Is Malkin really 10-11 months younger than Ovechkin???

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I've heard that Dustin Rose ate Malkin, it was on "Ripley's Believe it or Not".

Good God man. i dont know why i laughed at that for several minutes :lol :lol

 

[Jacob]

The most recent measurement of Malkin I've seen is 6'4", 179.

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

What I'd like is for these sources, which are often supposed to be legitimate, SAY where the vitals come from along with the date they were taken.

It is very irritating when you see the different weights players are listed at and you just know SOMEONE is bullshitting us

 

[EroCaps]

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

You do not want accurate measurements? You think that's loco?

IMO, there needs to be standardized ways of doing things.

 

[EroCaps]

You do not want accurate measurements? You think that's loco?

IMO, there needs to be standardized ways of doing things.

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

:troll:

 

[EroCaps]

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

:bonk:

 

[EroCaps]

1-2-3-4 I declare a smiley war.

 

[GodZillaAteMyZamboni]

. . . however somehow this second part is a threat to some Cap fans.

Let's not confuse Foppa_Rules with a Caps fan. He wants to be an Ovechkin fan, and actually complained after the Caps won the lottery. He was hoping Columbus would win it.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Let's not confuse Foppa_Rules with a Caps fan. He wants to be an Ovechkin fan, and actually complained after the Caps won the lottery. He was hoping Columbus would win it.

Not just Foppa_Rules but every post that has anything to do with Malkin, or any top prospect, seems to become an AO shrine . . . not just on this board but even on the Pen's board . . . but actually it did generate some fun for me in creating a only somewhat tongue in cheek post to poke fun back, 'why some may prefer Malkin to AO' . . . will be fun to see the responses.

 

[Foppa_Rules]

That thread isn't even worth responding to.

 

[Kafka]

Just to add a futil post to that threath that started only cause I haven't noticed before there was a year of developement between Malkin and Oveshkin.....

 

[Foppa_Rules]

Actually not a year. About 10 months.

 

[st_roland]

This thread is really degenerating . . .

Initial point I believe of this and other posts, a number of scouts, to paraphrase, think that AO is the best prospect to come along in many years . . . but many also think that Malkin is pretty damn good too, and here is the heresy, quotes are out there from some of the more respected scouts (Conte and so on, we all have seen them) that say Malkin is pretty damn close to AO. True the consensus is that there is a gap, but the perception is from those quotes that it has closed to a much smaller gap.

Pittsburgh fans are pretty happy about the possibilities of part two . . . however somehow this second part is a threat to some Cap fans. Just out of curiosity, why? Does knocking Malkin down make AO somehow better in your eyes? I do not recall a single post from over here knocking AO. Now Malkin is on preformance enhancing drugs. He likely beats small dogs and kittens and steals girl scout cookies too. Oh, and can barely tie his skates let alone shoot a puck. There, is everyone happy, now AO is a God for sure.

Good post. I think most reasonable people agree that Malkin could develop into a better player than AO. However, anyone suggesting there is a "sliver" or "just a little bit" of difference between the two prospects desireability is totally biased. Development is by no means a guaranteed thing, and Malkins _severe_ concussion takes some of the luster off of his brillant potential. That said, I was really pulling for the caps to finish last overall before the lottery because of Malkin. I don't think there are any other prospects in the draft that I would label as sure-fire impact players.

 

[EroCaps]

Good post. I think most reasonable people agree that Malkin could develop into a better player than AO. However, anyone suggesting there is a "sliver" or "just a little bit" of difference between the two prospects desireability is totally biased. Development is by no means a guaranteed thing, and Malkins _severe_ concussion takes some of the luster off of his brillant potential. That said, I was really pulling for the caps to finish last overall before the lottery because of Malkin. I don't think there are any other prospects in the draft that I would label as sure-fire impact players.

Of course, anything *could* happen...

 

[Panopticon]

Malkin could be 205 with his gear on.

 

[st_roland]

Does it matter?

Malkin has yet to outperform Ovechkin at any level.

Really, I am excited to be drafting Ovechkin too, but lets not ruin the Pittsburgh fans fun. Malkin is freaking amazing and could end up just as good or better than Ovechkin.

 

[EroCaps]

Really, I am excited to be drafting Ovechkin too, but lets not ruin the Pittsburgh fans fun. Malkin is freaking amazing and could end up just as good or better than Ovechkin.

I don't want to ruin there fun, but that's a little too much pandering.

 

[st_roland]

I don't want to ruin there fun, but that's a little too much pandering.

You're saying i'm pandering to pittsburgh fans?

 

[EroCaps]

You're saying i'm pandering to pittsburgh fans?

As Robert Deniro would say, " A little bit, A little bit".

 

[Kafka]

Actually not a year. About 10 months.

Well about a year as I said.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Well about a year as I said.

The actual age is sort of a moot point. Being a little younger doesn't matter if you have the same amount of experience. But, technically, Malkin and Tukonen still will play one more year to catch up to how many Ovechkin, Olesz, etc have, because of their age, even though they will all be drafted in same year (obviously).

At least that's how I understand it to be.

 

[Jacob]

Correct. Nice to throw Olesz in there, to show this isn't just a Malkin/Ovechkin debate.

An example would be Tukonen jumping ahead of Olesz in the Red Line rankings. He did so (in part at least, IMO) because he was elligible for the U18's, and put in a hell of a performance. Olesz could have gone and matched his performance, but he's too old.