If the captain of the Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin will not be able to beat the sniper record Wayne Gretzky in the NHL, this will not affect the greatness of the Russian striker in the history of world hockey, this opinion was expressed by the former president of the Lokomotiv football club to Olga Smorodskaya .
Ovechkin ranks second on the NHL’s all-time scoring list with 853 goals, behind Gretzky (894). With Washington, the Russian won the Stanley Cup in 2018. It was previously reported that Ovechkin, 39, for the first time in his career would not be ranked among TSN’s top 50 NHL players this season.
— Will Alexander prove that the experts were wrong about him?
— I know Sasha. Sasha is an absolutely exceptional and unique hockey player and personality. He is a great talent and a hard worker. Everything will be fine for him, with his game and behavior in life he will prove who was right and who was wrong.
He is a man with a big and broad soul, he helps a lot of people, he doesn’t make a show of it. He is modest, that’s why I like him.
— Are you following his race by correspondence with Gretzky?
— Gretzky played at one time, our beloved Sasha plays at another time, in a different hockey, faster, more combinatorial. But it is obvious to everyone that Ovechkin is the only one who can surpass the Canadian.
— What if you fail to become the best sniper in NHL history?
“This will not affect Ovechkin’s greatness in the history of world hockey in any way,” Smorodskaya told .
Last season, Ovechkin played 79 NHL games, scoring 65 points (31 goals, 34 assists).
The new NHL season begins on October 4.
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