It's one thing to be the player a coach asks to have the dubious duty of attempting to shut down Ovechkin.
It's another thing to tell the coach you want to be on the ice every time Ovechkin is; to tell him that you can shut down the league's best player.
A strong statement, indeed, and one that Francois Beauchemin of the Toronto Maple Leafs made last Saturday night prior to their game against the Washington Capitals.
The Leafs were struggling mightily, last place in the Eastern Conference and coming home after a heart-wrenching shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. Not exactly a perfect start coming into a game against the best team in the East.
Before the puck dropped, before the cameras were ro ...
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