A contract extension
As superhuman and amazing as Alex Ovechkin is, it’s impossible to score 200 goals in a season. If Ovechkin wants to continue to pursue this record, he needs to sign an extension to stay in Washington beyond the 2020-21 season.
It looked like the Caps took the first step in that process of extending Ovechkin when they re-upped Nicklas Backstrom’s contract to five more years. In the process of that negotiation, which Backstrom took care of himself, Ovechkin was checking up on him on a constant basis to see how the contract talks were going. Does this sound like a player that wants to play somewhere else?
I hate to say it to some Caps fans, but I don’t see Braden Holtby coming back after this season but the silver lining is that the Caps can have more money to re-sign Ovechkin when the summer of 2021 hits.
So what can a new contract for Alex Ovechkin look like. If Backstrom’s was five years and $46 million, maybe a four-year, $50 million deal depending on how the salary cap looks?
A four year extension would give Ovechkin four extra years to break the “impossible” record and give the Ovi and Nicky duo a chance to skate off into the sunset.