Hockey commentator, author of the “HockeyPhil” YouTube channel and participant of the “Slippery Ice” podcast, Filipp Maikov, in his comment to socialbites.ca, explained why Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin was able to transform throughout the season and Wayne Gretzky’ before his contract expired. It was said whether he could reach the NHL goal record.
“This isn’t the first season he’s looked a little short-handed, and everyone says Ovechkin isn’t the same anymore. It seems to me that he has clearly proven throughout his career that he will make a pretty decent amount. So he has 23 goals now, consider that before this season he should have been consistently scoring 24 goals a year throughout the three years of his contract. So, this year, in principle, it will already be ahead of this equal schedule. Of course, it is important to have time to throw more. And although he should flounder at a much lower level overall, given that Washington is somehow incredibly challenging for the playoffs, it seems to me that, on the contrary, it even benefits Ovechkin, because he is still the decisive a person who takes part in matches. and in such “pre-playoff” matches he feels better, feels the cup rush. “I think he’ll probably make it to thirty and that’ll be great for him,” the commentator says.
While Ovechkin scored 54 (23+31) points in 65 matches this season, he scored 34 (17+17) points in the last 32 matches. In total, he scored 845 goals during his career in the NHL regular championship, 49 goals behind the legendary Wayne Gretzky, who holds the sniper record.
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