""We don't want to force it," he said. "It's training camp right now. We still have time to get ready for regular year, so I'll be ready. Hope my body's going to feel good...You just have to be smart on it.""
""Sometimes you come to the training camp and you feel a little sore in your knee or your wrist or something, so you have to do maybe injection, maybe take some pills to feel better. But overall we didn't want to do it right now, so that's why we [took] days off, working out with the team, and did some extra stuff to recover.""
""It feels good," he said. "Obviously I need more practice, more ice time with the boys, because obviously what I missed is hitting me a little bit, but overall I'll take it.""
Alex Ovechkin resumed full-contact practice Monday as part of his recovery from a lower-body injury after leaving his first skate of training camp early. He rejoined teammates in a no-contact jersey on Saturday and took contact on Sunday during a session with Capitals skills coach Kenny McCudden. Ovechkin and the team elected to avoid medical interventions such as injections or pills, opting for rest, team workouts, and extra recovery instead. He acknowledged that missing the first half of camp has created a conditioning gap and that additional practice and ice time will be needed. Washington has three remaining preseason games before the regular season.
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