I am back on Saddening Goat, and I am quite pleased. The prolonged absence has made me weak inside, so I can't wait to jump back on my warhorse of ranting.
Anyways, on to my first official topic: the Crosby vs. Ovechkin debate.
For those of you who are shamelessly uneducated, Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin are the hottest commodities in the National Hockey League. You could say, in terms of impact they are the Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux of hockey today. Now, Sidney has showed himself to be the better of the two players over the past two years. Yet now, with Sid the Kid on the sidelines for up to two months with a nasty high ankle sparin, the NHL's media machine will be focusing on Alex the Gr8: and he has not dissapointed.
Tonight, he had his SECOND 5 point game, and 4 goal game of the season. The only reaction one can have to this is "WHY DIDN'T YOU SCORE THE FIFTH ONE!!!". Not to mention that both came in Montreal and Ottawa, two of the toughest cities to play in as an away team. The man just loves to score goals: he celebrates as though he has won the cup (some may argue that he may have to do this for a long time, seeing as how his ridiculous 13 year, 150 mil dollar contract will limit the Capitals from even buying the most basic assets). But more importantly, he's showing that its not just Sid's world. Tonight he has resumed the leader position in the NHL scoring race, and mind you, I wouldn't be surprised if he stayed there for the rest of the season.
The only question is: how long can he keep this up. Players like Sidney come once every 30 years, where the level of dedication and passion for the game is unparralled. Players like Ovechkin though, have come and gone. Look no further than the immensely talented, but unmotivated Jaromir Jagr. One year he can rip through 82 games a season: in the other, he can simply rest back and explore the realm of two digit negative numbers on his stat sheet (of course I am reffering to his +/- stats).
So members of Saddening Goat, I ask you: Who do you think is the greater hockey player? I leave you with YouTube links, that can help give you a better understanding of the debate.
Ovechkin:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eorWhtV9Aqk
Crosby:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Egt-nwZ6Ym8
Next time, I'll probably bring up the Lemieux vs. Gretzky controversy.
-Amir
January 31, 2008
Crosby vs. Ovechkin: A new twist?
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I think you know my stance on this.
I'm for Crosby :) He just scores amazing goals.
I had never even heard of Ovechkin, and from the YouTube video you posted, many of his goals look like flukes (mainly the ones that he dives and then randomly whacks the puck when on the ground). I prefer Crosby too.
It's somewhat hard to tell who's the better player just by videos of their best goals. Amir said Crosby outperformed Ovechkin in the past, so I'll trust him, but in the videos, Ovechkin's goals are much cooler than Crosby's.
Sure, Ovechkin scores MANY MANY more goals.
In fact, ovechkin scored 52 in his rookie year (50 + is an amazing feat for any hockey player and only 3 or 4 players per year do it)and followed up with "45" which was a dissapoint for him i guess...
Crosby scored only 36 and 39 respectively....but he is a much better player because he's a playmaker, and he sets up really great passes and plays.
Ovechkin is so much more physical though, so hes the ultimate power forward...again its really up for grabs, but as a player that you can build a team around, hes your man.
Cindy you are biased lol...ovechkin isn't THAT ugly.
AMIR I didn't actually mean I judged it just based on that. Maybe a little, but... =P
I think Crosby's a good team player; scoring is obviously good, but that shouldn't be the only factor you take into account. Well, they're both good.
Ooh never mind, I do know Ovechkin - he was on the cover of NHL '07! I only really played NHL '02, then realised that hockey games were pretty boring, so I had forgotten (Wikipedia had to remind me).
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