Can we finally come to the conclusion that at age 20, Laine is not better than OV was?

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There was a small contingent. I thought they were utterly crushed in the discussion last year, but then they went into zombie mode and revived all the same debunked arguments.
 

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I never understood the comparison to begin with.

Their only similarity is that they both shoot good.
 

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I don't understand why Laine and Ovechkin were ever compared.

Laine is as comparable to Ovechkin as Kovalchuk and Stamkos. They all have one thing in common. They are absolutely f***ing deadly with their one timer on the PP but besides that their games are totally different.

Ovechkin is a physical beast that even today just bulldozes anyone in his way, he created his own offense (which to this point cannot really be said about Laine). He is as good a playmaker as he is a goalscorer and he is a generational talent. Only guys up there with him are Crosby and McDavid (and maybe Malkin considering the amount of trophies he's won).

I expect peak Laine to win Rocket Richard's but other than that, he's got nothing comparable to Ovechkin.
 

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The two play completely different games so I could never see any reason to compare them. I love watching them both. Laine has a simply amazing shot. Ovechkin played on a complete crap team but would just completely take over games when he was a rookie.
 
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