Whoever said it said it best imo.
Steve yzerman got his first cup at 32. Now hailed as one of the greatest captains ever.
A I kinda lol at "a hockey deal" if that's what he said. That generally​ means like Hall for Larsson being a hockey deal. Who could afford ovechkin in a player for player trade and willing to do it? Answer: probably no one.

Wonder what his motives for saying that were.

The media is of course very "what have you done for me lately."
The cup is freaking hard to win. You can have the best roster and get shelled like Washington or Chicago etc. Freaking Ottawa almost made it this year.
Fact of the matter is, if Washington didn't change a single thing and we replayed these playoffs ten times, they might win it 9 times.
If I were them, I wouldn't be looking to tweak too much.
I personally think they have what it takes to get it done. It's just a little bit of chance now.

Would I like to see him get moved though? Of course. That's exciting

yea no one does really.
Ducks should make and exception for oilers imo , considering we basically traded them a cup when we didn't ship pronger as far east as possible.

ISO the next Nick Lidstrom

Same

Here's the full quote with context, which kind of kills of the rumor:

Not nearly as fun as my post

Karlsson not for trade sry bro

tl;dr yes we know Ovie is way overpaid but he's the one reason we don't have Florida-tier attendance so we aren't trading him

Likely to hear lots of #Vegas @GoldenKnights exp draft trade rumblings soon. One such possibility is looking likely, not 100% done yet:

#Hawks would allow VGK to take D Trevor van Riemsdyk in draft, on consideration that @GoldenKnights also take Marcus Kruger in trade. #TSN

They gave us maroon. We're even.