The Washington Capitals are off to a decent start, due in no small part to the play of Alex Ovechkin and newcomer Mikhail Grabovski.
Grabovski has credited Ovechkin for helping him get acclimated to the DC area; in fact, the two have been staying together until Grabovski gets settled, and he appears to be somewhat leery of the superstar's driving.
Q: How are things going off the ice for you? Still getting to know the area? Driving is probably the hardest thing to do around here, right?
Grabovski: Yeah, but still don’t have car, so Ovi drive me in [Goose?]. But my wife’s gonna come next week, so it’s gonna be a little bit easy for me, and my friend gonna drive the car. So help me a little bit. So gonna have car and try and look around, but like you say, Ovi help me a little bit now. His parents came, and pretty comfortable in his house.
Q: Are you staying with him now?
Grabovski: Yeah, til next Thursday I think.
Q: How’s Ovi as a driver?
Grabovski: Whoooeeh. [Exhales.] Like in the game, you know? Always machine. I put seatbelt all the time.
(via Dan Steinberg, Washington Post)
Quite the entertaining pair, both on and off the ice.