[emperor penguin]

there's no real need to celebrate any goal that extensively (for surely not in the regular season)...act like you've done it before, and you're gonna do it again, show some class! .

That is exactly why I will never respect Ovechkin, his celebrations are absolutely ridiculous. Whenever he scores, could be in the first period or the goal to make it 8-0, he acts like he just scored the overtime winner in the stanley cup finals.

well, i think we all have to respect his on-ice abilities...but it's true, he does hot dog it a lot...at least he has the goods to back it up, but still, it's unecessary, and borderline unsportsman-like...

but, the kid loves putting the puck in the back of the net, more than anything in the world, and he defeinately shows it everytime he does.

I can certainly see how it would rub people the wrong way, but he's simply got an enthusiasm for the game that few other professionals do. Plus, his teammates will be the first to tell you that he celebrates goals by his teammates just as exuberantly, if not more.

That is true.. I guess you could look at it either way.. hot dogging or just exuberance. Personally I see it both ways, its good that he likes to score, but Bobby Orr never acted like that.