“He’s got CCM back and seems to be scoring those goals again,” Montreal Canadiens defenceman Karl Alzner mused. After his goal-scoring production suffered last season, Ovechkin became an afterthought in conversations about the NHL’s current top players. Even the Capitals asked Ovechkin to make some changes this summer so he could keep up in the NHL’s younger and faster landscape. “I think organizationally, Alex took it to heart that he’s got to keep evolving,” Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. “When he’s moving his feet, he’s a big man and he’s a hard to stop.”Some snickered when Trotz said the bar for Ovechkin is still 50 goals.

Source: National Post October 08, 2017 18:00 UTC