What do you need to know about Thursday nights games? Joe McDonald gives us his take on the biggest and best performances. This is where we say, Morning, Joe.Great 8 debate: Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin is one of the greatest offensive players of all time. The 31-year-old forward is closing in on 1,000 career points: He has 531 goals and 444 assists for 975 points in 849 games. He scored the winner when the Caps beat the Winnipeg Jets?4-3 in overtime Thursday, finishing the night with two goals and one assist. It was the 91st game-winner of his career, tying him with Wayne Gretzky and Mark Recchi for 19th on the NHLs all-time list. Ovechkins statistics are outstanding, and the Capitals finally have the team to win. They have a Vezina Trophy-winning goalie in Braden Holtby, a strong defensive core and strength up the middle. With Ovechkin dominating, theres no reason not to win. But unless he wins a Stanley Cup, Ovechkins career numbers wont matter. The time is now for No. 8.Not sanguine about Seguin: Im still trying to figure out what type of player Tyler Seguin will become. A pure goal scorer, Seguin had a career-high four assists to help the Dallas Stars snap a three-game losing skid with a 6-2 win over the St. Louis Blues. The 24-year-old highly skilled forward is a point-producing machine, already with 12 points in 10 games this season. He recorded 33 goals and 40 assists for 73 points in 72 games last season. Theres no doubt hes a dynamic player. His personality off the ice translates into his play and hes fun to watch. However, the second-overall pick in 2010 is fortunate to have won a Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins in 2011, because its unlikely to happen anytime soon as long as he stays in Dallas. The Stars are an offensive juggernaut, but they have defensive deficiencies and goaltending issues, which are not qualities of a champion. Seguin is a younger version of the San Jose Sharks Joe Thornton: a talented player stuck on a team that cant win it all. Good thing Seguin won as a rookie.Marner garners respect: For all the talk about Auston Matthews, the?Toronto Maple Leafs?have another outstanding rookie who is fun to watch in?Mitch Marner, who scored twice as the Maple Leafs defeated the Buffalo Sabres 2-1. The fourth overall pick in 2015 has three goals and five assists for eight points in 11 games. Marner, 19, is a major part of the organizations rebuilding process and possesses dynamic offensive skill and instincts. Hes very creative with the puck, the norm for all the young talent in the league these days. Hes really good in the offensive zone and has no issues going into the hard areas. He needs to get stronger and that will come as he gets older and gains more experience. Without a doubt, he will become a high-end, skilled offensive producer. 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Adidas NMD R1 Clearance . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. SAO PAULO -- Sundays rain-troubled Brazilian Grand Prix could have been the last such event for a while.Formula One organizers and political officials say that the continuation of the race at the Interlagos track needs greater financing at a time when Brazil is cutting expenses amid a severe economy crisis.The Brazilian Grand Prix will run a deficit of around $4 million for just this year, according to race organizer Tamas Rohonyi, but the total figure for next year could be significantly worse -- perhaps up to $10 million -- because of the absence of key sponsors.If we cant bring sponsors back, then Formula One management would have to cover that gap, Rohonyi told reporters shortly before Sundays race, which was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. That is why Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is worried.Organizers and local officials have said that a Wednesday meeting in Sao Paulo will be important to determining the future of the race in Brazil.Ecclestone suggested earlier this year that three races were at risk for 2017: Brazil, Germany and Canada. At the time, Brazilian organizers answered that uncertainty by saying the event is under contract until 2020.Two companies, Shell and state-run oil giant Petrobras, declined to renew key sponsorships ahead of this seasons race. Petrobras has needed to cut expenses in the wake of a growing corruption scandal and has also pushed away from its sponsorship deal with the Williams team, which saw Brazilian driver Felipe Massa run the last home Grand Prix of his F1 career.Ecclestone meet with President Michel Temer, who took office after Dilma Rousseff was impeached in May, for the first time earlier this week.dddddddddddd Neither side offered details of the conversation, but Temer has direct power over Petrobras and other state-run companies that have made large investments in sports in recent years.Brazils economy, which fell 4 percent in 2015, is expected to dip another 3 percent this year, though economists are predicting a mild recovery in 2017.The loss of sponsorships isnt the only risk to the traditional race in Sao Paulo, which has been on the calendar since 1973. Sao Paulos Mayor-Elect Joao Doria, who introduces himself as a manager first and politician second, has pledged to privatize the entire Interlagos compound.Current Mayor Fernando Haddad said his administration is eager to complete ongoing renovations at the facilities, which began in 2015 and were reported to cost $60 million, but it is better that we discuss that with the new mayor this week because it might not be worth to invest more here.Still, Haddad believes a solution will be found.When I took over in 2013, no one expected this infrastructure that we built at Interlagos, he told reporters on Sunday. Even with the economy crisis, we managed to do almost all of it.Formula One is a good investment. It brings revenues of about $60 million in only one weekend and it makes Sao Paulo known abroad. I hope it stays. ' ' '