Oh god
Yeah right - one great season season which is indicated by 2 Harts and 3 Pearson/Lindsay awards.
Ovechkin was better than both Crosby and Malkin on his 1st 5 years. Simply better.
Stamkos?
You do realize that majority of people on these boards are Canadians...
But in all fairness you had to know that you are going to get called on that.
Ovechkin lost 10 games that season and had the one less goals and same amount of points than Sid. Offensive edge was pretty clearly Ovechkin that year.
I'd say, in general, they were pretty close looking back on the first 5 years over all. Crosby's 120 point season at 19, and OV's 65 goal season are the exceptions that stand out to me where you could argue one guy was above the other.
Since then OV's has declined and Sid got his brains scrambled. Which sucks for all of us no matter which player you like better.
I'd say, in general, they were pretty close looking back on the first 5 years over all. Crosby's 120 point season at 19, and OV's 65 goal season are the exceptions that stand out to me where you could argue one guy was above the other.
Since then OV's has declined and Sid got his brains scrambled. Which sucks for all of us no matter which player you like better.
True, so irritating that they both have issues.
I personally prefer OV over Sid for the first 5 years but i really don't care if someone takes Sid. Not too big of a difference.
OV has the best season overall. They both have 122 adjusted points in their best season but OV has most goals, by far. Sid has better all-around game and if he could stay healthy it would be him easily over OV but so far, no such luck.
Oh god
Yeah right - one great season season which is indicated by 2 Harts and 3 Pearson/Lindsay awards.
Ovechkin was better than both Crosby and Malkin on his 1st 5 years. Simply better.
Stamkos?
But Ovechkin is finished while these guys are currently peaking. (Finished when it comes to being elite).
I'm willing to screen name bet that Alex Semin will have a better season than Ovechkin.
I should have been more specific. Yes, assuming there is an NHL season.
I'll take that bet.
Semin has never outproduce'd Ovechkin. His career high is lower than Ovechkin's sub-bar 85 point season.
Although, he has been on pace for 105 points which is pretty impressive. But Semin lack's the physical play that OV brings so even if they are on the same ballpark of points OV could still be better. So i call your bet a longshot and i take it.
I totally agree that saying Ovechkin wasn't on Crosby's level is silly, because he definitely was. I just don't think much, if anything, separated them during their first five seasons, but of course that's just my opinion. And as for the people bringing up Stamkos, just ignore it. I love Stamkos, but everyone who has watched hockey for longer than a year or two will know and remember that Ovechkin's first four seasons were easily better than Stamkos' first four.
In Ovechkin's first year in the NHL he was 20 years old.
He's TWO YEARS older than Crosby.
Stamkos' first four season includes playing at 18, 19, 20, 21.
NOT apples to apples.
Selanne scores 76 goals as a rookie, but he was on his 6th year of pro hockey an was 22 yrs old at the time.
