I'm probably gonna catch some flak for this, but I always found what Sid and Ovie were doing in 05/06 more interesting, entertaining and even somewhat greater than the whole Jagr/Thornton thing. Jagr was having his comeback year, which was a nice throwback to late nineties, Thornton turned scary white right after joining the Sharks, but the race that kept me on my toes was Sid/Alex.
First reason being, 5 games before the end of the reg season, Jagr looked a surely winner of the scoring race. He hit a cold streak and ended up losing at least 2 trophies in the last couple of games. It can't be that great if it ends like this, right? Thornton was more like it, but in the end, he just managed to beat out a slumping thirty-four-year old. And it had a two-on-one feel to it.
On the other hand, Ovi and Sid went toe-to-toe that whole year. Crosby was accused of being a spoiled whining brat by Alfie and Forsberg, and I think Ovi was ahead in everyone's book after that crazy goal, but Sid managed to pick it up. He was learning and learning fast, and in the end, he almost won me over. Not only they were trading them for the Calder. It was an obvious beginning of new era and new rivalry. They at least deserve an HM for playing so well during the rookie year. You might even argue it was the only time they both were on top of their game at once.