While many in Caps fandom love the sweater, there may be no bigger supporter of the design than Ovechkin, who had begged the team to bring it back since it first went away as the team’s Reverse Retro 2.0 sweater. Ovechkin first asked the team to bring back the Screaming Eagle on Instagram in 2020. Ovechkin scored in every game he wore the Capitals’ black Reverse Retro 2.0 jersey during the 2022-23 season.