Crosbyfan said:
WHY? Why do the numbers not add up. What makes Ovechkin have so much more potential? Why does this "potential" not show up in the numbers. Would Ovechkin have had 60+ points this season in the NHL? A season which would then be "no comparison" to Bergeron's 39 points? Or is the RSL just THAT much better than the NHL?
No, because they do not award second assists in the RSL, nor is it nearly as high scoring of a league as the NHL.
Plus, as stated, AO played less games than Bergeron.
Are you really trying to compare the two and what they will become?
That is just plain ridiculous.
Of course noone knows if Ovechkin is going to dominate the way many (myself included) thinks he will. Just as we don't know if Bergeron will continue to develop or if this was a fluke.
Honestly, do you REALLY think there is a comparison here? Would YOU take Bergeron over AO????
And I am sorry but 60 points does NOT compare, even remotley, with 39. That is a HUGE difference.
And it is interesting to see you throw out the potential in this argument.
Why does he have more potential? There are many threads that state the reasons why.
Are you trying to suggest that because he didnt score at a point per game clip, or dominate the RSL offensivley that his potential is not what it is hyped up to be?
Explain then Zherdev scoring a whopping four points in the RSL yet coming over to the NHL and putting up comparative numbers to that of Bergeron (and better ones on a PPG basis). I guess HIS potential also wasn't reflected by his numbers now were they?
Does this mean that Zherdev has less potential because he didnt score in the RSL (just like so many others)? Do you feel Bergeron would have scored more in that league than Ovechkin?
Seriously, I don't even get where there is a comparison between the two. AO is already a superior player to Bergeron and the distance between the two is only going to widen with time IMO.