Peak Ovechkin vs. Peak Forsberg

[Varan]

simple question

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[Brucelenok]

Simple answer - Peak Ovi

 

[ESH]

Goals

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

OV

 

[Albatros]

Forsberg was more dominant overall.

 

[tony d]

Peak Oveckin for me.

 

[alexgreeen]

Ovi easy

 

[Plural]

Pleasantly surprised about the results.

 

[Fugazy]

Peak Ovechkin.

 

[Fugazy]

Peak Ovechkin.

 

[Puckstop40]

Ovechkin. One of the most dominant players ever at his peak.

 

[POVERTY]

Ovi pretty easily

 

[McRpro]

Pleasantly surprised about the results.

Shocking really. Forsberg is the most overrated player on Hfboards.

 

[bucks_oil]

simple question

Not so simple for me. If the question is who was the more prolific scorer, or more deserving for the HoF, or achieved (individually) the most relative to other players at the same position, then it's very clearly Ovi.

However if the question is... considering their peak achievements, who do you choose as a foundation for a new franchise? I definitely take the two-way, playmaking C, who made everyone around him better. Wondering from the voting whether the passage of time (or age of posters) has made people forget Forsberg, but he was essentially a faster Thorton.

To me, Ovi is probably the best, or 2nd best (peak) winger of all time. But Forsberg probably still breaks the top-10 for C's and my answer reflects a bias for C's given their importance to a team.

 

[frisco]

Ovechkin lowest goal scoring total in 14 years is 32. Forsberg's high was 30. Yeah, there is more than just scoring goals but this isn't a worthy comparison. Maybe peak Forsberg vs. peak Toews, Kopitar, Bergeron, Giroux or something if you want to put him up against a current, established player.

My Best-Carey

 

[Bouboumaster]

Forsberg, IMO, wasn't even the best player on his team (that would be Sakic).
Ovechkin is the second best player of his generation, only behind Crosby.

So yeah, Ovechkin hands down.

 

[Brucelenok]

Forsberg, IMO, wasn't even the best player on his team (that would be Sakic).
Ovechkin is the second best player of his generation, only behind Crosby.

So yeah, Ovechkin hands down.

Ok lol, here we go again... It talks about peaks, and peak Crosby (if he ever existed) has nothing on peak Ovi

 

[Albatros]

Forsberg, IMO, wasn't even the best player on his team (that would be Sakic).
Ovechkin is the second best player of his generation, only behind Crosby.

So yeah, Ovechkin hands down.

You are of course perfectly entitled to your opinion, but regarding that point there was something resembling a consensus for Forsberg at his best being the best player in the world. And this is about that peak only, his Hart-winning year Sakic got zero votes.

 

[psycat]

It's Ovechkin. That said I would pick Forsberg starting a team, injuries not accounted for obviously.

 

[spiny norman]

Lopsided result.