Do you really believe a peak Selanne was better 5v5 than a peak Ovechkin? Or just that he would work better with those other players?
I thought about it for a while, and did consider which I thought would work best, and the fact I love Selanne and would love to see those three play together! (though Ovechkin is also a player I love watching)
but even without that their 3 year offensive 5v5 peak was not too dissimilar.
96-99 Selanne: 226gp, 102 EV goals (0.45 EVGPG), 94 EV assists (0.41 EVAPG), 196 EV points. (0.86 EVPPG)
07-10 Ovechkin: 233gp, 116 EV goals (0.50 EVGPG), 95 EV assists (0.41 EVAPG), 211 EV points. (0.91 EVPPG)
Then when you do a crude adjustment for scoring era (going off their overall stats and what they would be adjusted up to percentage wise over that timespan):
Selanne: ~+11%
Ovechkin: ~+6.6%
0.86*1.11= 0.95
0.91*1.066= 0.97
Though frankly Ovechkin being a natural LW does mean he has a better argument for being there! But could not resist having Selanne, Lindros and Jagr together! Though Ovechkin there would be insanely awesome as well.