Ovechkin on Campbell. A bit too much

If you haven’t seen it yet you have to. Alex Ovechkin’s passion for strong play and hitting goes a bit too far on a strong push from behind to Brian Campbell (YouTube Vid). I love the passion and skill that Alex Ovechkin brings to the NHL but a man has got to know the limitations. This is a hit from behind that is in a bad section of the ise. As strong as Brian Campbell is on his skates he can’t take the strong and illegal push from behind into the boards. Bad move AO.

The NHL was right to suspend AO on this one. You can see right away Alex does not like the outcome of the hit as he sticks around to see what the deal with Campbell’s condition is. Campbell will be out for the rest of the season and hopefully that will be it. Lucky for Ao and the Washington Capitals that this was against a Western Conf team and they won’t meet back up any time soon. The NHLPA needs to communicate the importance of player protection to the players themselves. Things like this should not be going on regardless of the play. And this push was not a needed action by Ovechkin to determine a play or a game. It was just him applying his full on pressure to a clearing attempt. Sad to see this happen to a top D-Man and sad to see by one of the leagues best players. I would have agreed with even more than a two game suspension if it weren’t for Ovechkin being on my Fantasy Hockey team during such an important time.