Absence of the captainWashington Capitals » Alexandra Ovechkina in the list of the 50 best NHL players for the 2024/25 season according to the Canadian television channel TSN, it is not a problem, the Russian is already the personification of hockey and is focused on writing the history of the league, the former Spartak forward told Andrei Ankudinov .
Earlier, TSN announced that for the first time, Ovechkin, 39, would be absent from the rankings, which the network’s experts have compiled since 2010.
— You shouldn’t take the grade seriously. Ovechkin has proven everything, he is a great hockey player who will break a great record in the next two years. He is still the number 1 forward of our time.
“At the moment, this is how Canadians perceive their ratings. Sasha has other, more global tasks. He writes not only his own history, but also the history of the entire NHL. Ratings are not so important, everyone knows Sasha, everywhere. Ovechkin is hockey,” Ankudinov told .
Last season, Ovechkin played 79 NHL games, scoring 65 points (31 goals, 34 assists).
Ovechkin ranks second on the NHL’s all-time scoring list with 853 goals, behind Gretzky (894). With Washington, Ovechkin won the Stanley Cup in 2018.
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