Chimaera
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DrMoses said:Long term, all indications point to Crosby being the better player.
He is better at his age than Ovechkin was, by a sizeable amount.
As for goals, he will porbably score just as many, if not more than AO too...
He has also demonstrated his toughness and his willingness to be a team player.
Wow are you a complete clown or what?
Crosby's significantly better at his age than Ovechkin?
While Crosby's been playing with boys most of his life Ovechkin's been in the RSL.
Long term indications? What type of 'indications' are those? The seagulls flying the right direction? The tea leaves read right? I mean, if you want to gauge the indications, how about size and strength?
What type of clown are you? Both players are exceptional for the age they're at, and it'd hard to say either player is considerably better than the other. I don't think Crosby's clearly better than Ovechkin, nor do I think Ovechkin's clearly better than Crosby.
And toughness? When has Crosby ever shown that? that's clearly not part of his game. He might take a little pushing around, but when he does it's from boys his age. Ovechkin plays against men.
And you can spew all kinds of garbage about Ovechkin sitting out in that game, but he still didn't play at full speed (or much at all) when he returned from the tourney. There's such a thing as being precautious, and injured. Especially when the main objective of Canada at that tourney was to play extremely physical against the Russians. It obviously worked. That doesn't give a knock on someone's toughness or anything. If most of Canda's defensemen are taking runs at you the whole night, it's bound to affect your play.
Crosby is extremely talented. But he's not the Great One. He's not Mario. He is the best player in the past draft class. And should be an extremely good NHL'er. But many others have failed with expectations like his. Some of you need to stop drinking the koolaid and come back to reality. Just because he's from Canada doesn't make him infinitely superior to Ovechkin.