Alex Ovechkin Gives Up On The Olympics
by Barry Petchesky from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#327VF)
All along it's been clear that NHL players wouldn't take part in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and all along, Alexander Ovechkin insisted that he'd play for Russia, no matter what the NHL said. But in a statement released by the Capitals today, Ovechkin admitted that it just won't be possible.