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DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

Bobby Ryan with the A

SpezDispensed wrote:http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/02/06/sens-winger-bobby-ryan-will-always-defend-his-captain

"I'm not a guy that's going to fight ... I may have one a year," Ryan said following Friday's practice. "But there's just opportunities where things need to be addressed. I thought that needed to be addressed."

Both Karlsson and Ovechkin dismissed the unpenalized hit as no big deal after the game -- Ovechkin made a joke about Karlsson going down easily because he's "140 pounds" -- but at the time of the incident it appeared a full scale brawl could break out. It ended when Ryan charged at Ovechkin and took a swing that missed, and Ovechkin put him in a headlock and threw him to the ice.

"Whether he outmuscled (Karlsson) or not, I don't care, he's in a vulnerable position, and you don't get your stick parallel to the ice in a guy. You just don't do it," said Ryan. "That's arguably the best defenceman in the world. And our captain. If he takes a hit like that, I'm always coming in."

Ovechkin was in a surly mood from the first shift, when Clarke MacArthur took him into the boards.

"A basic pin-against-the-wall, from a guy that is 140 pounds," said Ryan. "It sounded a little hypocritical to me."

Ryan appeared to get under Ovechkin's skin as the two exchanged words in the penalty box.

"I said a few things, yeah, because I thought he deserved them all," said Ryan, who refused to share the conversation. "I'm not taking the fine or the suspension on that one. Ask (P.A. announcer) Stuntman Stu. He had his head down and buried, trying not to laugh, I think."

Love this guy.

ZEROES

Washington Capitals – Generated a total of 14 shots in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to Philadelphia, led by Alex Ovechkin’s three shots on goal. Nine Capitals, including five forwards, failed to register a shot on goal, with centres Eric Fehr and Jay Beagle not registering a single shot attempt.

Buffalo Sabres – Put 10 shots on goal in a 3-2 loss to the Islanders Sunday, with five Sabres registering two shots apiece. 13 skaters didn’t register a shot on net and 10 of them mustered one or zero shot attempts. Chris Stewart and Tyler Ennis weren’t even on the ice for an even-strength shot on goal.

Cody Ceci – The second-year defenceman had the worst possession stats (10 shot attempts for, 18 against, 35.7%) and was on the ice for four-even-strength goals against, in Saturday’s 4-1 loss to Columbus. Forwards Kyle Turris and Mark Strone were on for four against as well, but had better possession.

SpezDispensed wrote:The kid will have a game like that once in a while, but he's been Cussing awesome.  

4th goal was a statistic anyway.  3rd was an empty netter I think.  So two of those don't even matter.

tim1_2 wrote:While maybe not "awesome", Bobby R has been pretty close.  But that's about it.

NEELY wrote:Nothing... he's been good.  He hasn't been great.

If the question is "has he been great for a 21 year old D man in the NHL?", then sure, he's been great.