Looks like he can be a star one day
There are not always 5 NHLer's in your way though. I see some goals that I can imagine most juniors players can score if they're wide open and know where to be. Even with Gretzky on my line? That's extreme. I wish there was a way of proving this. I've played at a pretty high level. (Not professional) If you're wide open for an open net with an elite playmaker it wouldn't be hard at all, my source is just watching games and seeing how clueless team d can be. Watch harder.
He used to be able to put up 50 goals and 110+ points, lately he's been more of a 50 and 80-90 guy and seems to play differently, not skating with the puck as much and not driving his line as much. It's valid to point out that he's not the same player that he used to be.
Let's not engage in revisionist history and pretend that some of it wasn't justified. He did go through a long stretch of being underwhelming in the playoffs before the caps won the cup.
Huh? He has basically been a point per game player in his 141 playoff games. He has 599 hits in those 141 games. He has been underwhelming a couple or few seasons max in the 13 seasons he's been to the playoffs, but saying long stretch is not quite true.
He had a 5 year stretch before they won the cup where he was underwhelming in the playoffs and that's when a lot of the criticism started piling up.
Justified hate from his haters? Haters don't like his all-time great performance which shadow their idol. Haters adore Ovechkin's 'slumps'.
Yes, some of the criticism in the past was valid. Ovie had a 5 year stretch of underwhelming playoffs before they won the cup. Three of Crosbys under a ppg playoffs have come recently after Pitt won two cups in a row that Crosby played a huge part of so of course people aren't going to focus much on that, context matters.
Doesn't make him not a machine. His 'struggle' years are only in competition with himself. Most players don't have the same standard he has. And it wasn't for a lack of effort.
21 goals and 40 points in 60 games during a 5 year stretch before the cup, you consider that " great" for someone of ovies caliber? Did you even bother to check his stats before claiming I was wrong?
There are not always 5 NHLer's in your way though. I see some goals that I can imagine most juniors players can score if they're wide open and know where to be. Even with Gretzky on my line? That's extreme. I wish there was a way of proving this. I've played at a pretty high level. (Not professional) If you're wide open for an open net with an elite playmaker it wouldn't be hard at all, my source is just watching games and seeing how clueless team d can be. Watch harder.
Doing things like snipe top corner of the net, to someone who never played, may seem like this amazing thing, but a 7 year old kid can score it.
Anyway OV GOAT and gonna break Gretzky record.
Sure, but you quote was about "haters weirdos" not "critics". There is no need for valid criticism to be justified.
