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OPINION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think it is going to be fun this year on Fun Street.<\/p>\n

There was the hoopla last week about the Washington Wizards drafting A.J. Dybantsa \u2014 the No. 1 pick in the NBA.<\/p>\n

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It was the most excitement we\u2019ve seen around here about the basketball team in at least a decade \u2014 even though the 19-year-old who led the NCAA in scoring last season has not yet played a game at Capital One Arena.<\/p>\n

But they\u2019ve been selling losing there for the past three years to many empty seats with the hope of promise. The promise has arrived, and that appears to have been enough to generate attention in this town. Results will have to come to generate revenue \u2014 fill those empty seats. For now, though, people are ready to be entertained \u2014 have fun.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not all, though.<\/p>\n

The Capitals, the tenants who share the building, traded for two top scorers last week \u2014 winger Jordan Kyrou from the St. Louis Blues and forward Alex Tuch from the Buffalo Sabres. Tuch, 30, scored 33 goals for Buffalo last season and 448 points \u2014 200 goals, 248 assists \u2014 in 615 career regular-season games. Kyrou, 28, had 18 goals and 46 points in 72 games for St. Louis this past season. In 488 career regular-season games, Kyrou has scored 168 goals and 210 assists.<\/p>\n

It should prove to be a strong infusion of offense for a team that missed the playoffs last season for the first time since 2023.<\/p>\n

But if Alex Ovechkin returns, the biggest star power will still be generated by the greatest scorer in NHL history.<\/p>\n

His return at the age of 41 this coming season (his birthday is Sept. 17) is not yet certain \u2014 the Great 8 remains noncommittal about his future.<\/p>\n

Capitals coach Spencer Carberry told 106.7 The Fan last week that Ovechkin was pleased with the moves and, still playing it coy, if he were to return, he would accept a reduced role with the addition of the goal scores.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe genuinely wants to win so as we improve the forward group. If now all the sudden we\u2019ve got two more 30-goal scorers and that means \u2019O\u2019 plays a minute or two minutes less of 5-on-5 and we\u2019re a better team, he\u2019s going to raise his arm and go \u2019Yes! I love this.\u2019 Because he wants to win,\u201d Carbery said.<\/p>\n

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Chris Patrick told reporters Saturday the team has the financial capability to sign Ovechkin, who becomes a free agent Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my conversations with Alex before he left (for the offseason), I think I have an understanding of if he does come back, kind of, what he\u2019s looking at contract-wise,\u201d Patrick said. \u201cSo, that kind of gave me some clarity as far as what I\u2019m able to do spending-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ovechkin, the league\u2019s all-time goal scorer with 929, produced 32 goals last season to lead the Capitals. He is still a force on the ice but appears to recognize his limitations at his age. Like Clint Eastwood once said, \u201cA man\u2019s got to know his limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Ovechkin does return, this will likely be his career finale, adding more festivities on what should prove to be a festive Fun Street outside the arena \u2014 the arrival of the Wizards\u2019 future star player and the swan song for the Capitals\u2019 franchise legend.<\/p>\n

All fun and games, right? Now, consider this \u2014 if owner Ted Leonsis had his way, Fun Street in the District would have likely been more like Funeral Street if he had been able to get the proposed arena he wanted to build across the river in Alexandria.<\/p>\n

If Leonsis had been successful in leaving the city, the excitement over the arrival of Dybantsa and the new and improved Wizards would have been diminished. The Capitals, too, but perhaps not as much. A cloud would have hung over F Street and the building being left behind.<\/p>\n

Leonsis, though, got $515 million from the city to spend on his arena, and it will soon be time to reap the rewards of those public funds. Monumental Sports & Entertainment announced last week \u201cTheater Boxes \u2014 a new hospitality experience designed to make hosting at live sports and entertainment events feel more personal, effortless, and memorable.<\/p>\n

These \u201cTheater Boxes\u201d will be located in \u201cThe Halo\u201d \u2014 Leonsis\u2019 high-priced 4,500-seat special section scheduled to open for the 2027-28 season.<\/p>\n

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Fun isn\u2019t cheap.<\/p>\n

\u2022 You can hear Thom Loverro on \u201cThe Kevin Sheehan Show\u201d podcast.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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