MOSCOW, 28 Aug, Alena Sulizova. The Swedish forward of the Moscow club of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) Dynamo Jacob Lilja called the captain of the Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin one of the best hockey players in history. «Ovechkin is one of the best hockey players in history. He is very good. I «I have a lot of respect for this guy. Does (head coach) Alexei Kudashov take Ovechkin as an example for us? No, but each of us knows that if you want to be the same cool scorer, then just watch what and how he does,» he said. Lilya. Ovechkin is 36 years old, he is a graduate of the Moscow Dynamo, in which he won the Gagarin Cup in 2013. In 2018, he won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals. With 780 goals, the Russian ranks third on the list of the best scorers in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL), behind only Gordie Howe (801) and Wayne Gretzky (894).
