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The Ovie 800
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Wednesday February 13, 2019, 01:43:03 PM Eastern ---Ovie will get 700 in a Caps sweater (barring serious injury), but not 800. Do not lose sight of the fact that his contract ends on July 1, 2021, 7 months before the next winter Olympics. I fully expect that he will not sign another NHL contract, at least right away, but instead return to Russia so he can have one more chance to play in the Olympics. What his contract status is if he were to do that and sit out an NHL season, I do not know. Maybe he'd be happy to play in the KHL for a few years afterward.TFor SURE he doesn't sign a $1 million contract were he to return. $6 million, maybe -- not $1 million (as long as he continues to score enough to be viewed as still a dominant NHL player.)
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I didn’t, At his current pace he’d be at 759 in 2021, which would have him hitting 800 in 2022. At that point, The Caps will need to do everything to keep him, for year or two including dangling another Cuo at him, or even letting him play in the Olympics
alta:
From what I've read, it isn't Ted that kept OV from playing in the Olympics. It was buttman who prevented the NHL players from participating in PyeongChang because of "lack of exposure", while at the same time had preseason games in China "to gain exposure". Ironically the next winter Olympiad is in China, February 2022. The current CBA expires at the completion of the '21-'22 season. It will be interesting to see what the players get out it in regards to Olympic participation, which would be very easy to facilitate IMO.
richkrt99:
This is how this works...I ask "how many goals and assists will Ovi end the regular season with?"
And then YOU provide your estimate of each.. That means put numbers to it.... :raspberry:
like this....
48 Goals, 41 Assists
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: alta on Thursday February 14, 2019, 01:53:58 PM Eastern ---From what I've read, it isn't Ted that kept OV from playing in the Olympics. It was buttman who prevented the NHL players from participating in PyeongChang because of "lack of exposure", while at the same time had preseason games in China "to gain exposure". Ironically the next winter Olympiad is in China, February 2022. The current CBA expires at the completion of the '21-'22 season. It will be interesting to see what the players get out it in regards to Olympic participation, which would be very easy to facilitate IMO.
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The question is....What is more important to OVI? I'd say at THIS point, he has the Cup and it does not appear they will contend for another so the Olympic failures stick in his craw more than the number of goals he has. I mean, I'm sure he wants 800, but when his contract is up and he has 729 goals....is he willing to add another 2 or likely 3 NHL seasons to get to 800? Will he have to forego the Olympics to get the 800? Only he really knows, but I would speculate, he would rather have that Olympic gold than anything else in 2022.
Realistically the money will be insignificant (what's another 10 or so million when you have 100 :uh-huh: [size=78%]. [/size][/size]He could tack on a few years at x million a year, or go play at home (Moscow) and make some good coin and practice for the Olympics.[size=78%]
Or he could sit at home (or any fucking where he wants to) and count his money and poke his wife and raise his kids and drink and get fat and enjoy life
alta:
meh, mother Russia already won Olympic gold, kind of
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