NHL.com provides an in-depth analysis of the list, prospects and fantasies for each of its 32 teams in August 1st-September. 1. Today, three important questions faced by the capitals of Washington.
1. It will be Alex OvechkinThe last NHL season?
Ovechkin, the Captain of Capitals and the leader of all NHL time with 897 goals, will be 40 years old on September 17 and enter the last season of the five-year contract he signed on July 27, 2021. Washington has not yet made a disposition with Ovechkin to know if he will play beyond this season, and the director general Chris Patrick declared that this was going to present himself to the left wing each time. will unroll.
Ovechkin continued to play at a high level last season, tied third in the NHL with 44 goals despite 16 missing games due to a fracture of the left pender. After scoring his 895th goal to spend Wayne Gretzky For the most part in the history of the NHL on April 6 against the New York Islanders, he closes by becoming the first player to reach 900. He also has nine games of 1,500, and with 1623 points, that’s 19 of the pass Joe Sakic (1,641) for the 10th in the history of the NHL.
“This goes against each standard and how you are planned to make your career how productive it has been at 38 and 39,” said coach Spencer Carbery. “So, at 40, I have no doubt that he is coming back and being ready to hit the soil again.”
