Washington Capitals general manager Brian McLellan spoke about how Alexander Ovechkin is reacting to the changes taking place at the club.
“Ovi wants to win. He wants to be competitive. I don’t think he’s happy that Orlov and Hathaway are gone. I just told him the reasons for what we did and the things we think should be done.
It is important to convey to him what we are trying to achieve. I don’t know if he is happy with it. He’s more inclined to say, “We’ll see what happens now,” he quotes McLellan. Athletic.
This winter, Capitals traded defender Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway to Boston.
The 37-year-old Russian player has recorded 36 goals and 25 assists in 60 games in total this season. During his career in the National Hockey League (NHL), Ovechkin scored 816 goals and was ranked second on the all-time top scorer list.
On December 24, the Russian scored a corset and made an assist in the match against Winnipeg. It was the second puck that allowed the 37-year-old forward to beat the Gordie Howe record and move up to a clean second place on the snipers list in league history. Wayne Gretzky has 894 goals.
Formerly Alexander Ovechkin The phrase “It’s hard to lose friends” described Orlov’s exchange in “Boston”..