Nobody talks about how he went ice cold after his dad died. Finally starting to heat up again for the first time since he died

@Ngr8K

3 ай бұрын

people don/t understand unless they face this themself, how brutal can be a loss of your family member especially father aka your best friend and mentor. in his case I think it significant.

@Quad038

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@anonymous134y

3 ай бұрын

@@Ngr8K This as well as, you notice that he's becoming more of a family man. Loss of his dad easily could have changed his thought process of family being more important.

@shroomgod1990

3 ай бұрын

Idk if you know this but today marks the 1 year anniversary of his death.

@ckyisyourfuture

3 ай бұрын

this is the answer, 100%

Ovi took the first half off so he could skip the all star game without getting suspended lmao.

@MrZachtheKingsfan

3 ай бұрын

4-D chess move honestly

@stingingmetal9648

3 ай бұрын

BASED

@mikesxoom

3 ай бұрын

Thats pretty funny

@Spetsnazty

3 ай бұрын

lol

@toke7342

3 ай бұрын

Why would he do that?

Everyone always thinks Ovy only has until the end of his contract (2 years) to break the record but they never take in to account that he can just sign up for one more year to make sure he gets it.

@stephenmckenzie1603

3 ай бұрын

This even if the caps don't resign there is alot of teams in the league who would take a 40 year old ovi and play him third or fourth line minutes, just to have that shot on the PP

@Siggi395

3 ай бұрын

I have a feeling he won't break the record, I've said that for a few years.

@mtbjorng5166

3 ай бұрын

​@@Siggi395 and you're an idiot for saying that , most of guys like you don't even realize how much of a task is to beat Gretsky's record. Just give him the Time

@DingDing134

3 ай бұрын

​@@stephenmckenzie1603 the caps will never let the face of their franchise sign somewhere else. I'm a caps fan the amount of signage and bits dedicated to him during games they would rather him stay an extra year for the PR at the very least

@k777by174rus

2 ай бұрын

@@Siggi395 He will break this record, don't even doubt it. It is the matter of time.

Ovi fan or not, always admire the legends that make this game so beautiful

Ovi did have many 5 game scoring streak though one being 11 goals in 5 games in 2020 season.

He needs someone like backstrom if he wants to reach the record. Thats whats killing his goal production

@Solenbajsar

3 ай бұрын

People forget backstrom but he is top 5 passer in the league and if Ovi dont have him its gonna be less goals need him back asap

@johanjotun1647

3 ай бұрын

If McMicheal finds his game he can be that guy.

@gavin7772

3 ай бұрын

They need to get oshie out of there

@cowabungusdingus16

3 ай бұрын

backstrom and ovi haven’t played on a line in years

It sucks for Ovi that he missed parts of 4 full seasons because of lockouts and Covid, without that I think he might already have broken the record

@user-gw6oq2qd2r

3 ай бұрын

Да, ты прав

Even if Ove has to lace em up till he's 41-42 I could see him doing it

As a Capitals fan, I am hyped up about Miroshnichenko, Leonard, and Cristall. But aside from the aging John Carlson, and possibly Rasmus Sandin, we don't really have any top 4 defensemen or defense prospects likely to be a top 4 defenseman. Maybe Iorio can be a top 4 d-man, but I am skeptical about that. While Pacioretty and Mantha are gone at the end of the season, I like McMichael and Protas together, and I hope that Miroshnichenko will join them next season to form a solid young second or third line. I think Lapierre is the right type of player to pair with great shooters like Leonard or Cristall, but I don't really see him being a first line center. He is a good pass first player, but he's no Nicklas Backstrom. Like Protas and McMichael, his ceiling is a solid second line player. That's really hurting Ovechkin this season - Strome is a good player, but he's not a pass first guy like Backstrom and he's not really a first line player, whereas prime Backstrom was a deserving five time all-star. Tom Wilson is also beginning to age, and the Capitals gave him a long extension even though he's almost 30 years old and his game is built around speed, power, and physical play - a style that won't age well like Ovechkin's shooting ability or Backstrom's passing ability. The Capitals really need to pick up a pass first center that belongs on the first line and deserves a salary of 10 million - space that the Capitals will have as the Backstrom and Kuznetsov (and Oshie) contracts come off the books soon. It would make sense for them to trade with Toronto, but I can't see that happening. Somewhere they need to find a replacement for Backstrom - a guy who wants to be the playmaker that helps Ovechkin break the record. Even if it's on a team that won't make the playoffs this season and is likely to miss the playoffs next season as well. But once the Backstrom, Kuznetsov, and Oshie contracts are off the books, and a season later Ovechkin will take a huge pay cut, it'll be a time when the Capitals will start their retool with a good solid young core and a team capable of making the playoffs even if they don't find the pass first top line center to replace Backstrom that they need.

I work in the Caps front office, we all think he’s gonna break it and Ryan Leonard coming up next season will be a huge boost if he gets to share some ice with O

@TheJaguarGod

3 ай бұрын

Please tell your boss to not trade ovechkin after his contract expires. That would be quite dumb.

@BpLavoie

3 ай бұрын

I also work in the Caps' front office and I don't recognize you.

@saltpeter500

3 ай бұрын

Putin puppet

@darkmagician4224

3 ай бұрын

If either of you worked in Caps front office, you wouldn't be here in the comments .....

@spartaleonidas7132

3 ай бұрын

@@TheJaguarGod att 2:22 you can see the no trade clause and the no movement clause. He can't get traded without his approval, and he can't get sent down to the AHL.

Ovi's been moving his feet very well recently... so that's a Good sign! His Skating @ the beginning of the season looked awful! He ain't Done!!

They have their Stanley Cup--supporting Ovechkin getting the Goal record is more important than anything for that franchise at the moment.

@jussikankinen9409

3 ай бұрын

Stanley cup win was arranged

@jlmoses16

3 ай бұрын

If they had a choice between another Stanley Cup and Ovechkin getting the record, they'd take the Stanley Cup every time.

I hope he beats the record. Favourite hockey player.

@z9944x

3 ай бұрын

He wiĺl

Excellent vidéo Johny

Hes gonna hit it. I doubt he'll stop until its done. I also think rebuilding with ovi still there would be a shame. He's stayed with that team throughout his entire career, and they should treat his final days with much due reapect. They should at least give him a team that can win in playoffs, just for that additional chance at another cup. Once ovi leaves, that team has no chance to win for a few years, so use him while you got him.

He will do it. He'll be the first player to 900

I don't think there's a person out there that doesn't want to see Ovi break this record. Even Gretzky knows records are meant to be broken (although his point total almost certainly never will be). The Great 8 has been an icon in the NHL for almost 2 decades now and represents everything great about the sport. He's All-Star caliber but plays with integrity and respect for his opponents. Not a Caps fan in the least but I love great hockey and it doesn't get much better than watching Alexander Ovechkin crank a one timer from the top of the circle.

McDavid's 6 point game was very impressive.

@TranslatedAssumption

3 ай бұрын

***Kris Letang has entered the chat

@user-ji7ir6vm5q

3 ай бұрын

ya Jhonny hawkey should do a video on that

@Muz__27

3 ай бұрын

As a Red Wings fan, it was impressive and also really sucked as well. 😂

@ildarm

3 ай бұрын

ok

@toke7342

3 ай бұрын

@@ildarm thank you for your input

What i love about ovi is over his career he’s always been feared and at his age today people still fear him, bro still lays bod and can get open alot for those 1 tee goals. The great 8 🫡

He would've already passed Gretzky if not for all the missed games he had no control over. The lockouts of 2004-05 and 2012-13 and the pandemic, interruptions that cost Ovechkin as many as 155 games - all 82 of the 2004-05 season, 34 games of the 2012-13 season, 13 games in 2019-20 season, and 26 games in 2020-21. And after all those missed games he's still only 59 goals away from taking the record.

@clinttrost5743

3 ай бұрын

You want to do what ifs, ok then what if Gretzky was as greedy as Ovi and scored himself instead of giving the puck to his team mates to score Ovi would not even be close right now

@Muz__27

3 ай бұрын

@@clinttrost5743 Sure, whatever yo. I don't really care if he breaks the record or not to be honest. It's just a fact that Ovechkin missed all those games he had no control over and by all accounts would've taken the record by now if he didn't. You can go into how Gretzky could've scored more but at least he was still playing those games and he also got a crap ton of assists from not always taking the shot too. No one will ever touch his total points record.

@xobler2508

3 ай бұрын

Gretzky missed plenty of games over his career too. Theres a million what ifs in every players career. Lets worry about reality.

@Muz__27

3 ай бұрын

@@xobler2508 Ok. Reality is that he's only 59 goals away and unless he gets injured he'll probably get the record.

I am a flyers fan but I love ovie so much I grew up in a family of Russian heritage and playing hockey I think he deserves to win another cup before he retires but I doubt it would happen again definitely want to see him at least break the record tho I wonder what the capitals future will be like without him they signed Tom Wilson long term and they have other good players

I think ppl were not sure about the record b/c in the 1st half of the year he looked like he did not just slow down, but basically fell off a cliff. Sort of like Payton Manning did in the 2nd half of his last season. Ovi had 8 goals after more than half a season and that came to about 15/year. At that pace, it would have been extremely hard. However, at 25, he'll get it done.

I am a Die-hard CAPS fan, gaven't missed 1 game since 2011. That being said, I still think that if the Caps organization wants him to break this record, (which IMO is inevident) in a Ref sweater, then they need to start putting some different pieces around him, while hopefully maintaining our core & identity. I mean, that was Brian McLellan's promise to him -one that he is failing to do his part on.

I think Ovy wants more than Gretzky's record, i think he wants 1000 goals.

@Silly-Goose-OG

3 ай бұрын

No shot he does that unless he plays balls deep into his 40s while maintaining considerable offensive output

I think he's still going to net 28-32 this year. I think he'll break the record without question. Hell if he doesn't struggle in the first half I could see him setting the record next season and then having the debate on if he wants to finish his contract or go and finish out his playing days in Russia as a national hero.

@pena380

3 ай бұрын

If he hits 32 this year then he is getting it next season. He probably will train harder and will be better place mentally so I expect he is going to start scoring immediatelly so 40 is quite possible. He was still on pace last year to hit 50 if he didn't miss games. Injuries I could see as biggest threat to prevent it next season.

I think the big thing is gonna be just if there's more falloff. He seems to be rallying now a bit and lets see if he can get to 25+ this season, but you look at a lot of the greats and those less few seasons just really falls off, the ice time is lower, you're becoming more of a role guy, your team has to figure out the future. Guys like Teemu,...finals seasons with 12 goals, 9 goals.. Jagr ending with 16 in a full season and 1 goal with 22 played. Now we're really looking at him playing past 40 and we're probably realistically talking about 3 seasons, not 2 unless something really changes. And maybe it could, I'm kind of rooting for it and I thought it was inevitable last year, but I think everyone thought this would be a 35 goal year and it'd be in the bag next season and that's not materialized. Washington as a team is in a bad spot too and the idea of him moving is going to be a discussion too, but even if he doesn't move, is he going to be getting 20 minutes a game next season? It does seem also impossible he'd leave it like 10 goals short... but let's say he gets to 21 this year...he's got 51 left... what if the next 2 years are 20 and 16? Now you need 15 and you're 41 years old and you can't be sure you'll get that 15 and you're already now 100 games beyond what Gretzky played... it becomes tough

Ovy adapting his game passing a lot more laid back in his office its was expected

ovi has said recently he is likely to retire after his contract is up. but i guess that could change and he could add a another year, but it confirms he doesn't want to be a jagr like player. I think he'd only add a year if he's still top 3 on the team

He’s back !

I thinks O will have a solid 25 this season. Next season maybe 30. He can do this. Just need more lucky bounces.

Since January 27th, Ovechkin has 13 goals in 21 games and 23 points. He has the 4th most goals and 15th most points in the league since that date.

I think what people miss is that the whole league slows down as most teams and players slack a little in the middle (a sign the season is too long, or the playoffs too inclusive), but all the young guys are going balls to the wall to start and end every season, and Ovi probably isn't going to put up big numbers in that environment at his age.

@pena380

3 ай бұрын

Ovi has almost always started hot and usually slow downs in middle. Well this time it has gone other way.

i think he swings hard in the latter half of the season and will surprise everyone with his stats by the end of the season

Before I liked this video it had 894 likes. Love it.

I got Ovi scoring a goal tonight on my parley vs Devils I hope he gets it I think even an older Ovi is better than 75-80 percent of the league 🤷‍♂️

Whether he makes it or not, you have to remember that it's harder to score now than it was during Gretsky's prime. He will still be the best goal scorer of all time.

Ovi should get 25 - 30 to keep it going. Then it will be 2 x 25 seasons which is totally doable

Can't wait till people stop talking about him...

I was dead set on him breaking it, at the beginning of this season I started casting doubts, ovi parade reinstated.

I don't think he has enough left in the tank to make it. One injury and it's probably over for him. There's a year-over-year drop-off to also factor in. Another team isn't going to take him and I don't see Washington postponing a much-needed rebuild.

@scatterthewinds3126

3 ай бұрын

Sad to say it but I don't think so either. The decline will be sharp I think.

Let's not forget to mention that Backstrom and Kuznetsov are missing so that hurts him a lot.

Love Ovi

caps content = good

I mean a lot has happened in the past couple years which relates to Ovi both directly and indirectly

Averaging 30 goals for the next 2 seasons would be insanity for his age. Im sure him, and his team will do everything to make sure it happens but. Its gonna be a rough run

@sylvestorstyllstoned488

3 ай бұрын

Not really when you're the best sniper ever lol

@morrisalanisette9067

3 ай бұрын

he's most likely going to need another year extension but he has said he is likely to retire after this contract. so yeah, it seems like he won't get there unless he's very close and signs another year

@GreekboyyD

2 ай бұрын

He’ll have to average around 22-23 goals over the next 2 seasons after this season if he finishes with 27-28 goals this season.

🐐

He will get it and if he doesn't for whatever reason we all know he would have

Go Ovi!

Let me tell u this.! ..even if he will never pass the Wayne's records he is closest one to do so..I hate to listen people saying how shit he is this season but remember the people saying this r drinking beer on the sofa and have no clue how it is to play under the pressure day on and off...I'm former ice hockey player and can only say 1 thing.......Great Ove....well done and congrats for your your achievements ❤

I had a thought or..Is it just me? Connor mcdavid and Draisaitl havent been scoring as much as normal either. I think goalies are cracking down on those shots from the circle. Which are Ovechkin and draisaitls main scoring spots. While zach Hyman has been killing it this year scoring goals from all over the place.. and also.. McDavid has adjusted to this and has been killing it when it comes to making plays and racking up assists. Zach hyman has become one the most exiciting goal scorers ive ever seen. I think goalies are cracking down on shots from the circle. Ovechkin and Draisait and maybe even mathews, May be in trouble down the road.

MR. EMPTY NET..... that's very, very interesting record holder!!! How's the next closest active player to ovi?

@DLH-zw3lx

3 ай бұрын

He just passed it. He was equal to Gretzky for a while; now he's ahead by one. It doesn't reflect poorly on Ovi if you look at his longevity, and the era in which he's scored his goals. Just a function of time, mainly.

Oviiiiii

Nice

Thinking OV can get 30 on a plotted guess. Though 40 is not a question to be scoffed at. If he has a double goal night or even a hat trick. Ovechkin has been a longevity player of talent. There is rumor Jagr is back as well for the Pens. He is what, 95 years old or something.

There is no question he will break it, must be stupid if someone thinks that he will hang his skates leaving without this record. Only down side is that he need a good players to assist him and bring Caps back to playoffs..

@DuoSonic87

3 ай бұрын

Unless he gets a catastrophic injury at age 40 or something.

28 goals

He's so fucking back

I honestly don't think he gets there, this will be his final hot streak of his career and I'm glad I was able to see Gretzky and Ovi play during my lifetime.

It's going to be close, but I think he'll probably make it at the end of his contract - assuming he stays away from long periods of injury But either way, he has already achieved the same G/GP-Ratio as TheGreatOne (0.6) and just one goal less per season (47/46) Numbers for the ages! 🥹 But if he doesn't make it, I hope he doesn't extend it for another season - that would be an undignified end to such a great career (...and then his 22nd Season to Wayne's 19)

Penguins fan here, Leave OV alone. Dudes a legend if he never plays again.

Idk he can try but the fact of the matter is that if he continues to decline as rapidly as he has, I don’t see him coming back from it. It would be incredible but I’m skeptical

He’s going to break it

Go Ovi Go! Break the Whiner’s record!

Depends how long Ovi keeps playing really. If he plays as long as Jagr, of course he'll break it. If he wants to retire in a couple seasons, then idk, it'll probably be tight.

I think he may end with 22 goals this year. And he will ultimately break the record.

@GreekboyyD

2 ай бұрын

Already at 21. 25-30 seems likely now.

A legend is a legend that's that 💯

Gretzky played and retired when he thought the time was right. If Ovechkin beats his record, it will definitely feel like he forced himself to keep playing for the record. I don’t know, it just seems less natural or genuine like this. The other thing I’ll say is that Gretzky hit that record while still being VERY unselfish with the puck over his career

The fact NHL PK coaches have never prioritized taking away the wide open one-timer from OV is sketchy af.

Baffled? Nothing is guaranteed.

Lets agree on this, if the Capitals don't let Ovechkin finish the record, we riot.

He will definitely make it, but just barely sadly, and then McDavid will pass him around the end of his career 😅

@GreekboyyD

2 ай бұрын

McDavid will never score more goals in his career than Ovechkin. Matthews has a better shot than McDavid.

I hope he breaks the record, I know I'll try to buy tickets to that game if I can.

I think he'll finish with 25-27 goals this season.

There’s no dishonor in empty netters. Obviously Gretzky knew this

I think the Russian situation meaning the war must be a weight on him. But I think he will break the record for sure. But maybe not with Washington I know but he mite want to go and win another cup before it’s all over.

Not trying to take anything away from Gretzky, but I still think Ovechkin has been a better career goal scorer. Even if he doesn’t break the record, I still think he’ll be remembered as one of, if not the best goal scorer of all time.

As a goalie, I can confirm that’s the worst spot to get shot on

If the Pens and Caps don’t trade their vets this year, it will haunt them for years.

Now he only needs like a thousand more points.

I mean he is only 38, some has retiring at what 43-45y/o? Ovi still better than most player at his ages he clearly gonna set a new reccord.

Trying to reach a setup guys goal record, the great one was a setup guy, not a pure goal scorer.tels you something about the great one. He is in a different leage.

I say he hits 25 this season

Yeah…but if Gretz played 2 more years he’d be ahead too. He retired at 38, which is the age of Ovi. The great one will always be untouchable.

Ovechkin finally gave in & said F You father time , then made a phone call & picked up some of those Russian P.E.D's....... 😮

8 goals in his first 43 games. 8 goals in his last 8 games. 21 points in his last 18 games. What happened?

He is having his worst goal scoring season but somehow has one of his best streaks of his career. It makes me think that the first half of the season might have been a fluke and he will score like 15-20 goals in the remainder of the season.

@GreekboyyD

2 ай бұрын

Could have been playing through an injury too. He missed 3 games to injury as well.

ovie finishes this year with 28 at least

@middleearthtroll6183

2 ай бұрын

This is aging very welll

Ovi will have 25+ goals by the ned

It's so ridiculous when people analyze like this and make it seem like a player aims or thinks when he shoots. Ovi just literally rips it and if it goes in it goes in. Don't you think that if players actually had time to think and could aim they would just score a lot more? MAYBE McDavid actually thinks before he acts in all situations but these other guys just act on instinct and not by conscious thoughts

Having not done it in 6 seasons is cause for concern. I dont see him playing for 3 more seasons to do it not at his age.

I hope he breaks it in the next two years. If he doesn’t and it’s because he is not able to compete at the high level we have seen from him, I don’t want to see him come back thinking his personal goals are more important than what is best for his team. Leave a a champion, not as a used to be.

Old man ovi can finish it off if he signs another contract.

I literally cant fathom how people think he isn’t going to beat Gretzkys record lmao😂 Multiple times in his career people said he was falling off, only to score multiple 40 goal seasons afterwards. Obviously father time is catching up with him, but if you think he isn’t capable of scoring 60 goals in the next 2-3+ seasons you are clueless.

The Capitals today are the Devils in Marty's last few years. They are just trying to play a somewhat respectable, grindy defensive game to honor the legend that's still playing on their team, but the rest of the roster is pretty terrible.

25+

With the way hes playing right now, the whole gretzky record chasing is kind of hurting his legacy to me but i know thats an unpopular opinion. At this point its like "well if i dont beat it ill just keep playing until i do" even if that means 4 years of dragging his team down. To me thats not what the gretzky record is about. Ovechkin is a legend and will always be reminded as such but the way hes reaching that record right now just doent feel right to me. Step it up ovi.

@morrisalanisette9067

3 ай бұрын

how is he dragging his team down when he has most points on the team at age 38 ? I mean their team isn't THAT bad either. and your comment is bad timing with his 8 goals in the past 8 games and a 9 game point streak (13 points in 9 games). And btw, he said recently he's retiring after this contract, so he has no intention of playing just to beat the record

@tonyhotte2936

3 ай бұрын

@@morrisalanisette9067 how is it bad timing? Im not praying on his downfall. I said step it up ovi and he did. Dont see how thats bad timing at all.

He's not going to get there. Injuries, Age, Washington not wanting to resign him longer than 2 additional years. He's currently on Year 3 of a 5 year UFA ending in 2025-26. He has 14 goals in 52 Games, only 30 left in the season. Ignoring the fact that his recent empty net goal production is a statistical anomaly, he is looking to finish the season, at his current production, at 19 goals (5.1 goals for the remaining 30 games or 36.5% of the regulation season) He needs 58 additional goals to catch up, not pass, Gretzky's record. And to make a statement he needs to do it in under 89 more Games Played (as that is when he will surpass Gretzky's Games Played). 58 goals in 89 games to tie. OR Minus 5 expected = 53 goals in 59 games to tie. It is completely reasonable to think that he is not going to be able to make it at his current rate by the time his contract is up, especially since his goal production has been going down steadily for the past 3 years.

Me thinking, dang he’s lookin old So I go n check how old he is Aw shit he’s a bit younger than I am 😅

Max who's been riddled with injuries.

No one talks about how he missed a combined total of 2+ seasons. To be this close all while playing through 2 lockouts and covid shortened seasons is pretty unreal

@EnderSword

3 ай бұрын

It's almost the exact same time Gretzky missed, there were lockouts his career too and because Gretzky was also in the WHA his first seasons, it's actually very close to the same number. Ovi currently has 93 less games played the Gretzky and is averaging slightly less goals per game, so if it takes 2 more seasons you'll have Ovi with the record but with about 80-100 more games played.

@vanillaflounder376

3 ай бұрын

@@EnderSword Gretzky chose to be in the WHA tho. Ovi wanted to be in the NHL but couldn’t control a lockout. Either way I think Ovie has him beat if he’s allowed to play those 80 games he’s been short. Prime Ovie is the best goal scorer of all time

@EnderSword

3 ай бұрын

@@vanillaflounder376 No he didn't, the NHL had an age limit of 20 until 1980, so Gretzky couldn't play in the NHL at 18 like you can now. And again, Gretzky also had a lockout year and a strike year which cancelled almost the exact same number of games. Gretzky played 20 seasons with a total of 1487 games played Ovechkin has played 19 seasons with a total of 1396 games played with 30 games left in this season So assuming Ovi plays all or almost all of next season he'll actually end up with more games played after 20 seasons than Gretzky had.