Sorry, I didn't realize that they didn't come "remotely close". Can you express that in terms of Art Rosses, Rocket Richards, Harts, Lindsays, playoff runs, and Conn Smythes?
I am sure that these will clearly show how Crosby and OV are not "remotely close",
They will.
First off, lets scratch team success off of comparing individual players. It's utterly ridiculous.
Put Crosby or AO on the 1998 or 99 Penguins, they probably don't even make the playoffs, let alone knock off first seed Devils.
Put peak Jagr with Malkin on the Pens, they likely win more Cups.
Second, Jagr won 5 Art Rosses, more than the other two combined, missing as much as 19 games in one of those seasons.
He also missed an almost-peak year of hockey due to lockout, and when the lockout ended, still nearly won another Art Ross on a team predicted to be dead last.
Third, and I cannot stress this enough... Watch the actual games. Jagr was Crosby and Ovie in one. The speed, the strength, the talent, the puck control, the moves, the backhand, the passing... The only thing he was missing from his game was a slap shot which he only really started working on in DC.
The man was scoring more points in the middle of the dead puck era than Sid or Ovie after the lockout with a million PPs per game.
And more importantly, he was above his peers, constantly, regardless of injuries, and with inferior teams. Above players like Sakic, Yzerman, Fedorov, Bure, Forsberg, etc.
At the same time, Sid and Ovie get constantly outscored and outperformed by one player or the other... Sedins, Kane, Malkin, etc.
Harts and Lindsays? Jagr was pretty much robbed of two Harts (one went to Pronger, one to Thornton), and lost twice to historic seasons by Hasek.
Meanwhile, it's not like Sid and Ovie are Ronaldo and Messi and the award bounces between the two of them.
They've been outperformed by numerous players, Kane, St. Louis, McDavid, Price, Peryy, Sedin #1, Sedin #2, etc.