(Caps Outsider)
It came as no surprise that Alex Ovechkin signed a five-year contract with the Capitals, but the number that was slightly more surprising was the $47.5 million, about $9.5 million a year, less money than he had been making with his 13-year contract which paid him about $10 million a year. Ovi could have easily asked for $12 million a year for the next five years, and the Caps would have had to pay him.
Considering his age – he’ll be 36 soon – the Caps will have to do everything possible not to waste what will likely be the final seasons of his career.