Head coach of Dynamo Moscow Alexei Kudashov in an interview with , he explained why the Russian striker “Washington Capitals » Alexander Ovechkin hasn’t scored in 10 consecutive matches.
Kudashov led the Tarasov Division team to the Fonbet KHL All-Star Game. Dynamo Moscow, under his leadership, is in second place in the Western Conference, gaining 56 points in 40 matches.
Washington beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Sunday in an NHL regular season road game. Ovechkin recorded an assist, but failed to score in the 10th straight game, repeating his anti-personal record.
— What should Alexander Ovechkin do, who cannot score ten games in a row?
– Just endure this moment. It will be fine now. He knows what he’s doing. An adult man. Sometimes the puck doesn’t go in the net, that’s what happens.
I watch Ovechkin’s games and study his playing time. I see that he has shots and chances. He will score anyway, sooner or later.
— The best majority in the KHL is your Dynamo (30.3%). Washington has the worst power play in the NHL. There, it’s just a disaster: 8.2%. How to fix it?
– There is a double situation here. If you play against Sasha, then, naturally, everyone is already blocking him. If they put the outcome first, maybe other players would come out and there would be another variability. You have to know what they want in Washington.
It’s clear that Ovechkin is getting up in his office to be kicked out. But the opponent has already started to block him quite easily. Additionally, neither Nicklas Backstrom nor a number of other players are nearby. It’s important that everyone poses a threat, and now the Capitals are limited in number of performers. This is what Ovechkin lacks.
— You saw that Alexandre from the office is already heading towards the gate counter.
– Yes, he has already started playing upstairs on the blue line. The team is looking at different options, but that’s normal. When one thing doesn’t work, they do another. I think Washington just needs time to rebuild.
— What if you put Ovechkin in a creative connection with Kuznetsov and Oshi?
– I don’t know. We need to look at what kind of creativity there is, what Kuzya and everyone else is like. To do this, you must be part of a team. Ovechkin now needs quick players who will deliver the puck to him. And let Sasha himself do what he does best. It’s finished, launched, installed. And let others do the rest of the work for him.
— Can you imagine how Ovechkin will get to Dynamo Moscow at the age of 41-42? He wanted to finish his work at his native club.
– Let’s live until then. But Ovechkin trains with us. So we know what he looks like, how he plays and what he can do. And let’s not forget that the championship levels are different.
— Would Ovechkin now be one of the main stars of the KHL?
– Who knows? What to do with theory now? I know Ovechkin would play for Dynamo. And he would have played normally. “Let’s see what happens in three years,” Kudashov told .
Ovechkin, 38, is the second-highest scorer in league history with 827 goals. According to this indicator, the Russian is second behind Canadian Wayne Gretzky, who has 894 goals.
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