cyclops said:I would,i'd say he's meaner and definately tougher then Ovechkin too.Ruttu's a real lion out there.
cyclops said:I would,i'd say he's meaner and definately tougher then Ovechkin too.Ruttu's a real lion out there.
The Boot said:So say he wasn't injured and completely fell apart against competition inferior to NHLers. It wasONE GAME. He was great the rest of the tourny and as Erocaps stated he did have a very good performance on the Russian national team. This is coming from someone who has Ruutu in his avatar so it's not some sort of biased Ovechkin love fest on my end.
Back to the actual question at hand, Ruutu vs Ovechkin this upcoming season. I'd go with Ruutu, not to slight Ovechkin's skill. Ruutu has better line mates (Arnason, Daze vs Cassels, Zubrus) that he has proven chemistry with. I pretty much agree with Birko19, Ruutu with 60-70, Ovechkin with 50-60.
Oil_slick9416 said:and that one game happened to be the CHAMPIONSHIP game.
EroCaps said:You're right. It's his fault he seperated his shoulder. Bad Ovechkin.
EroCaps said:You're right. It's his fault he seperated his shoulder. Bad Ovechkin.
Have it your way,i would'nt call you the most objective guy around here when it concerns one Alexander Ovechkin however.EroCaps said:
cyclops said:Have it your way,i would'nt call you the most objective guy around here when it concerns one Alexander Ovechkin however.
Oil_slick9416 said:and that one game happened to be the CHAMPIONSHIP game.
O.K. Understood then.EroCaps said:The shaky head guy was due to the fact that he obviously didn't read what I wrote. I *try* to be objective. It's not like I start threads about the greatness of Ovechkin.
Hawkhead said:Maybe you should say that Malikin was the #1 player in the draft!
Hawkhead said:Karel Pilar and Antropov? I thought they were traded for Datsyuk and Zetterberg LOL Antropov should be in the ECHL .
Hawkhead said:Ovechkin will never be an Elite Player.
Ruutu would end Ovechkin's career if they met in the open ice.
Ovechkin:
-played with a dislocated shoulder and stunk in a "junior" game.
-hasn't proven anything so far
-hasnt lived up to his "physical" play
Ruutu
-played with a dislocated shoulder in the WC! Was Finland's best player and went through Canada's senior team on a crazy goal.
-has had a three page story on him in the hockey news where it says he is the best hitter in the NHL.
-Has evolved into a PPG player in the NHL.
-Ovechkin will never be a better player then Ruutu.
So people who say Ruutu would be beaten by Ovechkin open ice...
You are pretty much saying he will be the bets hitter in the NHL?
Ovechkin would be tanked so hard by Ruutu he would have his career ended period.
If you have the time look up a hit Ruutu had when playing for HIFK, he ran a guy and this dude couldnt get up. Dam i got the hit form a finnish dude and I was liek what?!?!?!
Ovechkin can develop into a much better version of sergei krivokrasov, peace.
Ruutu for prez!
triggrman said:See I thought, Tuomo Ruutu was a very tough physical hockey player, he looked like it to me. Now, though, I have learned that a player must have 70+ pims to be considered tough, Ruutu had only 58.