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Why did the great Tikhonov of the past insult the great Ovechkin of the present? Why is he worse than Messi and the Beatles?

Date: March 28, 2024 Time: 15:00:47

Big shocked and even offended by the statement of a wonderful biathlete in the past, the idol of my adolescence, Alexander Tikhonov. The champion in the relay of four Olympic Games in a row recently described the Russian captain of the Capitals as follows:

– He’s in America, he’s already American. I don’t think he will ever come back to Russia. He is a club player there with a contract, and we chose among our own. He is big, but not ours.

Well, why does Alexander Ivanovich so casually insult, perhaps, the best player in the history of Russian hockey? Don’t you know that the glorious Dynamo graduate, in terms of the number of participations in the world championships, was ahead of everyone both in the USSR and in Russia, even the number one hockey player of the 20th century Vladislav Tretiak? Alexander never refused to play for the national team, no matter what condition he was in, no matter what injuries he received. Sometimes he even came to the national team camp before the coaches called and he always gave himself completely. Three golds in the World Cup in Russia are a direct merit of Ovechkin.

If you follow Tikhonov’s logic, then Messi is not his either, because throughout his career he has been performing abroad. And Elizabeth II, at the age of 39, went off the rails when on June 11, 1965, just 14 months after the first tour of the United States, she signed a decree granting the Beatles an OBE. Why such an honor for young musicians, which was previously only given to military and politicians? The Queen’s order read: “For contributing to the development of British culture and its popularization throughout the world.” And this happened, I repeat, when the worldwide Beatlemania had not yet completed a year and a half…

But isn’t Ovechkin glorifying his homeland in America in the Mecca of hockey? And for almost 20 years! Incredible stability at the highest level. You, Alexander Ivanovich, as a legendary athlete, should understand this better than others. Because from personal experience you know very well that behind all these outstanding achievements there is a titanic work. Year after year, season after season. Since childhood. It simply cannot be otherwise.

Isn’t it worth being proud that it is our hockey player who will soon become the highest paid in the more than hundred-year history of the NHL? It’s not stupid to take oil and gas with wood abroad. It means proving daily on the world market in an open battle that your product is of the highest quality and progressive.

Last week, Ovechkin became the second in NHL history for the 17th time in his career to score 30 goals in a championship. Today, after giving the 20th assist, he also scored 50 points for the 17th time. At the age of 37, Ovechkin goes into his tenth season of scoring fifty bucks; this has never been possible for anyone. Especially at such a respectable age.

Without Ovi, hockey in the US capital would never have reached the top. Just as the Capitals, with only one Muscovite in the lineup, managed to win their only Stanley Cup so far.

On Long Island now, Alexander could not knock on the doors of the “islanders”. However, he made the game. This was recognized after the victory over the Islanders in overtime (4:3) by all the experts of the television studio, calling Ovechkin nothing more than a Russian machine that does not break.

Until the 27th minute, there was only one team on the court: the New Yorkers, with a complete advantage, led – 3:0. But as soon as the captain of the guests, according to all the rules, spotted the striker of the hosts Page on the side, everything on the site instantly changed. Although the judges watched the Russian hit for several minutes for rule violations and elimination until the end of the match, they found nothing criminal.

After that, another team dominated, and the stunned “islanders”, including Page, did not come to their senses until Orlov’s decisive goal 33 seconds before the end of the additional five-minute period. Significantly, at the start it was Page who ruined a clean one-on-one start.

– Was Alex’s receiving power a turning point? Yes, of course, one hundred percent, – confirms Dmitry Orlov, who won the first star of the match. “Moments like this change the game. We begin to act harder, spend more time on the attack, and the opponent, on the contrary, is lost. We have to try to play like this all the time, because that’s our thing. I think we are good at fore-control and the power play.

But Ovechkin did not stop there. It was he who soon arranged the first return goal against Sorokin, and after another three minutes, the backstrom-Wilson link worked, which Orlov sent forward. At the start of the third period, Oshi, with the interposition of Kuznetsov, restored the balance.

… And television experts separately noted, according to them, the outstanding Russian tandem of New York goalkeepers Shesterkin – Sorokin. Emphasizing that it is simply impossible to get through both without constant interference.

This is once again to the question of contracts, ours and the American ones. About who our brave boys represent in the NHL. About OUR BIG.

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Puck Henry
Puck Henry
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