Last year Ovechkin was limited to 37 regular-season games, so 13+14=27 is not a bad result on a team that had Datsyuk and Afinogenov. He was 2+4=6 in 10 playoff games. Factor in the Superleague's low scoring, his age, the fact that he was never quite coach Krikunov's favorite in regards to playing time and the jaw-breaking hit on Gonchar early in the season, ain't too bad for a kid, you know.
Yeah, you look at his 03/04 stats (13+10) or 02/03 (8+8 in 40 games) and you think "***, this is supposed to be a superstar", but he was 18 and 17 years old respectively in those seasons!!! And he was playing with men, all of them clutchers and grabbers, which is rampant in the Superleague!
You simply cannot compare this to Crosby's figures in the Canadian Childrens League, you know. The result of these "disappointing" years is that Ovechkin is more polished right now than the Hype Kid.
However, the Hype Kid is in the NHL 2 years earlier than AO, so come 20 years old, he may be better than AO is now.