You literally questioned why someone was comparing Jagr's career to Forsberg because this poll is about "prime". Then you turn around and bring crap like international junior stats? Was that part of prime? Were those international all part of prime? OV tears Forsberg a new one in the NHL so his fanboys have to bring in junior stats.
Forsberg came top 5 in hart voting 1x. Before you bring up missed games, he played 70+ games 5x, all in his prime. That's more than enough games. So 1/5 he came top 5. OV has more hart wins than Forsberg has nominations. OV missed 10 games and still came runner up. Forsberg = most overrated player on this board.
At least parts of their junior careers arguably overlap with their primes. Especially in Ovechkin's case.
Ovechkin was at his best by 2005, which is when he participated at his last WJC.
11 points in 6 games is nice for a nineteen-year-old.
Nowhere close to Forsberg's 31 points in 7 games though. And when you consider that Ovechkin was closer to his prime than Forsberg was to his, boy, does Forsberg blow Ovi out of the water. It's like comparing a carp with a whale.
Still, go ahead, time-frame their primes any way you want and Forsberg still comes off as a better international player.
Since the number of games played is a huge factor in deciding how valuable a player is to their team (as proven by Hart voting in 2000), you pompously declaring he played "more than enough" games further underlines your reluctance towards objectivity.
You still fail at comparing the players / their primes, instead, you compare their awards, ignoring the fact Forsberg played 82 games only once -- in his sophomore season.
Imagine Ovi being healthy only in his sophomore year. It's quite possible we wouldn't even be talking about him now.
So yeah, Forsberg by a hair. And trust me, you've missed out on a lot, having never seen him play.