Alex Ovechkin's Leg Injury: Impact on Gretzky Chase

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00:00So, let's talk about Alex Ovechkin for a minute. Ovi broke his leg in DC as he tries to catch

00:08Wayne Gretzky. Is that the worst injury for a guy like him at his age or is it the same

00:14type of heel, no matter how old you are, six to eight weeks for a fracture?

00:18Well, I don't know about you, Scott, but for me, 40 sounds really young, okay? I think

00:25he's a young man in my world. The definition of young is younger than the doctor, right?

00:30But in any case, it's a fibula fracture. Aidan Hutchinson was the big bone, the weight-bearing

00:36bone, tibia. This is a non-weight-bearing bone for Ovechkin. Four, six weeks or so is

00:42not unrealistic. It's pain tolerance. It will heal. No surgery. Yes, he's elderly in the

00:49hockey world, but expect a full recovery, you know, Merry Christmas or Happy New Year,

00:55either way.

00:56Do you think he'll catch Gretzky when he comes back and do it this season or is he gonna

01:01need another season?

01:02Well, I don't know. Maybe another season. I mean, look, we all saw Mike Tyson at 58.

01:08I'm not calling Ovechkin 58, but he's not Ovechkin of old, so it might take a little

01:13more time.