{"id":460620,"date":"2026-02-10T18:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/460620\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:28:06","slug":"khl-president-says-league-plans-to-discuss-future-plans-with-alex-ovechkin-in-the-summer-if-he-decides-to-continue-his-career-in-the-khl-well-be-delighted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/460620\/","title":{"rendered":"KHL President says league plans to discuss future plans with Alex Ovechkin in the summer: \u2018If he decides to continue his career in the KHL, we\u2019ll be delighted\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The future of Alex Ovechkin\u2019s career has been the elephant in the room for the Washington Capitals all season. The legendary winger\u2019s contract with the Capitals expires in July, and he\u2019s admitted that he plans to play out the entire 2025-26 campaign before deciding on his future<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Throughout his career, Ovechkin has made it clear<\/a> that after his time with the Capitals is over, he\u2019d like to explore a return to where his professional career started: the KHL\u2019s Dynamo Moscow. With that potential occurring sooner rather than later, the KHL\u2019s President, former NHLer Alexei Morozov, recently discussed with RIA Novosti\u2019s Andrey Senchenko<\/a> where the league stands regarding Ovechkin.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not bothering him right now, because he has an NHL contract,\u201d Morozov said<\/a>, as translated via Google Translate. \u201cSasha is very focused on the game. They\u2019re currently on a break in the [regular season], and Alexander is relaxing with his family and preparing for the important part of the season. We\u2019ll certainly discuss everything with him this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talk often, see each other in the summer, and discuss various topics. A few years ago, he asked me how things are going in the KHL. He knows everything that\u2019s going on in the league. If he decides to continue his career in the KHL, we\u2019ll be delighted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ovechkin was brought up through Dynamo\u2019s academy and played four years with the club in what was then called the Russian Super League. Ovechkin, who currently serves in an advisory role with the club<\/a>, even returned to play for the team during the 2012-13 NHL lockout, bringing Capitals star center Nicklas Backstrom with him.<\/p>\n

Dynamo\u2019s President, Viktor Voronin,\u00a0said last year<\/a> that he is prepared to negotiate with Ovechkin after his contract with the Capitals ends. On the other side of the Atlantic, Caps general manager Chris Patrick stated last month<\/a> that he hasn\u2019t talked with Ovechkin about potential retirement plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaven\u2019t really had that conversation,\u201d Patrick said<\/a>. \u201cWe talked a little bit, just about where the team is and what he feels we need, and what I feel we need. But it didn\u2019t really get too much into his future outside of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although he hasn\u2019t made a firm call on his plans, Ovechkin has spent parts of this season taking walks down memory lane, participating in jersey exchanges with stars and foes around the NHL like Evgeni Malkin<\/a>,\u00a0Brad Marchand<\/a>,\u00a0Anze Kopitar<\/a>,\u00a0Brady Tkachuk<\/a>, Connor McDavid<\/a>, Marie-Philip Poulin<\/a>, and even NBA legend LeBron James<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So far this season, Ovechkin has recorded 48 points (22g, 26a) in 59 games, not yet missing a single game for injury. If he keeps up the same scoring pace, he\u2019ll hit 67 points (31g, 36a), which will top his age-38 season (65 points in 79 games).<\/p>\n

Outside of winning another Stanley Cup, Ovechkin has little left to accomplish in the NHL. Earlier this season, he ticked off both the 900-goal<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a01,500-game milestones<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The future of Alex Ovechkin\u2019s career has been the elephant in the room for the Washington Capitals all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-460620","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\/460620","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=460620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}