American journalist Score John Matish believes it is necessary to lower performance expectations for Russian Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin.
“Expectations need to be lowered. Ovechkin was a natural wonder at his best. A goal-scoring machine.
Ovechkin has all these things but worse. A little slower, a little less accurate with his shots, a little less physical, a little less energetic; This is normal for a 38-year-old player. The days of scoring 60 or even 50 goals seem to be over. But 40 goals? It can be done,” Matish wrote.
On October 28, in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game against the Minnesota Wild, Ovechkin had an assist. Russia has 2 goals and 4 assists in total this season.
Ovechkin, who played in 74 regular season games in the NHL last season, scored 42 goals and 33 assists. However, this did not help the Capitals reach the tournament’s play-offs.
Ovechkin before compared with an old engine.