps other than as some sort of 'wake up' type move on the part of Adam Oates. Thoughts?

[Lt. Dish]

Put him on the third D pair.

[Malkamaniac]

Man, he's fallen so far in the past few years.

[Idoit40fans]

He was working there in training camp for sure. This has been planned since the lockout ended.

[Digitalgypsy66]

And he can't claim rust, because he was playing in the KHL.

Good luck to him.

I hope Leonsis doesn't fire McPhee anytime soon.

[Idoit40fans]

By the way, the article i read has him moving back to lw after giving up on the rw experiment.

[Gaucho]

Back to LW, but playing with Beagle and Crabb. Numerous jokes in there.

[Tico Rick]

Ovechkin (little lamb in Russian), Beagle and Crabb. Surf and Turf? The Animal Planet line?

[JeffDFD]

Man, he's fallen so far in the past few years.

steroids, remember? haha

[Pitts]

By the way, the article i read has him moving back to lw after giving up on the rw experiment.

Yes. He had been at RW since the season began. I read he kept drifting over to the left on nearly every play. So, experiment over.