“Everybody looks comfortable playing on the same line as Ovechkin because that guy is unbelievable. Everybody has said that Alex and Pavel Bure are kind of the same caliber of player, and I think I agree with them. They both scored 50 goals and both are unbelievable. Playing with Alex, you know he's a great player. So you just give him the puck and stay away from him and give him room to operate. It's that easy.”

— Alexander Ovechkin

Viktor Kozlov, interview in Pierre Lebrun (October 10, 2007) "Viktor Kozlov making most of plum assignment with Alexander Ovechkin", The Canadian Press.
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