It shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone who knows Captials owner Ted Leonsis that Washington was out front with another innovation this week - Ovech-Cam.
The dual screen approach on this past Wednesday's telecast featured half the screen focused entirely on superstar Alexander Ovechkin, while the other half showed the regular game feed. Following Ovechkin on the ice was entertaining and educational. Watching him regularly inspecting his sticks on the bench was about as riveting as that part of Ovech-Cam got.
One suggestion for improving this: when Ovechkin or Sidney Crosby or whoever else is featured heads to the bench, shrink that window to one-quarter of the screen. Resume the 50-50 split when the featured player returns to the ice.
The even split all game was too much of a good thing at times. ...
Will the San Jose Sharks lose again in the regular season? Their winning streak is at 11, and the acquisition of defenseman Brian Campbell at the trade deadline has a fair amount to do with it. At least as important, however, has been the re-emergence of captain Patrick Marleau's scoring touch and the return to health of forward Jonathan Chechoo.
Marleau has caught fire since being paired with sharp-shooting second-year man Joe Pavelski and speedy rookie Devin Setoguchi. Chechoo, who was healing from a variety of injuries during the first half of the season, is again clicking with center Joe Thornton. Thornton, by the way, barely gets a mention for MVP, but after watching numerous Sharks games in person this season, it's tough for me to believe there are many more valuable players to their team.
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