Will Ovechkins greatness surpass Crosby???

[Rodgerwilco]

Crosby vs. Ovechkin thread? HFBoards batsignal goes up and the usual suspects race in to protect the integrity and honor of their player; predictable and almost definitely* cult like.

Made a tiny correction for ya.

 

[Voight]

Unless everybody goes I am legend this will not happen. Idc
ANYBODY who thinks ovechkin Is in any way shape or form a better HOCKEY player than Crosby cannot be taken seriousley

Not if you're unbiased.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Crosby has more points, has led his team to more Cups, and is simply the better overall player.

Pretty simple answer for me and what looks like a very large majority of this board.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Crosby has more points, has led his team to more Cups, and is simply the better overall player.

Pretty simple answer for me and what looks like a very large majority of this board.

Has anyone considered that they’re equally great and that’s fine?

 

[andrjusha]

he did it today
/thread

 

[Rengorlex]

he did it today
/thread

Scoring two empty net goals that his team force-feeds to him is greatness?

 

[AvalancheFan19]

I think Crosby is the 'better' player, albeit not by much. I also think that when Ovechkin breaks Gretzky's record he'll have achieved, by far, the greatest feat of the two. Where does that leave me in this debate? Not sure. No answer is necessarily wrong. From a legacy standpoint though, Ovechkin may have more regard than Crosby. Now that it's happening it seems entirely possible and likely but 10-20 years ago that record was absolutely thought to be impossible to break.

End of the day, extremely happen we get to see two greats play and succeed. What a pleasure.

 

[These Are The Days]

Dude is gonna rock 800 goals any day now and would realistically be chasing down Gretzky -RIGHT NOW- if he hadn't missed so much time with lockouts and COVID

Nevermind Crosby, he's passed EVERYONE of this day

 

[Midnight Judges]

Has anyone considered that they’re equally great and that’s fine?

I have a hard time seeing how anyone could rank them far apart.

Then again I didn't see how anyone could have ranked Ovie far apart from Bobby Hull a few years ago when their accomplishments were nearly identical.