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					Originally Posted by slotdirt  I'm starting to feel about Ovechkin the way I felt about Green back in the earlier Caps playoff flameouts:  they should trade him while he still has value.  Ovechkin is the man, and a blast to watch play, but he's virtually non-existent on the defensive end, and doesn't seem particularly interested in changing that. | 
	
 Despite his successes against the Rangers over the years, watching him and Girardi match up has become my favorite thing in hockey. It is a great battle every game and I would hate to see him leave the area. Unless he came out to the Avs, I could deal with that.