Alex Ovechkin would not want to extend his contract with the Capitals

Unless I’m mistaken, we’re all really looking forward to seeing Alexander Ovechkin break Wayne Gretzky’s goal record.

Just yesterday, he scored again, which means he now only needs nine more goals to surpass The Great One, in addition to having collected his 1600th career point.

It seems like he’s never going to stop.

The chances of him breaking Gretzky’s record this season are present, but in the worst case, it will be next year.

The 2025-26 season will be the last year of his contract.

Many must be wondering if he will want to extend his career in Washington after this contract, or elsewhere in the NHL, but we now know what the Russian wants to do.

In an interview with a Russian media outlet, Ovechkin mentioned that he would not want to continue his career in the NHL, as reported by the page Les Glorieux.

He would probably like to make a final lap with Dynamo Moscow, where it all started.

Relying on the Google translation of the interview, we understand that nothing is confirmed, but that’s what he would like.

We’ll say it, if Ovi wants to finish his career in Moscow, the Capitals should allow it.

In this same interview, the journalist asked him if it was possible that he would extend his contract to try to score 1000 career goals.

To this, the main interested party said he doesn’t believe it will happen.

After all, for him to score 1000 goals, he would have to play at least two more seasons (if not three) to hope to achieve it.

He’s still producing at a frantic pace, but there’s a limit to what an athlete can accomplish after the age of 40 in the best league in the world, regardless of the sport.

But when you think about it, at one point, we doubted his ability to join Gretzky, because he had to maintain a very good pace until a fairly advanced age.

Now he’s just eight goals away from equaling that mark with 100 games left on his contract (if he doesn’t miss any games) since he has next season and 18 games left this season.

The choice to return home to finish his career seems to be the most logical choice for the Great8.

In a rush

– Stu Cowan published a very interesting article on how the CH management makes Montreal a place where players want to play, which has not often been the case, especially recently. [Stu Cowan]

– In this tweet from Nicolas Cloutier, we understand that according to Lou Lamoriello, a rebuild takes 10 years to complete. [Nicolas Cloutier]

– Jeff Skinner became the first player in NHL history to be present on the bench for a video tribute to his time with his new team. The Oilers are facing the Buffalo Sabres and the Sabres showed Skinner on the Jumbotron in Buffalo. [B/R Open Ice]

– Gabriel Landeskog will be present tomorrow on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast. [Spittin’ Chiclets]

– During the CH game at the Bell Centre on March 3, there was a fan who had measles. It is recommended that those who were present and are not protected against this disease self-isolate until March 17. [RDS]