Alex Ovechkin Back in Russia, and the Anaheim Ducks Could Make a Big Splash - NHL Rumors

Alex Ovechkin Back in Russia, and the Anaheim Ducks Could Make a Big Splash - NHL Rumors

Alex Ovechkin has already returned to Russia Sammi Silber of The Hockey News: Alex Ovechkin is already back in Russia. The plan had been for the pending UFA to have his end-of-year meetings with the Washington Capitals in mid-May and then head back to Russia. On locker clean-out day, the 40-year-old said that he was “pretty sure” he hadn’t played his final NHL game. “I’m not going to tell everything to you what I’m thinking, what the options are…

Spencer Carbery on how he is preparing for next season with Alex Ovechkin’s future still up in the air: ‘I’m sort of planning for two different scenarios’

There is no question that the number-one storyline hanging over the Washington Capitals this summer is the future of legendary captain Alex Ovechkin. The 40-year-old winger is set to determine if he will be back for another season in DC, or if he will call it quits on a historic 21-season NHL career. But while Ovechkin takes time to make that all-important decision, the hockey world doesn’t just stop moving, and the Capitals need to keep up with…