Ovechkin will beat the record this season - I give 80% for this. But the Stanley Cup for Washington is more interested in him. Commentator of matches Capitals about Alexander
3.04.2025
The commentator of Washington matches appreciated the chances of Ovechkin to break the Gretzki record. Joe Beninati has been commenting on Washington`s matches since 1994.
-When, in your opinion, Alexander Ovechkin will be able to beat Wayne Gretzky`s record? And when did you first understand that this could happen?
-firstly, I have the feeling that Ovechkin can beat the record this season. I give it 80 percent.
For the first time I thought about what it is in principle possible when he scored goal number 500 (November 10, 2016-athletes ’‘). Alex did it so quickly that I took up calculations. And according to their results, he thought: at his age and at his pace, he can achieve this!
Then there were six hundredth, seven -hundredth - and when he scored eight hundred years ago, I said to himself: now this is only a matter of time;From now on, the question is not whether he will beat the record, but when he will do it.
And you know what I understand, watching Ovi at those moments when he is close to one or another round number? He steps through them quickly, without long torment. So you will see: when it approaches the 894th goal, everything will happen rapidly.
I have been looking at all this every day for twenty years, and this is amazing. You know, sometimes I speak on the air about the next thing in which I am convinced. Yes, Ovechkin knows what the numbers 894 and 895 mean, but, quite likely, he is much more interested in the number 2.
- What do you mean?
- winnings of the second Capalse Stanley Cup. This season, the team looks like a real applicant, and, it seems to me, he is focused on this more than 894, ”Joe Beninati said.
Ovechkin is physically worn. He changed the game - he no longer hits 7 times per match. Great hockey players are smart. Comperator of Washington matches about Alexander
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