Little bit more. Ad an other second and I think is fair

what you mean Ov isn't a good captain

Tough loss though, but they aren't out yet. 3 games left.

Idk if I’d go that far. He does have like 21 goals in the last 32 games. He’s doing a lot but he’s 38. Tbh this team just looks like they DGAF a lot.

For Norris or Samuelsson?

Why EXACTLY do u think Bryson makes Samuelsson available??
Samuelsson is miles ahead of him in the depth chart,
and a player the Sabres (obviously) really like
Maybe u meat Byram?
But still, Dahlin plays the right side, and Power, Byram & Samuelsson have all spent time on their offhand as well
So it’s really not an issue

Injuries hurt his season this year, and some ppl do think we’ll move him, but I find it highly unlikely

He's never been a good leader.
He's slow and can't skate which is really something they have been trying to hide for years. But everyone knows and it's getting harder and harder to hide... mainly because everyone else is slowing down around him too. Like Oshie.

OTT declines, not trading Norris for pennies on the dollar, if he healthy he plays if not he on LTIR no reason to trade him for scraps

Ovi is not a good leader narrative in the year of our lord 2024? Seriously?

blind caps fan.....

Evidence: 0
Former teammates like Sprong have sung his praises and he clearly is the guy who's leading them and the guy they rally around every game...

"former teammates Sprong" LOL you realize Sprong has been fighting for contracts every year. What you think he's going to say.... "oh yeah he was a $#!t leader"
one meaningless statement here.
He's know to not be a good captain, for decades. Even WSH fans think this.

You have no evidence, no caps fans actually think he's a bad captain, and Sprong is half a point per game, far from "fighting for a contract". If he's "known" to not be a good captain, despite all evidence to the contrary, how bout you show some proof. It's amazing really, everything you just said was wrong.

Look how far you are stretching man. If Sprong is such a great player why has he spent the last two seasons on 1 year contracts from 2 different teams?
I mean really. Take the homer glasses off.

There is plenty of evidence on how bad a leader OV is. Just go look at the video of the games he lost to the penguins left and right with him sitting on the bench pouting half the game.
He's never been a good leader, and caps fans themselves have pointed it out. He's never been a guy to rally his team to win, or lead by example. Other than trying to teach Wilson how to be his little crony thug.
That's not exactly leadership. But hey, keep thinking what you think. It's funny to see people come out and say Sprong is a good player who doesn't struggle finding contracts. Because you know, it's typical to sign good NHL players to 1 year deals to teams that finished the year bottom of the league last year.
Hell maybe the yots should sign him to a 4 mil per x 6 deal if he's so good lol

Firstly, lol. Ovi was about the only guy to consistently show up in big games for at least 5 years, except for maybe Joel Ward. He's the guy getting the entire team in the zone before games and going over what they did well after. Video of this is readily available and the guy was in the middle of the huddle game planning during timeouts, the notion he was "pouting" when he was playing 20+ minutes and was the only one scoring is clearly your selective Penguins fan memory. This is the same guy who helped Adam Oates bumble his way into a playoff series in 2012, going from last to first in no small part due to his leadership. There's video after video of him miced up getting people to rally together, it's only ever been him or Oshie to get the troops rallied. You'd think former players, especially those who left on a sour note, would have anything bad to say, but they do nothing but sing his praises as a leader. really makes ya think...

also, on wilson, big lol. Wilson played fourth line for 3+ years with Eric Fehr, Jay Beagle, and Aaron Volpatti among others. Management, not Ovechkin, chose to force him into the grinder role for those years, and blaming Ovi is clearly the Pens fan in you still being mad about Zach Aston-Reese. To claim Ovechkin made him "his goon" is Qanon levels of conspiracy.

And on Sprong, lets see how he gets paid this year. Considering he's a 0.5 ppg winger on a team on the verge of playoffs, I'd say he won't have to worry about money for the near future.

If by show up you mean stand in one spot on the ice waiting for the puck while the rest of the team did the work so he could be the hero, you are dead on..... some leader.

Most casual of takes lol. Keep ignoring the nearly 1550 points, 535 5v5 goals, and 3 hart trophy and enjoy your evening of ignorance!

a whole career build with 4 guys doing the work and the one who can't skate stands in one place.

Seems both you and Brian Boucher wish he couldn't skate lol. And Carey Price... and Tim Thomas... and Henrik Lundqvist... and all the other goalies he's scored on with highlight reel dekes and goals. Oh and the other 130+ goalies he's scored 5v5 goals on. almost forgot

Edit: oh and Marc-Andre Fleury. Can't forget the goalie he loves to score on the most!

did you just mention MAF like I have some attachment there.... I don't.

Look get over it.
He's not a good leader, and he can't skate. He build a whole career because he can shoot the puck hard standing in 1 place. If you don't believe me, go look at some old power play break downs of the caps.
He sits on his little dot with his stick in the air.... and 4 other guys do all the work.
It is what it is man. he might move 10 feet in the ozone off his little dot.... and you would claim he works like Crosby or McDavid in the Ozone. He don't man. He can't skate, he's slow as hell, and he stands on one place on the ice and everyone knows it.
It's like facing a fast ball pitcher, you know what you are going to get, can you beat it.
but don't come to us all telling us some laughable nonsense about how slow as F Ov can skate.
have a good day!

535 5v5 goals, 1549 points, please keep embarrassing yourself lol. It must come as a shock to you that there's more to hockey than just a power play and that Ovi has thrived when the game is at even strength. This is top tier delusion, even most Pens fans aren't this deluded