It's criminal how overrated this guy is.
I'm convinced most people only ever watched highlights of him, including reporters.
I remember in 2009 after each playoff game, the media asking Boudreau about his play.
"Alex was great with the puck."
They'd ask another way.
"Alex was great with the puck."
I never realized how bad of a player he was without the puck before that. His own coach didn't think much of him.
He's got to be one of the worst players in history without the puck. And a few timely hits don't change that.
There was a plenty of stuff like this in his "dominant prime".
Everyone forgets that the "controller disconnected" was in the playoffs, in OT.
I don't care if you score 100 goals per year, if the other team scores 101, you're not doing shit.
He'll be remembered higher than players like Sakic, Yzerman, Lidstrom, etc.
I've seen lots of Lidstrom and Ovechkin play. Call it the eyeball test.
There's just no way he's actually a better hockey player than Lidstrom.
In a game 7, Lidstrom was easily a better player.
One guy cherry-picked and floated, took a half dozen shots, and had a meaningless hit.
The other guy did everything on the ice well.