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'Old man' Alex Ovechkin is still learning new tricks

Amid all the cathartic carousing that Alex Ovechkin did after finally leading the Washington Capitals to a Stanley Cup was this undeniable fact: That time marches on steadily (or at least steadier than anyone marched in that gloriously festive victory parade in June).

Ovechkin would be become a father in August. Ovechkin would turn 33 years old in September. Ovechkin would enter his 14th NHL season, having played 1,003 regular-season games and 121 more in the postseason.