The scariest Eklund rumor yet.

[KDDRWINGS1 9]

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=12395

I hope this is just another Eklund farce, but how scary would this be? Even though some of the "good" preds would be gone AO and Kolzig could change everything for this division. Probably won't happen but at least we'd see Ovechkin a lot more.

[Rice 42]

It would take a hell of a lot more than that to get Ovechkin. IMO, you're looking at multiple high picks (more than two firsts) along with a combination Weber, Suter, Radulov, Legwand, and Franson. Dumont and Zidlicky (young but shaky) aren't the types of players traded for a young franchise player like Ovechkin.

It's not happening anyway.

Edited January 9, 2008 by ARice89

[irishtemper14+25 11]

i hope this does happen cuz then we would get to see AO play a lot

[Yzerfan1999 81]

6:13:

A Nashville station has gone on record as saying they received confirmation from a source within the Preds organization that there have been talks with Washington regarding Ovechkin.

Ted Leonsis, whom I have a great deal of respect for, has come out with this statement on his blog on the Caps website: "No mention of our team can pass, it seems, without noting Alex Ovechkin’s contract status, and I can tell from postings in the blogosphere and message boards that this has a lot of fans worried. I respect Alex and George McPhee’s commitment to keep the negotiations out of the media and frankly have wondered who is making up some of the things I have read. As I have stated on numerous occasions, we couldn’t be more impressed with Alex as a player and a person and we expect him to be in D.C. for a long, long time. "

Another source has told me that he believes a contract with AO may indeed be close and has said that he was told the Preds weren't moving for him.

- Looks like that rumor is busted

[Reds4Life 51]

Nashville is not good hockey town, too bad they didn't move to Canada. Anyways, Ovechkin will be locked up by Caps, they will match any offer other team/s make.

[Swede40 0]

Ovechkin isn't going anywhere.

[RedFX 48]

Though I live in Nashville, and would love to see Ovechkin play here every night, this trade won't happen in a million years. Leonis is pretty stupid, but not that stupid.

[interminded 1]

Ovechkin will be re-signed before he hits the UFA market..

[RedFX 48]

Signed today actually. Making nearly 9 million a year

[Jwo 7]

Before the he resigned, this rumor is like saying the Greeks would give the aegean land back to Macedonia. Would never happen and is even crazy to think about it.

[Viperar 16]

extremely happy to see ovechkin staying in DC!