Chatting with Alex Ovechkin about his 'weeks' of injury rehab

Injured Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin(notes) was watching Saturday's game against the Florida Panthers with Mike Green(notes) (also injured) in one of the rooms of the Verizon Center the press box. He later met with some young fans outside of the locker room to sign some autographs. That's when I got the chance to ask him a few questions about his "upper body injury" and his journey back from it. Keep in mind Ovechkin didn't indicate if the following "diagnosis" was from team doctors or his own evaluation.Q. You're in good mood. Are you getting better?OVECHKIN: I am better. But I will miss 4-5 weeks.Are you serious? I actually plan on starting practice on the ice next week.I know that you did skate already.Yes, but after I did that the doctors told me not to do that yet. And not to have a stick in my hands.How do you feel about this all?I think that it shouldn't be rushed. November has just begun. I need to heal up 100 percent and the...