Capitals' Alex Ovechkin gives big update on his retirement plans
Is that enough for the Washington Capitals legend to retire happily?
Not so fast.
Ovechkin plans on building on that record for a while.
According to DC Backcheck, Ovechkin called reports of a retirement after one more season "pure nonsense."
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Ovechkin is 39, but he just scored 44 goals and added 29 assists in 65 games.
He has 897 career goals now and is past Wayne Gretzky and alone in first all time.
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What if he could reach 1,000 goals? That'd be astounding.
Even going above 900 and chasing 950 would be remarkable.
It sounds like Ovi wants to give it a shot.
And for what it's worth, he's also third in league history in hits, needing less than 300 to pass Cal Clutterbuck.
That'd be quite the combo to retire with.
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