Regardless of when his career ends, or whether he ends up breaking Wayne Gretzky's seemingly unbeatable goal-scoring record, Alexander Ovechkin will go down in NHL history as one of the best scorers the league has ever seen. Ovechkin, 38, has two more seasons left in his current contract, and many have wondered whether he would call it quits when it runs out. The Great 8 gave his clearest answer yet in a new interview.
That's the clearest answer Ovechkin has given yet on what will happen when his current contract ends. That, of course, brought the question of whether he would sign for another season if he didn't break Gretzky's all-time goal scoring record.