Reality Time: The Capitals Have To Trade Ovechkin

Published: February 7, 2007, 12:24 pm

Tags: capitals, alexander ovechkin, brian muir, milan jurcina, matt bradley, ben clymer

I've been doing a lot of soul searching after the Capitals devastating shootout loss last night to the Bruins their staggering first loss in a row and after grappling with it I've decided it's time to blow up the team.The Caps are 55 games into the second not-locked-out season of its sweeping rebuild, and all we've seen is marginal improvement over last year. How long can I possibly be expected to wait before seeing some results?Alex Ovechkin, probably hanging his head because of his many disappointing years in the nation's capital.Image stolen from Puckhead's Thoughts, who likely stole it from somewhere else.So with that in mind, I think it's time to say what's been on everyone's mind for several days now:The Washington Capitals need to trade Alexander Ovechkin.They brought him in as the alleged savior of this franchise, paid him the big bucks to lure him away from perennial Stanley Cup contender Dynamo Moscow, built a supporting cast around him with solid NHL veterans like

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