I think Ovi is amazing, but as a captain I don't think he's been there. I think he focused on being a leader and changed his game and is now just plain lost. I don't think Dale should come in and strip him immediately, but I want to see him come down hard on all of them. This bullshit pussy footing around and not crashing the fucking net is fucking over.
Let's just say I disagree with you, especially on the bolded part. Ovie has not grown up and it's beyond fucking time for him to do so. He's in his seventh year in the league and he's acting like a petulant little bitch. He's been treated with kid gloves every single year he's been here and finally, FINALLY, Bruce has the balls to call him on his shit and he throw tantrums. He should have been a healthy scratch after his little tantrum after the Anaheim game. Ovie refuses to listen to coaches and he got what he wanted: Bruce fired.
Teams are onto Ovie's game. He won't adjust his style: bring it up the wing, stick move, come to the slot, another fancy stick move, get off a shot. What pisses me off more is that as Ovie goes, the team goes, so when Ovie and his butt-buddy Alex Semin decide to drag ass and play like lazy little fucks, it brings the rest of the team down, both on the scoreboard and mentally. Which is why it is so dangerous to have him wear the C. It's always dangerous to have your best player be your captain because his lack of leadership skills overshadow his talent. Ovie's thinking more about pimping bitches at Clyde's and speeding his sports cars on 66.
I still like Ovie, but I wish someone, perhaps his father, would get into his thick fucking skull and wake him the fuck up. He's potentially flushing his career and legacy down the toilet the next few years. But as we all know, he doesn't care about that shit.
Lotta Caps fans need to take off the rose-colored glasses when it comes to Ovie. I think a lot of it is they don't want to admit the asshole who they spent $150-200 buying his jersey is really dragging this team down.
