Talk:Alexander Ovechkin

message: Update :)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.162.15.141 (talk) 18:33, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  701 goals 

message: I am required for a class to make a change or addition to Wikipedia.  I am a huge Washington Capitals fan, and a big fan of Ovechkin.  I would just like to include his stats during the 2010 Winter Olympics in the International Play category.  I will get my Information from this source:   thank you.
TChalk945 (talk) 19:14, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: "TChalk945," it appears to me that you satisfied your assignment: You made a change to Wikipedia when you posted your comment on this page! 1995hoo (talk) 19:34, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit request from TChalk945, 19 October 2010

message: Nice second photo. His ex-girlfriend must have posted that one...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by CEKC (talk • contribs) 07:28, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Does anyone know how to verify if www.ovie8.com is really Ovechkin's own website. He seems to have a twitter account which lists this website. But what makes me suspicious is that the ovie8.com doesn't have any personal commentary by Ovechkin the way most personal website would. If it's not his own website it should not be in the infobox. BashBrannigan (talk)
:The website appears to be maintained by IMG, which is the company that represents Ovechkin. Resolute 01:59, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, that seems to make sense. BashBrannigan (talk) 01:16, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ovechkin website? 

message: Citation needed can be replaced with this information:  http://capitals.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=462124
Jspoke (talk) 00:52, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Please request edits to protected pages only when you've specified what exact text needs to be replaced, what the exact replacement is, and why the change needs to be made. --Bryce (talk | contribs) 01:12, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 30 December 2011 

message: Ovechkin is now playing Right Wing.Hefd (talk) 23:53, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Changed, thanks for the notice. Kaiser matias (talk) 00:44, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 19 January 2013 

message: Some of the information on this page was vandalized (weight and height both altered to intended joke values as was his draft pick).  Changing information to published values.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drailing55 (talk • contribs) 01:48, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: The last bullet under the "NHL" subsection of the "Awards and Achievements" section uses incorrect grammar. The phrase currently reads: "Scored his 4th career Game 7 goal on 23 May 2018, handing Tampa Bay Lightning there first Game 7 loss at home in its 25-year history..." This phrase should be corrected to: "Scored his 4th career Game 7 goal on 23 May 2018, handing the Tampa Bay Lightning their first Game 7 loss at home in the franchise's 25-year history..." Jonsoff (talk) 19:48, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 20:02, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 25 May 2018 

message: Please change "Stanley Cup Finals" to "Stanley Cup Final" (no "s"). Thank you. Curatedlanguage (talk) 00:30, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  per this discussion  there is consensus against no S. For more information, check out Talk:Stanley Cup Finals. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 02:04, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

text: Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:24, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 June 2018 

message: Change "Las Vegas Golden Knights" in Stanley Cup Section to "Vegas Golden Knights" ; Las is not in the team name 108.219.247.89 (talk) 10:46, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done L293D (☎ • ✎) 12:24, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 June 2018 

message: Error in "Player Profile" section, second to last sentence starts with "After after", change to "After".
Error in section "Stanley Cup Finals", second to last sentence says 17-year career, should be 13 as only his NHL time counts in this case. Should not include his time in the KHL Canellac (talk) 14:05, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Partly done: first request is done but I counld'nt find a place that said 17-year career.  L293D (☎ • ✎) 15:25, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 June 2018 

message: Second to last paragraph in "Off the ice" section should the following text be appended: "On June 7, 2018, in an interview after winning his first Stanley Cup, it was made public that Ovechkin and his wife are expecting their first child."https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2018/06/08/alex-ovechkin-and-nastya-ovechkina-are-expecting-their-first-child/#more-291721 Canellac (talk) 14:11, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done L293D (☎ • ✎) 15:22, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 8 June 2018 

message: Barry Trotz Moscow meeting with Ovechkin removed here:
:In September 2017, after the summer wedding (where he danced shirtless), but before his honeymoon, coach and captain had a heart-to-heart in Moscow (where Trotz was visiting his son). The coach reminded the team captain that the 2017-18 Capitals would be less experienced and talented than in recent years. The Capitals simply could not afford another "lackluster" season from their Russian star like the previous one. Trotz recalls telling Ovechkin:https://nationalpost.com/sports/hockey/nhl/we-waited-so-long-how-alex-ovechkin-captain-expectant-father-and-a-champion-at-last-reached-hockeys-summit
::Artaxerxes 15:19, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stanley Cup 

message: He certainly merits an early life/history section -- as other players of his stature have in their pages (SEE: Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretsky, etc.)--Artaxerxes 16:05, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I think "early life" is under "Personal and family" HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 21:08, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early life 

message: "Alex Ovechkin is putting Wayne Gretzky’s untouchable goal-scoring record within reach"https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/12/04/alex-ovechkin-is-putting-wayne-gretzkys-untouchable-goal-scoring-record-within-reach/?utm_term=.c783d187f390Artaxerxes 22:07, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Goal-scoring record 

message: NHL active hat trick leader with 22; Malkin with 12; Crosby with 11 (as of 12.17.18).https://www.hockey-reference.com/leaders/hat_trick_active.html
Back-to-back hat tricks:
*"becomes just the 14th NHL player to record hat tricks in consecutive games more than once in his career."
*"also performed the feat in October 2017."
*"first new member of that elite club since Alex Kovalev, who had back-to-back hat tricks twice in 2001."http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/alex-ovechkin-joins-rare-nhl-club-second-straight-hat-trick/2tuy844jolye1vnl1lmmriav7Artaxerxes 16:54, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hat tricks 

message: The article doesn't seem to consistently use one national variety of English as advised by MOS:ARTCON. I think it should use American English since his ties there are the strongest of any English-speaking nation.--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 21:20, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no issue with that, so long as one system is used consistently. Kaiser matias (talk) 03:28, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Variety of English 

message: I have no idea who keeps undoing my edit claiming he is one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time but in the most respectful way you are on crack if you think otherwise. He is a 3x MVP (more than crosby just saying) 3x ted lindsay award winner, a 12 time all star, a 9x maurice rocket award winner, a champion and mvp of the finals and is on pace to not only become the all time scorer but close to breaking numerous other scoring records as well. Go ahead he is not one of the greatest hockey players of all time STOP undoing the edit. MrHindsight (talk) 02:00, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: In 2017. the NHL named the 100 greatest players since 1917, with Ovechkin among them. Since then, he's added achievements and records. There's little doubt he's in the top 10 greats in history, and not just for scoring, as this NHL essay discusses. So for the lede, I think the article is understating Ovechkin if it doesn't say he is one of the greatest of all time. Zefr (talk) 04:47, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct and keep in mind that a year later he won a stanley cup, a conn smythe award, another 50 goal season and set a few records between now and then. I'm not arguing a top 10 I just want his wiki to acknowledge the fact that he is one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time. MrHindsight (talk) 05:45, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It already says he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players of all time in the third paragraph. You can move that to the first paragraph if you want.--Killashaw (talk) 00:24, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  One of the Greatest Ice Hockey Players of all time. 

message: It seems like the "player profile" section is being swallowed up by a string of block quotes from other players and coaches. Is this really necessary or appropriate? It seems like it significantly interrupts the flow of the article's text. 1995hoo (talk) 21:03, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. There are too many of them, they need some context and only one of them is long enough to meet MOS:BLOCKQUOTE.--Killashaw (talk) 18:31, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the MOS link. It confirms that block quotes should not be set in quotation marks (other than internal ones midstream, of course), which had been my gut feeling based on most style guides. I note several of the ones in question are set that way. If I have time I may clean those few up, but it will be this weekend at the earliest before I do anything about the larger issue involving the string of these things (unless someone else revises it first). One reason I wanted to raise it here is, frankly, that my observation has been that the editor who added them seems to take umbrage at having edits removed such that I wanted to throw the issue out there for discussion first (in the nature of CYA, I suppose, though not quite the same concept). 1995hoo (talk) 19:24, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Player profile" section and block quotes 

message: "some consider" seems a bit too cautious and outdated, no? He's at 822 goals, 72 back. The narrative has rapidly shifted from if to when. Inspector Semenych (talk) 17:56, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: You make a good point, plus words like "some" are generally deprecated per MOS:WEASEL. The word "widely" earlier in the sentence accomplishes the same thing, so I rewrote the sentence to make the same point without the "some." 1995hoo (talk) 19:44, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "some consider" language re goals record