“It is impossible not to follow this. The whole press is talking about it, and Sasha probably reads everything – it is difficult psychologically if you have not scored three games in a row, the noise immediately begins. He is a great master and he has already become a legend. It was impossible to imagine that someone could come close to Gretzky’s record, but Ovechkin managed to do it! But Sasha is almost 39 years old, and every year it becomes more and more difficult to score. and exceptional, but he needed partners Kuznetsov and Backstrom – players who played for him in which line and with whom he plays. Even in the national team, coaches did not always use him correctly, because he played with Malkin, but with Malkin. He was a star, and he was a star, and they did not really play against each other.
In two seasons, Sasha must score 41 goals and, frankly, it will be difficult. But we wish him good luck, because he is an extraordinary hockey player and, most importantly, a very good person. He never gave up on the national team, unlike some hockey players who found reasons not to come. Ovechkin even arrived with a broken leg. Of course, we look at him and wish that he will enter the history of world hockey by breaking Gretzky’s record. That would be fantastic, “quotes KP Sport Tretyak.
Alexander Ovechkin ranks second on the NHL’s all-time leading scorers list with 853 goals. The Russian is 41 goals behind Wayne Gretzky’s record.
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Source: Sport
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