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Alex Ovechkin to Nicklas Backstrom during interview: ‘You gonna sign six more years and then I’ll sign for five more years’

With Nicklas Backstrom entering the final year of his 10-year contract, and Alex Ovechkin in the penultimate year of his own 13-year contract, conversation has naturally turned to whether the duo will be looking to re-sign with the Capitals. With...

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Nicklas Backstrom: “Yeah, I mean I did my math for the radio show there. You know what? I think it’s – I’m not going to jinx it for him – but I think it’s doable, for sure. Like, without a doubt. I think so. And I know he’s hungry for it too.”

Alex Ovechkin: “Well, we’ll see. What you gonna sign six more years and then I’ll sign for five more years and here we go.”

Rob Carlin: “This is something that is going to be a big thing, the contract year. Would you ultimately, the two of you, love to stack it like that and maybe one day you guys go out together? You ever thought about that as you start looking down the road now?”

Alex Ovechkin: “Yeah, of course when contracts end up, you just want to see what’s the future and I’m pretty sure what we did together and for this organization it’s going to be forever right? So I don’t know. It’s not our job to talk about what they want to do but I’m sure Nicky and I would love to stay and we’ll see.”

Tarik_ElBashir: Does any team have as much fun at practice as the #ALLCAPS? This is quite a celebration for a late-in-the-season Wednesday morning. 😂

… And Then We Got Mario Kart Tattoos | By Braden Holtby

My emotions were just all over the place when I was on the ice. Then two things happened that really changed my life.

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I don’t even know who said it. But they remembered. They remembered the promise, man. They were like, “We said we’d do it. We’re doing it.”

And then Oshie was like, “We’re doing it, dude. I’m getting a Wario tattoo. I’M GETTING A WARIO TATTOO! HOLTS! CALL THE TATTOO GUYS!”

So I called the tattoo guys.

(Thank you to the fine folks at Tattoo Paradise, who let us come in on short notice and also let us order a bunch of pizzas to the shop. We appreciate you.)

Some of this is blurry, but the moment that I will never forget is Jakub Vrána lying there on the table, in so much pain. Just dying. And he’s like, “Guys, somebody just hold my hand.”

And so we took turns holding his hand, like, “It’s gonna be okay, buddy. It’s gonna be over soon.”

In the end, those are the moments that you’ll always remember. That’s why you play the game. Because so much of it is a blur. Honestly, the hours after we won the Cup are a blur. There’s so much media, so many people, so many interviews. You barely process it. Even my day with the Cup was a blur. There’s just not enough time. You never really get a moment to let it all sink in.

But there are still these little moments that stick.