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

[ViD]

Imagine the ticket prices for that retirement night game

I say retire the jersey # right after Ovie breaks Gretzky's goalscoring record. In between the puck hitting the back if the net and the center ice faceoff.

To be honest, an interesting idea, first time ever to retire a number of a currently active player

 

[MadLuke]

Hard to say, as the player-ceremony decision can impact the schedule, the team would want for them to be there, etc...

As soon as it match a game with a crowd and the players want it (they could be unsure if they fully retire or want to play in the khl....)

Jagr made the penguins wait a very long time for example.