Athletistic / Hockey. Former Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz recounted his conversation with team captain Alexander Ovechkin before the 2018 Stanley Cup Final. Then Ovechkin won this trophy for the first time.

“Alex, I want to win the Cup more for you than for me. But the way we’re trying to do it isn’t working.

Go watch all these episodes of Pittsburgh. Watch Crosby play. We can’t win if we think the main goal is just to score,” Trotz was quoted as saying by The Athletic.

Former Washington coach opened up about how Ovechkin feared being inferior to Crosby when it came to trophies

According to Trotz, he tried to explain to the Russian that he not only had to score, but also contribute in another way.


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