Ovechkin Weighs One More Year - or the Final Whistle

The Ovechkin decision now sits on the kind of timeline that makes GMs sweat and reporters hover by their phones. According to the report, he is choosing between another one-year contract and hanging up the skates, but he is not expected to make the call before free agency opens. That leaves the Capitals in the familiar position of waiting on a franchise legend while everyone else plans around the ripple effect.