Alex Ovechkin has re-signed with Washington and the expectations are HIGH!

I’M BACK DC !!!!! #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/7XQPfT6aZP

— Alex Ovechkin (@ovi8) July 27, 2021

Ovi about to take a run at Gretzky’s goals record. He has five years, needs 165 goals to break it, an average of about 33 per season. https://t.co/slB1y0qF4u

— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) July 27, 2021

I really want to see what celebration Ovi does if he breaks the record.

— Corey Sznajder (@ShutdownLine) July 27, 2021

Ovi is gunning for Gretzky and it’s nuts. I kidded around about him doing it a few years ago but… he’s got a real shot at doing it.

— Joe Yerdon (@JoeYerdon) July 27, 2021

Alex Ovechkin is absolutely breaking Wayne Gretzky’s goal record. Book it.

— Travis Tuthill (@tuthill_travis) July 27, 2021

When Ovechkin breaks Gretzky's goal record he will be wearing a Washington Capitals jersey and that to me is best)))))))))))))))))

— THE BOURBON CAPS (@TheBourbonCaps) July 27, 2021

Pretty happy we're going to get to watch Ovechkin overtake Gretzky as the NHL's greatest goalscorer, a title that probably really belongs to Lemieux or Bossy.

— Phil (@AlsoNamedPhil) July 27, 2021

Ovechkin’s deal is FIVE years!! He’s going for Gretzky let’s go.

— World Hockey Report (@worldhockeyrpt) July 27, 2021

WAYNE GRETZKY, YOU BETTER BE SHAKING IN YOUR BOOTS RN BECAUSE ALEX OVECHKIN IS COMING FOR YOUUU

— sammy (@holtbymoly) July 27, 2021

Ovechkin needs 164 goals to tie Gretzky's all-time record.

That's 33 goals over the next five years.

He's doing it. https://t.co/nKCcpWBYpt

— Hunter Crowther (@HunterCrowther) July 27, 2021