It’s time we treat Alex Ovechkin as an NHL all-time great

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin skates with the puck as Montreal Canadiens defenceman Jeff Petry defends in the third period at Capital One Arena, on Feb. 20, 2020.As you read this, Alex Ovechkin is on the cusp of scoring his 700th NHL goal.If he lasts another couple of years – which he will because, as Ovechkin has told us, “Russian machine never breaks” – he’ll be up there with Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky.But Ovechkin is already the greatest goal scorer in hockey history.

Most tellingly, none of Ovechkin’s brightest contemporaries are anywhere near him. Sidney Crosby is closest – and he’s 250 goals behind. Whereas Crosby was gifted and driven in a way we’d seen before, Ovechkin fell right into our Cold War fantasies of Soviet players being built in a lab. He was the Frankenstein’s monster of Communist hockey.

But somewhere in there, Ovechkin changed. He got older and … well, maybe not wiser. There is altogether too much wisdom in the NHL. It’s the reason everyone sounds so tedious whenever their lips are moving.For one, we realized we were never taking the Russia out of him. Ovechkin would occasionally remind people how much he likes Vladimir Putin or go on very public benders.

Globe_Sports LOL.. where have you been... Ovie has racked up 700 goals during the most constrictive offensive era of the NHL.

Globe_Sports No question, personally I would put him at position 25 of the top 25 of all time.

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