After Ovechkin retires, how long until his number is retired by the Capitals?

[stephenball]

In his last game he might as well just throw his jersey up in the rafters, that’s how fast it should/will happen. Hard to think of many players that meant more to a single franchise.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

The home opener the season after he retires. And he names the next captain right after which is apparently going to be Tom Wilson.

 

[TheBeard]

Been a heck of a ride watching them both push each other.

You know what would be a good idea for a thread? Wondering where both of there careers would have gone were the other not there pushing and competing. How much did that early rivalry seep into the habits of each etc.

 

[Ratsreign]

over/under set at 5 seconds

 

[spiny norman]

Immediately.

 

[centipede2233]

That would be awesome if ovie breaks the record mid game, they bring out a red carpet and hand ovie a mic so he can announce he retires immediately, his family joins him and the team presents him a plaque and golden stick, ovie skates off, they haul up a banner to retire ovie’s number and call it a day and Finnish the hockey game

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Eight days

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Depends on whether they want to wait until before or after he’s inducted into the Hall of Fame, and how many times they want to cash in on Ovechkin appreciation nights.

Yeah, they'll get a couple in there for sure.

Look how many the Lakers have had for Kobe now