Sidney Crosby best RIGHT NOW?
When did he start to play again? Must have missed it.
OVERALL / ON WC ROSTER
Canada: Crosby / Nash
USA: Parise / ....Shattenkirk?
Sweden: Zetterberg / Eriksson
Russia: Datsyuk / Kovalchuk
Finland: Rinne / Koivu
Slovakia: Chara / Visnovsky
Czech Republic: Elias / Elias
Switzerland: Hiller / Pluss
Germany: Ehrhoff / Mueller
Belarus: Grabovski / Grabovski
Norway: Holos / Holos
France: Huet / Huet
Slovenia: Kopitar / ..Kristan?
Latvia: Ivanans / Nizivijs
Denmark: Nielson / Eller
Austria: Vanek / Werenka
Not at WHC (or at least, not in the top division):
Kazakhstan: Antropov
Ukraine: Zherdev
Japan: Fukufuji
I'm not big on comparing skaters to goalies, to I'll do one for each.
Canada: Spezza - Price
USA: Kesler - Miller
Sweden: Eriksson - Lundqvist
Russia: Datsyuk - Bryzgalov
Finland: Selanne - Rinne
Slovakia: Chara - Halak
Czech Republic: Elias - Vokoun
Switzerland: Streit - Genoni
France: Da Costa - Huet
Slovenia: Kopitar
Germany: Ehrhoff
Lidstrom is old and past his prime
Sedins can't perform in the playoffs
Zetterberg hasn't been dominant in 2,5 years
Franzen, the post season monster, is a kitten now adays
Backstrom had the worst season of his career and battled through injuries
OEL, Hedman, Larsson, Erixon, Paajarvi, Johansson, Josefsson, Tedenby etc. are too young to have anything to do with the position as the best.
That leaves Enstrom, Eriksson, Berglund, Edler and Lundqvist. And out of these, Lundqvist is clearly the best.
Lidstrom is old and past his prime
Sedins can't perform in the playoffs
Zetterberg hasn't been dominant in 2,5 years
Franzen, the post season monster, is a kitten now adays
There is no way Krejci is better than Plekanec. They both played head to head in the playoffs and Krejci was shutdown complety while Plekanec racked up pts while being dangerous.
Krejci = most overrated Bruins player.
Are you serious?!
CPhoenixM must have blocked this play from his memory.
So a play in which Spezza pretty much covers Crosby perfectly and keeps him from doing anything, at which point the defensive coverage leaves Letang open on the point? Lesser players would have been turned inside out by Crosby there. I don't get how that proves anything against Spezza.