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Capitals: Why There Should Be an NHL Version of “The Last Dance” Starring Alexander Ovechkin

By Benjamin Little

Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Personality

As previously mentioned, Alexander Ovechkin is one of, if not the most popular player in the NHL and has been for quite some time. This is in-part due to his dynamic playing style and charisma on the ice.

Yes, he is arguably the greatest goal scorer of all time, but he is also undeniably the guy who loves scoring the most of all time. Every goal, especially in his younger days, Ovechkin would go nuts and the fans loved it. Some fans, not as much…

There is just no arguing that Ovechkin and the energy he provides brings people to the rink to watch him play. He is fuelled by emotion and you can tell when you watch him play. His on-ice personality is one of the greatest the game has ever seen. He scores, he hits, he dangles, he truly does it all and makes the game more exciting to watch.

Unlike a lot of dynamic and skilled players, however, Ovechkin carries that same energy off the ice. He has multiple top-10 lists of off-ice moments dedicated just to him because of the personality he carries with him everywhere he goes.

From singing for a Russian band, to “doing 180 one time,” Ovi’s personality is loud, outgoing and downright funny. Ovechkin is a funny dude. This was unique for a Russian player. He was one of the first Russians to show his personality to the North American hockey world, and paved the way for fellow countrymen like Artemi Panarin, and fellow teammate, Evgeny Kuznetsov.

Bottom line, Alex Ovechkin has one of the greatest personalities the game has ever seen whether it’s on the ice or off of it. If you are looking for a hockey player to cover in a docuseries that shows a player dominating on the ice (or court) and having personality away from the game, it does not get much more perfect than Ovi.

He would make for the most entertaining player to follow which, although it is not exactly necessary for the focus of the series to be funny and outgoing, it definitely benefits the viewers of the series. Especially if they aren’t hockey fans, it is easy to like an outgoing personality who is also a dominant player and has been since they entered the league.

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