“Ovechkin is respected on all sides, except his enemies. But everyone has their own vision. In my opinion, in America, they will erect a monument to him more quickly than here. He plays there and makes his records there. They should therefore be the first to erect a monument to our hockey player there. As soon as Ovechkin beats Gretzky’s record, a monument will be erected to him. But for us, this will happen later, since according to the law, busts cannot be installed during our lifetime.
I lived there and the people are great, but not the government. There are good guys in the USA. Russians are treated with respect. People will spend money and erect a monument, just like the Canadians did by donating the cup to our team,” Kozhevnikov told Legalbet.
This season, Ovechkin has scored 30 goals in 75 games. In today’s important match against Detroit (2:1), the Russian scored the winning goal and helped the Capitals return to the playoff zone. The capital club will have to play four more matches before the end of the regular season.
Source: Sport
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