Alex Kovalev Sounds Off on Ottawa

Perhaps he saved his most scathing shots for those in the Ottawa media.

“And the fact I am criticized … There are different journalists. My opinion of Ottawa journalists is that they don’t watch hockey at all. When they fly with the team and go through the [metal detector] at an airport, their bags are filled with beer. You realize right away what these people do when they write about the NHL.” (Note to self: Ask boss for relocation to Ottawa.)

“I am annoyed when people write [nonsense]. Figuratively speaking, to earn half a hundred dollars they are ready to make up some garbage. But they show that they’re doing their job.”