Capitals Skip Ovechkin Birthday Post on X
Washington marked Alexander Ovechkin's 41st birthday on its website but not on X, breaking a three-year streak of social media greetings for the captain.
The Washington Capitals left Alexander Ovechkin's 41st birthday unmarked on their X account on 17 September, breaking a three-year streak of birthday posts.
The site ran a birthday note. The snub was limited to X.
A day earlier, on 16 September, the Capitals had posted a photograph of Ovechkin on X with a caption referring to his coming 22nd season in the NHL. That post drew some 2,000 comments, spiking after a clip surfaced of Ovechkin in a United Russia election promo.
Whether the absence of a birthday post on X was a deliberate choice or an oversight has not been addressed by the club.
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