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“It is what it is and I can do nothing about it so….” “Nothing to say…” “He turns so quick and I dont have time to stop or do something” “But again, its just a moment in the game, he turn, and just uhh…(I) don’t have time to realize and stop” “I play risky” “It’s me and uhh…it is what it is”- Alexander Ovechkin in a locker room interview scrum 12/1/2009 on Tim Gleason incident prior to his 2 game suspension

Multiple times throughout this interview Ovenchicken continually says that Tim Gleason moved too fast and had no time to react and move out of the way. Looking at this photo can you honestly believe these statements? To me it looks like he clearly put his leg out in an intention to impeed the progress of Tim Gleason. Whether he meant to hit him knee-on-knee or not, is superfluous, he made the wrong decision and “the way I play” is dirty and scum sucking