Double Olympic hockey champion, well-known politician and public figure Vyacheslav Fetisov in an interview with , he answered the question whether the NHL star and the Washington club have Alexandra Ovechkina political potential.
Ovechkin, 37, has three years left on his contract with the Washington Capitals. He is 73 goals away from breaking the all-time NHL scoring record now held by Wayne Gretzky (894).
– Do you think Ovi can follow in your footsteps and become a politician in the future? Or maybe he will become a businessman?
Sasha is a multifaceted person. I treat him with respect. It’s deep and emotional. But I don’t know, there is such a moment here … When I was playing hockey, I hardly imagined that one day I would become a politician. Ovechkin has enough political statements, and he makes them regularly, although the world is now a very difficult story. It’s a great honor, really. Few people can afford it. Especially when you wear a Poutine Team T-shirt and you have a photo with the president in an avatar on social networks. Everyone sees it. So, in this sense, Ovechkin has political potential. But what he wants to do after his career is his decision…
And most importantly – I judge from my own experience – a person has to choose what will please him. You don’t have to do difficult things. You must understand that you can be useful. That you’ll be the one everyone’s looking at. And at the same time, decisions have to be made. It is not a simple thing at all. But let’s hope that Alexander Ovechkin, after his hockey career, no matter where he works, will be useful to himself and to all of us, ”Fetisov said in an interview with .
Source : MatchTV

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