{"id":295935,"date":"2025-11-16T22:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/295935\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T22:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:53:07","slug":"alex-ovechkin-reiterates-that-hed-like-to-one-day-play-for-dynamo-moscow-again-in-the-khl-of-course-i-want-to-play-maybe-one-or-two-games-well-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/295935\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin reiterates that he\u2019d like to one day play for Dynamo Moscow again in the KHL: \u2018Of course, I want to play maybe one or two games. We\u2019ll see.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Ovechkin\u2019s future 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 admitted that he plans to play out the entire 2025-26 season before deciding on his future<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the past, Ovechkin has suggested<\/a> that 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 during his guest appearance on the Hockey Lifers Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah. I grew up there. I played for Dynamo,\u201d Ovechkin said<\/a>. \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<\/a>, 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, said last February<\/a> 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 able to skate with Sergei in a Russian charity game last year<\/a>.<\/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 900-goal<\/a> and 1,500-game milestones<\/a> 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin\u2019s future is one of the most frequently discussed topics surrounding the Washington Capitals this season. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-295935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}