News: Ovechkin has won the Hart Trophy as the NHL MVP, beating out Sidney Crosby and John Tavares. [+]
Impact: Ovechkin led the league with 32 goals in the 48-game season as Washington won the Southeast Division before falling to the New York Rangers in the first round of the playoffs. ( STATS - Sun. June 16, 2013) |
News: Ovechkin says his broken left foot is healing well after playing almost three full games on it last month. [+]
Impact: The Washington Capitals' captain, who won his third Hart Trophy as the NHL's MVP, sustained a hairline fracture in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the New York Rangers. He did not miss any time, playing in Game 7 the next night and then at the world championship days later. ( STATS - Sun. June 16, 2013) |
News: Ovechkin (broken left foot) said he's progressing well in his recovery and remains on track to return in time for training camp, the Winnipeg Free Press reports. [+]
Impact: Ovechkin said he was walking without any issues and plans to test out the foot further by playing tennis in the near future. The Hart Trophy winner sustained the hairline fracture to his foot in Game 6 of the first-round series with the Rangers, but played through the injury in a Game 7 loss. ( RotoWire - June 16, 2013) |
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News: Staal says there's "no question" he'll be ready for training camp after spraining a knee ligament during an international tournament. [+]
Impact: Staal said Tuesday that rehab is "a slower process than I thought and hoped" but he hopes to test his knee on the ice by August. He says the team's medical staff is "not going to rush it." Staal sprained his right medial collateral ligament in a scary-looking collision with Alex Edler last month during the world hockey quarterfinals. He calls it the most serious injury of his hockey career. ( STATS - Tue. June 4, 2013) |
News: Staal (knee) said that there's "no question" that he will be ready for next season's training camp, the Associated Press reports. [+]
Impact: Staal, who sprained his right MCL in May during the World Hockey Championships, acknowledged that his rehab has been a slower process than he expected, but said he hopes to test his knee on the ice by August. ( RotoWire - Tue. June 4, 2013) |
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