The debate has raged on all season long: is Alex Ovechkin a dirty player?
Ignited again by his most recent hit on Brian Campbell, SB Nation writers have provided the arguments for both sides of the story. Before voting in the poll below, read Derek Zona's case for classifying Ovechkin as a dirty player. Then, read Travis Hughes' case for Ovechkin as a reckless, but not necessarily dirty, player.
When you're done, scroll down, view his questionable hits and decide for yourself by voting in the poll.
On Sergei Gonchar:
On Tim Gleason:
On Dennis Wideman (use this link to jump straight to the hit):
On Daniel Briere:
On Jamie Heward:
On Patrick Kaleta:
A slewfoot on Peverly:
A blindside interference hit on Dustin Brown:
A headshot on Valentin Wirz:
An "Alfredsson" on Scuderi:
There you have it. Is Alex Ovechkin a dirty player? Before voting in the poll below, read Derek Zona's case for classifying Ovechkin as a dirty player. Then, read Travis Hughes' case for Ovechkin as a reckless, but not necessarily dirty, player. Vote below (and sorry about the third party poll service!).
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The SBNation platform has a perfectly fin polling function. Why are you sending us to pollcode.com instead?
Oh, and no, AO is not a dirty player. I might be a little bit biased though.
Now helping to keep an eye on all things Gr8 at Alex Ovetjkin.
by EmilyB on Mar 17, 2010 9:22 PM EDT reply actions
It doesn’t function on story stream updates, unfortunately.
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by Travis Hughes on Mar 17, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks. Appreciate the info.
Now helping to keep an eye on all things Gr8 at Alex Ovetjkin.
by EmilyB on Mar 17, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Players that are interviewed always say that when you play against Alex, he picks you out at the beginning of the game and goes after you – and thus he falls into my definition of a dirty player – which may not be your definition.
My prediction is that Alex will be like Bobby Orr and Lemieux, great but he will burn out young – I just can’t see him playing this way for another 15 years – his body is going to start breaking down.
by Natalie Lowe on Mar 18, 2010 7:12 PM EDT reply actions
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