Jason MacIsaac
Registered User
Personaly I think you are delusional at best. Being from Winnipeg I expect you only used the WJC as a measure stick for what Crosby is capable of when its possible you never seen more then a couple of Crosby's games from the QMJHL.eye said:I didn't knock the guy. I compared him to one of the NHL's better players in Brad Richards. Richards scored 71 goals and had 186 pts. in a less watered down Q. Expansion has made the weak sisters in the Q even weaker than when Richards played in that league. I don't get to see Crosby alot but have seem him at least a dozen times now and there are no guarantees that he will become an NHL superstar. Ovechkin is faster, bigger and has better and more 1 on 1 moves than Crosby has shown and he won't be a superstar either. It's not a disgrace to be compared to Brad Richards.
I know the NHL desperately needs a budding star to help repair the damage and to build around but I just wish they would do as good a job as the NBA does at promoting the stars on every team and not just an unproven 17 year old.
Bergeron and Carter outplayed Crosby and they don't get the media attention that Sidney does. Why not? Because he is putting up big numbers at 17 in a watered down league? Because he has a million dollar smile or a tremendous attitude? Because the media are starving for a feel good story? All of the above?
Personally, I take Phaneuf over Sidney if they were in the same draft year.
You state that the QMJHL is watered down? We have the least amount of teams out of the three major junior leaugues, what does that say about the OHL and WHL? While our defense may not be the strongest the QMJHL more then makes up for that with far better goaltending then the other two leagues. We have to face the likes of Luongo, Theodore, Brodeur, Roy, Denis and Fleury every year. This year is no different.
Comparing Crosby top end potential to Richards is a slap in the face and a slap only a Crosby hater would make. Crosby is 17 and doesn't turn 18 till the summer, when Richards was 17 he had 115 points in 68 games. Still excellent stats but far from Crosby's 145 points in 57 games in a far tighter defensivly QMJHL. Richards 186 points as a 19/20 year old is probably only comparable to Crosbys stats this year considering the change in defensive play.
Bergeron and Carter are two years older then Crosby. Carter got just as much PP ice time and much more even strength then Crosby. Crosby was on the first unit and Carter was on the 2nd. After the PP ice time Crosby got very little even strength. Bergeron played in the NHL and AHL....you actually thought he wouldn't dominate the tourney?
If Phaneuf went back into the draft this year I would pick Crosby without a 2nd thought. Not only will he bring fans to the arena like Lemieux and Gretzky but he will help you win cups.