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Alex Ovechkin reveals his favorite NHL teams other than the Washington Capitals

Alex Ovechkin was asked to name his favorite NHL teams other than the Washington Capitals during a recent Russian-language interview with his friend and blogger Amiran Sardarov. Ovechkin, a one-team player with the Capitals for his entire historic career, gave Sardarov two different answers. First,...

Alex Ovechkin when asked if he has more than $100 million: ‘Of course not’

Amiran Sardarov

Alex Ovechkin has earned the second-most total money of any NHL player in league history, but because of taxes, he’s not as rich as you may think he is. Per Spotrac, the Great Eight’s career earnings, based solely on his NHL contracts and no other brand deals/partnerships, sit at $150.7 million. He...

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Alex Ovechkin explains when he’ll retire from hockey and what he might do after his career is over: ‘It will be hard for me to change’

Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin was asked about retirement during a recent Russian-language interview with his friend and blogger Amiran Sardarov. Ovechkin revealed that he would have hung up his skates already if he was no longer enjoying the sport — apparently no matter if he was close to the goals record or not. “...

The one individual accomplishment Alex Ovechkin wants to hit before retirement other than the goals record

Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin has hit many milestones in his career, but there’s one more on his personal list he really wants to hit — other than the NHL goals record. Speaking in Russian during a Russian-language interview on Podcasts with Amiran Sardarov and then transcribed by sports.ru, Ovechkin talked about w...

Alex Ovechkin says he would have already broken Wayne Gretzky’s goal-scoring record without lockouts and the pandemic: ‘But, unfortunately, such moments happen’

Wayne Gretzky

Alex Ovechkin is just 41 goals away from a share of the NHL’s all-time, goal-scoring record currently held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin’s hot finish to the 2023-24 campaign gave him 853 career tallies with two years remaining on his contract with the Washington Capitals. The 19-year journey, now neari...