{"id":278634,"date":"2025-11-08T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/278634\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T05:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:00:07","slug":"alex-ovechkin-sings-we-want-you-baby-to-anthony-beauvillier-ahead-of-penguins-game-theres-too-many-teams-that-dont-want-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/278634\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin sings \u2018we want you baby\u2019 to Anthony Beauvillier ahead of Penguins game: \u2018There\u2019s too many teams that don\u2019t want me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Ovechkin has a tradition when current Washington Capitals players face their former teams. In the tunnel before warmups, he\u2019ll begin singing the chorus of Frank Sinatra\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AiIBKcd4m5Q?si=XrQSYfkU8pdeHHI4&amp;t=80\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Love You, Baby<\/a>, but with a few goofy Ovechkian edits.<\/p>\n<p>The tradition continued Thursday at PPG Paints Arena as Anthony Beauvillier suited up against the Penguins for a second time since the Capitals acquired him from the team at the trade deadline last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, Beau. Those f***ers REALLY don\u2019t want you, but you know what?\u201d Ovechkin said before breaking into song. \u201cWe want you baby, la la la la la la, I need you baby, la la la la la la.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s too many teams that don\u2019t want me,\u201d Beauvillier cracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuh?\u201d Ovechkin said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo many teams that don\u2019t want me,\u201d Beauvillier replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, you know what?\u201d Ovechkin said. \u201cWe want you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two broke into laughter.<\/p>\n<p>The happy-go-lucky Beauvillier does have a point, though. After spending the first seven seasons of his career with the New York Islanders, Beauvillier played for four different teams over a span of two seasons \u2014 Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators, and Pittsburgh Penguins \u2014 before finding a home with the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n<p>Beauvillier, who can play anywhere up and down the lineup from the fourth line to the first (Beauvi + Ovi), <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/2025\/07\/03\/capitals-anthony-beauvillier-two-year-5-5-million-contract\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was signed to a two-year, $5.5 million contract extension by the Caps in July<\/a> after posting six points (2g, 4a) in 10 playoff games last spring.<\/p>\n<p>His good play and good vibes have continued into this season as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/stats.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Per Money Puck<\/a>, Beauvillier ranks second on the team in expected goals (5.2), trailing only the team\u2019s leading goal-scorer, Tom Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Beauvillier also <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/2025\/11\/07\/capitals-player-pranks-islanders-mathew-barzal-alarm-clock-late-morning-skate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">got some national attention after pranking former Islanders teammate Mat Barzal<\/a> ahead of the Isles playing the Capitals at Capital One Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin has a tradition when current Washington Capitals players face their former teams. In the tunnel before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-278634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}