Ovechkin Is The Best Player In The NHL, Bar None
Total Pro Sports - If you witnessed what happened in last nights game between the Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers, you cannot deny that Alex Ovechkin is the best hockey player in the world.
The Washington Capitals were trialling 4-0 on the road at Madison Square Gardens, in a tough arena for visiting opponents. The noise, the atmosphere, the die hard Rangers fans makes this venue a tough place to play, but the Washington Capitals who were lead by Ovechkin came from behind to win the game in overtime 5-4.
Alex Ovechkin and Niklas Backstrom willed the Capitals to victory in this game after their flat and lackluster start through the first 30 minutes of the game. Ovechkin scored 2 goals and 1 assist and Backstrom added 3 assists. The Capitals also did it without their top 2 defencemen in Tom Poti and Mike Green, and with their leading goal scorers Alexander Semin, all out with injuries.
If the Capitals can find a No. 1 goalie they definitely have a shot a becoming a legitimate Cup contender. But if they stick with Brent Johnson and Jose Theodore, they'll be no better then an average team heading into the NHL playoffs.
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I THINK CROSBY IS THE BEST
Ovechkin is the best hockey player in the world. He plays hockey like hockey should be and was meant to be played. Hard, fast, and physical. Besides he does the two most important things in hockey – he hits and he scores goals. Both of those things define hockey more than any other aspect of the game.
Crosby mostly gets assists. He doesn’t do much else. I admit assists are important. But passing the puck to another player can’t really be compared to putting the puck into the net. Remember when you are passing the puck the focus of the opposing team is not to stop the puck from being passed but from trying to stop the puck from getting to the net. Whereas, when you score a goal you have to get first get the puck past a defender who is trying to stop you from scoring and then shoot it past a goalie who is paid millions to do nothing but stop the puck.
An easy way to see the difference is to compare how many passes are made in a game to how many shots are taken on goal. There are hundreds of pases but only on average about 25-30 shots on goal.
Furthermore, note that a pass doesn’t mean anything until a goal is scored. A pass only becomes an assist after a goal is scored. But a goal doesn’t need an assist to become a goal. That’s why there are unassisted goals but no ungoalled assists. And, unless I’m mistaken, a while back assists counted for only 1/2 a point.
Ovechkin is a complete hockey player. Crosby just is a complete passer. And, in case someone says Crosby also scores goals, note that most of his goals are garbage goals from the side of the net. He never scores from more than 15ft away. So he just can’t score goals in the true sense of the word. He can mostly only knock the puck in when it’s on the doorstep.
This is also shown by the fact that he has an atrocious percentage rate for scoring in shootouts. But I’m sure that number would go up a lot if he could have someone else skate down the ice with him so he could pass the puck to them and they could then score for him!
Let me guess your not Canadian, cause I know if you were you wouldn’t be saying those words. I am Canadian and I agree Crosby is a better playmaker and Ovechkin is a much better finisher. I would not say though that Crosby is not physical he does play with an edge regardless im nnot sure any franchise would be dissappointed to have either of these guys in their lineup.
Actually, I am Canadian. I’m not sure what that has to do with expressing an opinion. I am just making my own observations.
I think that Ovechkin is the proto-type for the future hockey player in the same way that Lebron James if for the basketball player. They both have a rare combination of brute stength, true speed, and grace/finesse. They can go through you or around you with equal ease – and make it look easy. No other player in either league can do what they do.
Please note that I did not say that Crosby is not physical but I do not think that he is a hitter or can muscle the puck away from people. He falls a bit to easily and he doesn’t the balance tha Ovechkin does. When Ovechkin skates it looks like he’s on rails and no one can knock him off of his path anymore than you can knock a freight train off of the rails.