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Caps GM George McPhee Says Ovechkin Could Play This Weekend

And just like that, we’ve gone from Ovechkin being out 4-5 weeks to the Caps possibly getting him back this weekend. Here’s what the team’s GM George McPhee said following Monday’s practice:

“We’ll see if he can play this weekend. He’s that close, but we’ll be smart about it.”

As we noted earlier in this stream, Ovie is already out for Wednesday. The Caps’ next two games after that are Friday against the Wild and Saturday against the Devils.

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