PHILADELPHIA -- When the Philadelphia Flyers traded for defenseman Chris Pronger this past ... in the League," Ovechkin said of Pronger. "It's a good challenge for me to play against him.

Most of Alex Ovechkin's trash talk is plainly hilarious ... In the trash talk battle between Chris Pronger and Ben Eager in last year's finals was definitely won by Eager.

Justin Bieber nearly got completely crushed by Chris Pronger during the NHL All-Star Celebrity Shootout on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Fortunately for Biebs, Pronger took it easy on him.

All conversations with Chris Pronger, a senior advisor to Florida ... All of a sudden (Alex) Ovechkin catches a guy with his head down, listen, he hits guys in the head. 100 percent.

With Chris Pronger’s No. 44 set to be retired Monday ... That same year, Washington’s Alex Ovechkin was asked if he could recall the top 20 goalies he’d scored against.

On Monday night, the Blues will retire Chris Pronger's No. 44. "His meanness made him different," Keith Tkachuk says.