Washington Capitals do not comment on Ovechkin's future after viral email

Washington Capitals do not comment on Ovechkin's future after viral email

The Washington Capitals have rejected reports that the coming season will be the last one for the NHL record goal scorer Alexander Ovechkin. The team said that no decision had yet been made about the future of the Russian star.

false information about Ovechkins career end

Several media quickly started to email that was sent by a member of the team sales team and said that the 2025-2026 Ovechkins season would be last in the league. After this claim went viral in social media, the team said that the email was accidentally sent.

"No decision was made about Alex Ovechkin's future after the NHL season 2025-26," wrote the team's public communication channel on X. "A person from the sales department accidentally indicated that the next year will be Alex Ovechkins last year."

Ovechkin's current situation and contract

ovechkin will be 40 years old when the next NHL season begins in autumn, and will therefore go to his 21st season in the league, which he has all spent with the capitals. He also entered the last year of a five -year contract that he signed in 2021.

The expiry of this contract, together with his record, which he set up for most goals in NHL in spring, has led too much speculation about the future of the Russian star.

ovechkin talks about his future

After the Capitals playoff defeat, Ovechkin said that he would not plan to resign after this season. on the question of May 17th Washington will be, but Ovechkin did not give a clear answer.

"To be honest, I haven't thought about it yet. But we'll see what happens. Obviously I will do my best to cut off well next year and ... we will see," he said.

Ovechkins impressive career

This season Ovechkin wrote history by exceeding Wayne Gretzky's apparently unbreakable record for most goals in the career. He ended the season with a total of 897 career goals and scored 44 goals this year. This number is all the more remarkable if you take into account your long injury -related absence from the ice due to a leg injury.

In a full season, he never scored less than 31 goals-in the 2020-21 season shortened by Covid-19, he scored 24 goals-and has scored more than 40 goals in 14 seasons. Ovechkin won the Stanley Cup with the Capitals in the 2017-2018 season.