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Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (left) and defenseman John Erskine take a break during a team workout at Kettler Iceplex on Tuesday. Sunday marked the first day of training camp at Kettler, with the season opening at Tampa Bay on Saturday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin skated with his team Tuesday for the first time since the end of the NHL lockout. The winger spent the hiatus playing for Dynamo Moscow. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin skated with his team Tuesday for the first time since the end of the NHL lockout. In good spirits, Ovechkin sported a Russian-language shirt (below) that said, “What, I am the most beautiful one here again?” The winger spent the hiatus playing for Dynamo Moscow. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Alex Ovechkin returned to the ice at the Capitals' practice facility Tuesday. (Stephen Whyno / The Washington Times)
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In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, Washington Capitals star forward Alexander Ovechkin, left, of Russia, seen during the Continental Hockey League, or KHL, ice hockey match between Dynamo Moscow and Neftekhimik, in Moscow. Ovechkin has returned to his former Russian team Dynamo Moscow during the NHL lockout. The KHL team said in a statement Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, that they have signed the Capitals star to a contract that lasts until the lockout ends. (AP Photo/Alexander Safonov)
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Washington Capitals star forward Alexander Ovechkin, of Russia, enters the rink before the Continental Hockey League, or KHL, ice hockey match between Dynamo Moscow and Dynamo Minsk, in Moscow on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Ovechkin has returned to his former Russian team Dynamo Moscow during the NHL lockout. The KHL team said in a statement Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, that they have signed the Capitals star to a contract that lasts until the lockout ends. (AP Photo/Alexei Bezzubov, KHL)
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Washington Capitals star forward Alexander Ovechkin, of Russia, enters the rink before the Continental Hockey League, or KHL, ice hockey match between Dynamo Moscow and Dynamo Minsk, in Moscow on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Ovechkin has returned to his former Russian team Dynamo Moscow during the NHL lockout. The KHL team said in a statement Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, that they have signed the Capitals star to a contract that lasts until the lockout ends. (AP Photo/Alexei Bezzubov, KHL)
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Alex Ovechkin's new haircut. (Stephen Whyno / The Washington Times)
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Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin looks on as NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr talks to reporters after meetings with the league’s bargaining unit. (Associated Press)
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Donald Fehr, center, executive director of the NHL Players’ Association, stands with players, from left, Chicago Blackhawks’ Steve Montador, Ottawa Senators’ Jason Spezza, Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin as he speaks to reporters following collective bargaining talks in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)
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Alex Ovechkin led the Capitals in postseason scoring with nine points, but he often wasn't on the ice when the situation called for defense. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
