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Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:55 am EDT

Translation, please: Alexander Ovechkin's fresh ink

By Dmitry Chesnokov

Earlier this summer, Alexander Ovechkin(notes) spoke with Sovetsky Sport's Pavel Lysenkov about a new tattoo he was sporting this offseason:

Q. When you were training in the gym I noticed a tattoo on your lower pack. Some two [Japanese] characters. You didn't have them before...

OVECHKIN: No, I didn't have them, I had it done not long ago.

What do those letters mean?

I cannot tell you. It is private.

But every journalist is going to see them in the Capitals' locker room, where you come out usually wearing only a towel.

So what? Let them see. And let them ask what it is. I will tell them that this is the mystery of the 21st century. Let the media pick their brains and come up with explanations. It's so that they don't get bored in the summer when there is no hockey.

Who doesn't like a good mystery? Pavel Lysenkov took the challenge and snapped the photo above of Ovechkin's new tattoo in the locker room at the Megasport Arena in Moscow, where the Russian Olympic camp is being held. Here's a closer look at the ink; anyone out there able to translate it? What do you think it says?

We'll have more on Russian Olympic camp this week, as Ovechkin and friends leave the dance clubs and get back on the ice.

Related: Rumors, scuttlebutt, innuendo, Crosby vs. Ovechkin vs. Malkin

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  1. jonny s
    1. Posted by jonny s Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:10 am EDT

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    translation: goal scoring bridge troll
  2. KatieM
    2. Posted by KatieM Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:11 am EDT

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    lol that's terrible.
  3. lordstanleyspens
    3. Posted by lordstanleyspens Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:12 am EDT

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    Roughly translated: Crosby & Malkin - The monkeys on his back.
  4. lordstanleyspens
    4. Posted by lordstanleyspens Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:12 am EDT

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    Roughly translated: Crosby and Malkin - The monkeys on his back.
  5. AD
    5. Posted by AD Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:15 am EDT

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    translation = insert here
  6. Clint L
    6. Posted by Clint L Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:16 am EDT

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    Good thing there are no Asian people in D.C.
    No one will ever find this out.
  7. Matt
    7. Posted by Matt Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:20 am EDT

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    translation: tramp stamp
  8. Jerk Store
    8. Posted by Jerk Store Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:21 am EDT

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    left cheek and right cheek
    / either that or i have an asian fetish
  9. kev c
    9. Posted by kev c Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:23 am EDT

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    Not a fan of Chinese or Japanese characters on people who arn't from those back grounds it just looks stupid
  10. yerry.take
    10. Posted by yerry.take Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:23 am EDT

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    translation: Wysh was here
  11. NostraChronus
    11. Posted by NostraChronus Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:27 am EDT

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    anyone else ever get the feeling that this dude tries way too hard. Unfortunately, not sure how much of a mystery that tattoo is going to be considering there are billions of Chinese people living across the globe. In case he didn't read, hockey writers have had plenty to talk about this offseason, like the Coyotes, the firing of Paul Kelly, the bickering between Tampa's owners, the Dany Heatley saga - really, with so many feel-good stories, I can see why he thought this would grab headlines.
  12. Dan I
    12. Posted by Dan I Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:28 am EDT

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    "puck daddy was here"
  13. matthewross.smilingpolitely
    13. Posted by matthewross.smilingpolitely Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:31 am EDT

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    No fat chicks?
  14. hey_matt
    14. Posted by hey_matt Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:34 am EDT

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    Translation: Tramp Stamp
  15. hey_matt
    15. Posted by hey_matt Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:35 am EDT

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    whoops someone beat me to it. I'm slow
  16. hey_matt
    16. Posted by hey_matt Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:35 am EDT

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    probably something less sinister like Russian Machine.
    Which i'm not sure if that's a complete foul of having your nickname tattoo'd on your backside
  17. JPBowman
    17. Posted by JPBowman Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:37 am EDT

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    They're partially covered. The left looks like "home", but my Japanese is a bit rusty. The right...??
  18. The KBBL Party Penguin
    18. Posted by The KBBL Party Penguin Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:37 am EDT

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    "What do those letters mean?
    I cannot tell you. It is private." (Read: I have no clue.)
    I believe this translates as "Drunken gaijin who stumbles into tatoo parlor at 3AM and requests tribal arm band but slurs request so badly that he ends up with tramp stamp."
  19. habs1rule
    19. Posted by habs1rule Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:38 am EDT

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    Your all stupid...I studied Japanese...It means'..I love Fat Chicks"!!
  20. Andy
    20. Posted by Andy Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:38 am EDT

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    Translation = Kung Pao Chicken
  21. BB
    21. Posted by BB Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:39 am EDT

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    translation:
    Defense? I don't play no stinking Defense!
  22. Koba
    22. Posted by Koba Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:39 am EDT

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    "shake weight", as per Pensblog
  23. legendofvinnyt
    23. Posted by legendofvinnyt Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:39 am EDT

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    Knowing how tattoos like that usually work out, it probably means "continuous floor wax".
  24. demondg1
    24. Posted by demondg1 Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:40 am EDT

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    More like "lame" ink.
    Nice tramp stamps.
  25. legendofvinnyt
    25. Posted by legendofvinnyt Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:40 am EDT

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    Knowing how tattoos like that usually work out, it probably means "continuous floor wax".

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