Keep in mind Ovechkin plays for the Caps, and DC is no sports town
I really think any sports fan that doesn't watch the NHL playoffs is missing out on the best sports have to offer. There is no other championship that is played with the same level of intensity and excitement.
I went to the 6th game of the Flyers, Caps series. I've never been to a sporting event with that much energy to it. I thought the building was going to fall down when the Flyers scored. The Eagles, Giants playoff game in '06 wasn't even in the same league, and the Eagles won that game.
Plus hockey players are multi-talented. How many people here that golf can say they hit a hole-in-one their first time ever playing the game?