“It’s not even a question that he will pass me, and I think it’s great,” Gretzky told The New York Times in a story published Wednesday.
Now a studio analyst for the “NHL on TNT,” Gretzky has said multiple times he is rooting for Ovechkin to break his record.
Ovechkin is on pace to score 58 goals this season, which would be the second-highest total of his NHL career, behind the 65 he scored in 2007-08.
So I’m just one of his biggest fans and it’s only good for the game if he can break the record.
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