Sheer dumb luck. I used to work nights so I’d finish work, get home at 6am and have absolutely nothing to do. I’d throw on the tv channel that used to air the games and Washington was playing one morning. Didn’t think much of it, until a few weeks later when I got a copy of NHL07 which also had Ovechkin on the front cover. Decided they’d do and I think I got very lucky with that pick.

The last few seasons haven’t been fantastic, but I got on board just as Backstrom came into the team and it’s been a pretty good run since then.