{"id":14991,"date":"2025-11-18T06:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/alex-ovechkin-reiterates-that-hed-like-to-one-day-play-for-dynamo-moscow-again-in-the-khl\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T06:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:35:18","slug":"alex-ovechkin-reiterates-that-hed-like-to-one-day-play-for-dynamo-moscow-again-in-the-khl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/?p=14991","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin reiterates that he\u2019d like to one day play for Dynamo Moscow again in the KHL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alex<\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0future is one of the most frequently discussed topics surrounding the Washington Capitals this season. The 40-year-old legendary winger\u2019s contract with the Capitals expires next summer, and he\u2019s\u00a0admitted that he plans to play out the entire 2025-26 season before deciding on his future.<\/p>\n

In the past, Ovechkin\u00a0has suggested\u00a0that he\u2019d like to finish his on-ice career with his hometown team, Dynamo Moscow of the KHL. He recently reiterated those desires to Jeff Marek and Bruce Boudreau\u00a0during his guest appearance on the Hockey Lifers Podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah. I grew up there. I played for Dynamo,\u201d Ovechkin\u00a0said. \u201cOf course, I want to play maybe one or two games. We\u2019ll see. You never know what\u2019s going to happen, right? Right now, I\u2019m here and I\u2019m enjoying my days here. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ovechkin began his hockey journey in Dynamo\u2019s academy and played the first four years of his professional career with the club in what was then called the Russian Super League. Ovechkin,\u00a0who currently serves in an advisory role with the club, has remained active in an alumni setting with Dynamo and even returned to play for the team during the 2012-13 NHL lockout.<\/p>\n

The Moscow native has played with the Caps for the last 20 years, having been drafted by the team first overall in the 2004 NHL Draft. Dynamo\u2019s President, Viktor Voronin,\u00a0said last February that he is prepared to negotiate with Ovechkin after his contract with the Capitals expires next July.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou wait until you\u2019re Jagr\u2019s age before you do that,\u201d Boudreau said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you ever play that long?\u201d Marek asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no,\u201d Ovechkin replied. \u201cMy kids wants to. They always ask me, \u2018Dad, is this your last year? Are you gonna play in Russia for Dynamo?\u2019 Let\u2019s enjoy this time. Sergei right now, he\u2019s 7. I\u2019m 40. So he\u2019s gonna be drafted in 11 years. I\u2019m gonna be 51. Should we call Ted (Capitals owner Ted Leonsis) right now?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ovechkin spoke about the prospect of playing with his son, Sergei, this past summer, saying that he had already achieved his dream when he was\u00a0able to skate with Sergei in a Russian charity game last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 15 years, I\u2019ll be 55,\u201d he added. \u201cAt 55, I\u2019m not ready to play professional hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside of winning another Stanley Cup, Ovechkin has little left to accomplish in the NHL. He ticked off both the\u00a0900-goal\u00a0and\u00a01,500-game milestones this season. One of the only major records he has left to chase concerns the all-time hits list, where he trails Cal Clutterbuck by 252 hits.<\/p>\n

For the\u00a0Packers, the end result of a 27-20 win over the Giants\u2013no matter how unsightly the quality of play\u2013is especially gratifying because of how close the season was to falling apart completely. That\u2019s because, with 3:20 to play in the first quarter of the game, star quarterback\u00a0Jordan Love\u00a0took a particularly hard hit on a short run-scramble.<\/p>\n

The hit came from\u00a0Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles\u00a0after a four-year jaunt, a play on which Love made no attempt to slide. It was a legal whack from Flannigan-Fowles but it was clear from the moment Love went down that he was injured. He scurried to the medical tent on the sideline, replaced by backup\u00a0Malik Willis.<\/p>\n

For coach Matt LaFleur, the good news is that Love is coping well now that the team is back in Green Bay. \u201cHe\u2019s doing good. Obviously, he\u2019s definitely sore,\u201d LaFleur said.<\/p>\n

Seeing Love take that kind of hit in service of a four-yard pickup, though, warranted a stern rebuke from LaFleur.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the coach saw the play, which was essentially the equivalent of the Packers\u2019 2025 flashing before his eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, that was a pretty big hit, one of those that you just say, \u2018C\u2019mon, man. You can\u2019t put yourself in those situations,\u2019\u201d LaFleur said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

Love, despite the injury, came back and led the Packers to a gritty victory. \u201cI thought he played his (expletive) off yesterday, I really did,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cI thought he was throwing accurately. He showed a ton of toughness in the pocket. I mean, there were multiple times he was getting hit pretty good in the pocket and he was making throws.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really proud of his ability to come back in the game and just show that, not only physical toughness but the mental toughness to keep fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The question for LaFleur and other Packers coaches, though, was what the team should\u2013and even could\u2013do to rein in Love in those situations. It was clear that Love thought he had some room to break open a longer run on the play.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of those deals where, things happen pretty quickly out there. I think he, as he was scrambling, he did a little pump fake and actually got the guy to leave his feet a little bit,\u201d LaFleur said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if he thought he is a little more elusive than what he really is, and thought he could get around him or not. Obviously, it didn\u2019t work out. I do think it is a fine line in how you coach a guy in those situations because there is a lot more feel to it, because things happen so quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Love\u2019s place, of course, backup quarterback Malik Willis finished the Packers drive with a touchdown. Willis had not played since Week 3 of the 2024 season, but looked like he had gathered no moss.<\/p>\n

Said LaFleur: \u201cI can\u2019t say enough great things about Malik. We don\u2019t win that game without Malik. He\u2019s a great competitor and he is so calm, I mean, just, he was in there on some critical situations. We had third downs, we called a zone read and he uses his legs, which was kind of\u2014when your starting quarterback is out and you have your backup in there, and you call the zone read, you\u2019re a little concerned about that because you can\u2019t have anything happen to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he made a lot of plays in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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