Are Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom Better off on Separate Lines?

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For the last eight seasons, Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom have been one of the league’s top performing duos– the cheese to one other’s macaroni, if you will. Friday, on the first day of the Capitals’ 2015-16 Training Camp, the straw-haired Swedish superstar center was asked just what it is that makes number eight so great. READ MORE..

“It’s his shot,” Backstrom said. “There’s no one in the league that shoots as good as he does. I mean, I think for the goalies that I’ve heard (from) – I talk to goalies – it’s so hard for them to read his shot. It’s quick too. And he can shoot from all of the angles. A lot of people can’t do that the way he can. That’s why he knows how to put it in.”

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