NBC Sports Washington correspondent Grant Paulsen said the Washington Capitals did not start rebuilding the team as Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin continued to chase Wayne Gretzky.
“Ovi won’t sink to the bottom chasing Gretzky. They have money to spend and in theory players should be healthier.
Ideally, they’ll be in the playoffs again next year. There’s some money to spend this off-season. If Ovi hadn’t chased Gretzky, they would probably have entered perestroika. But he. He’s on his way to breaking the record. “Washington can also make the playoffs with a squad built around it,” Paulsen wrote.
On December 24, Ovechkin threw 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.
Now the Russian has 822 goals scored in the National Hockey League (NHL) in his career. Wayne Gretzky is 72 goals behind. Canada remains the first among snipers in NHL history, due to 894 goals.
Former Pittsburgh Pittsburgh defender Dmitry Kulikov Answered if Ovechkin can beat Gretzky’s record.