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Snide Ovechkin Thanks Flyers for Playoff Spot

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The Philadelphia Flyers’ season came to an end on Tuesday night, and that didn’t stop a longtime rival like Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin from taking some pot shots after the game had ended.



Because Washington had beaten the Flyers, they clinched a playoff berth. Ovechkin was quick to disingenuously thank them for pulling the goalie and allowing them to win on an empty-net goal to clinch.

“Detroit get a point and they still pull the goalie,” Ovechkin said. “They didn’t know that, but we’ll take it. Thanks, Philly.”

Flyers head coach John Tortorella made it clear that he was pulling Sam Ersson pretty much no matter what, and that he was going to stick to his plan.

“That was the right time to pull him. Didn’t know anything was going on with Detroit at that time,” Tortorella said.

And, while Ovechkin gets to play in the Stanley Cup playoffs this year, his comments are largely misguided. The Capitals finished the season with the sixth-worst goal differential at -37; only Montreal, Columbus, Anaheim, Chicago, and San Jose were worse.

Further to that point, Washington’s -37 differential is also the worst mark for a playoff team since 1991, so it’s hard to feel like the Capitals really achieved anything, especially compared to what the Flyers did this season.

The Flyers quietly lucked out, in fact, as they’ll have a half-decent draft pick coming in the 2024 NHL Draft in addition to the other first-round pick they own from a trade with Florida.

As for Ovechkin and Washington, hopefully, they’re equally as willing to “take” a first-round exit from the Stanley Cup playoffs at the hands of the first-place, President’s Trophy-winning New York Rangers that won a whopping 55 games this season.

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Tommygunn

And all the Flyer fans will be adding the same snide “thanks” to the New York Rangers after the Capitals first round exit from the playoffs..Tom Wilson will need a ladder when he drops the gloves with Rempe,it will be Rempes first victory in the fight game..Wilson,if he has the balls to drop em with Rempe,he’ll be ” spittin chicklets.

Geno

Hey Ovy, don’t forget, karma’s a bitch.

Butch

This is the media creating something from nothing. I didn’t find it snide.

WeBjamming

Exactly… sour grapes. Nothing to see here, keep moving.

Not Offsides

Ovi, if you had a better team you wouldn’t have had to worry about it. So, as Torts would say, shut your yap!

Mzdaisy

Ooh, that had me fighting mad! Ovie is one of the games best players, yet finds it necessary to kick the Flyers?

Hey Ovie? I hope you get your tails whooped by the rags! Used to admire him, but that didn’t show any class🙄

Last edited 7 months ago by Mzdaisy
mark

ovechkin should be thanking his and the capitals NEW FAVORITE referee kelly sutherland for his call waving off the goal earlier in the game.If that goal is scored the caps and not the flyers would have had to pull the goalie.I am not saying the flyers would have won if they were leading but that we will never know.May the hockey gods take (good) care of the caps wink wink during their playoff run.

Craig

He’ll be heading back to Moscow soon enough to hang out with his buddy Putin