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Originally Posted by Locke
Ovechkin's over-the-top National Pride always strikes me as somewhat hollow. Almost like they're delivered at gunpoint.
I just get the feeling that for some reason some Russian Oligarchs got their hooks in Ovechkin and he has to constantly defend them or fear retribution.
"Someone has made disparaging remarks about the Motherland! Defend us or the dog gets it!"
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He's not from North America.
Playing for their country in the Olympics trumps the NHL every day for most European players.