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Capitals hope Ovechkin returns quickly

Associated Press

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

ARLINGTON, Va. -- First, Alex Ovechkin was day to day. Then he was week to week. Now the latest, courtesy coach Bruce Boudreau: "Hopefully it's no more than two weeks." The league's two-time reigning MVP has the most serious injury of his NHL career, a "upper-body strain" that could test just how good the Washington Capitals can be this season. Ovechkin did not practice Tuesday, but he spoke to reporters in the locker room. He wore a T-shirt and gym shorts without a visible sign of a bandage ...

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