Ovechkin is on the market (not for other hockey teams)

[mile]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Because that's a POS thing to do.

But, sadly, likely much more common than we know.

Yep.

[Poe969]

I'm a little disappointed; there really should be more pictures of her and less pictures of him in this thread....

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Itse

It's still not a hockey story if you ask me...

sure it is

a) it involves a hockey player
b) what if he goes Rory McIlroy and scores 100 goals next year?

[manwiches]

not enough posts of Maria Kirilenko on this lol

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

It wouldn't be a hockey story.

It isn't a hockey story now.

Should have kept reading down the thread, still... not a hockey story anyways.

[Five-hole]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

sure it is

a) it involves a hockey player
b) what if he goes Rory McIlroy and scores 100 goals next year?

Dumping tennis players will be the new HGH.

[Scoreface]

Rory could be our best goal scorer ever!!!! (I know what u mean)

[Ben_in_Canada]

R-Sport reported the sad news with a quote from Kirilenko.
“I have decided to terminate the engagement,” she said. ” There are many reasons, but I do not want to go into details. I’ll say one thing: our relationship completed, but I respect Sasha as a person and athlete and I sincerely wish him continued athletic success.

Sasha? That's an odd way to spell Alex....

[mile]

Originally Posted by Ben_in_Canada

Sasha? That's an odd way to spell Alex....

From yahoo answers:

To make something a nickname in Russian, you add "-sha" to it. Russian for Alexander = Aleksander. They drop the Alek and change "Sander" to "Sasha" to make it a nickname.

Same thing works for "Misha" for "Mikael" or "Dasha" for "Darya."

Side fact: adding "-ka" in there makes it extra-cutesy. So, "Sashka" is a cutesy version of the nickname, or "Mishka," etc. The funny thing is that the Russian word for water is "voda", so "vodka" is literally a cute little nickname for water! Funny stuff!

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

It wouldn't be a hockey story.

It still isn't.