Alex Ovechkin says he will make decision on the future of his NHL career with the Washington Capitals at some point in July: ‘It’s not a secret. In July, for sure.’

Alex Ovechkin has confirmed that he won’t have his NHL retirement decision made before free agency opens on July 1. Previous reporting indicated that Ovechkin’s decision-making process this summer would extend into July, and Ovechkin himself circled that month in a FONBET interview with Russian soccer legends Vladislav Radimov, Dmitri Alenichev, Andrey Tikhonov, and Yegor