When you’ve played 1,140 games in the NHL, things can get monotonous, which is probably why Alex Ovechkin is getting weirder with age.
The Capitals legend, who already gets his cup painfully checked by John Carlson during pregame warmups, is expanding his routines in the tunnel before taking the ice.
The Capitals tweeted an edited video of Ovechkin’s superstitions before the game and I hope you’re ready for this.
Video
gr8 pregame pic.twitter.com/VdZdTECCtN
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 16, 2020
A recap:
- Ovi yells “YAH!” in Carl Hagelin’s face.
- Radko Gudas approaches Ovi and screams in his face. The Great 8 yells back, “LET’S F*CKING GO!” They laugh.
- Tom Wilson and Ovechkin exchange several shoulder and chest bumps.
- The Russian machine is now yelling something inscrutable, in some type of sing-song harmony, at John Carlson. I think I hear Bom Chicka Wah Wah? Then they do a special high five.
- Ovechkin and Jakub Vrana bump gloves before making a noise that sounds like oinking.
- Then TJ Oshie appears. The two get in each other’s face and scream at each other.”LET’S F*CKING GO!”
And then there’s whatever this is.
Stretch it out! #HockeyHugs pic.twitter.com/FAjnbiJiTm
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 16, 2020
I’ll have whatever they’re having, bartender.
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