Ovechkin may be wrapping up career with Capitals, Gulitti says
Gulitti, when asked for his gut feeling on what the future holds, said that he’s felt all season that this most likely would be Ovechkin’s final one in the League and the announcement Wednesday did not change the equation
Ovechkin is in the final season of a five-year, $47.5 million contract ($9.5 million average annual value) he signed with the Capitals in 2021.
In addition to talking about Ovechkin and his future, Gulitti discussed the state of the Capitals with Rosen and Roarke. They are five points behind the Philadelphia Flyers for third place in the Metropolitan Division and the Ottawa Senators for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference with four games to play, including against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday (7:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, MNMT).
The Capitals play a home-and-home with the Pittsburgh Penguins this coming weekend. Gulitti will be covering both games, at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday (3 p.m. ET; ABC, TVAS) and at Capital One Arena on Sunday (3 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, MNMT, truTV, TNT, SN360, TVAS).
