Mike Halford

After the game, the Penguins went that extra distance to all line up for a ceremonial handshake with Ovi.

and Ovi waved it off.

He went, nah, nah, not right now, not right now.

The fans are chanting one more year, and then in the post-game media availability, Ovechkin says that he's going to think about it, whether or not he's going to play or not.

We'll talk to Tariq Al-Bashir coming up on the other side about this.

We're going to get him out of Washington, Monumental Sports Network, because you got to remember, the Capitals are still very much alive in the playoff chase in the East.

Of all these teams that were able to stay alive, and I did not think it would be Washington.

I thought it might be

And I'll take your pick.

Columbus, I thought, was going to stick around a little bit longer than they were.

Maybe some other ones.

Columbus is still in there.

Yeah, Columbus is toast, though.

I mean, they lost to Boston over the weekend, pretty much sunk them.

They need everything to go right.

If Washington wins that final game against Columbus, it puts a lot of pressure on Philly to get the job done.

Yeah, and that one's in Philly, if I'm not mistaken, too.

So there's still a lot.

Yeah, and there's still a lot to be decided there.

And there's still a lot going on with who's going to play who and the seedings and everything else in both the East and the West.