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Trotz calls Healy’s comments on Ovechkin (and Ovechkin’s mom) ‘disrespectful’

Washington Capitals v Boston Bruins

during a game at the TD Garden on March 1, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Alex Trautwig

From the Washington Post’s Alex Prewitt, who passes along the response of Capitals coach Barry Trotz’s to the comments made Wednesday by Sportsnet analyst Glenn Healy on Alex Ovechkin:

How did Healy “go personal with family”? Like this:

“Get his agent to talk some sense into him. It’s his mom! His mom’s his agent! No chance. He is not a coachable player and the numbers just don’t lie.”

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The Caps are in Calgary to play the Flames Saturday. They finish their three-game road trip Sunday in Vancouver.

Related: Dale Hunter: Ovechkin isn’t going to win the Selke, but he’s ‘coachable’