MOSCOW, Oct 15 Washington Capitals want Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin ended his career in the capital club, said the general manager of the National Hockey League (NHL) team Brian McLellan. to do it elsewhere? Having such a player sets the direction for the franchise. He has individual goals that require a competitive team to achieve,» McLellan was quoted by The Athletic as saying. Ovechkin, 37. In 2018, he won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals. The Russian, with 780 goals, is the third-best scorer in NHL history behind Gordie Howe (801) and Wayne Gretzky (894). Last season, the striker was ahead of Jaromir Jagr (766), Brett Hull (741) and Marcel Dionne (731).
