Once again, you are comparing an older Ovi at 20. Laine has not played at 20 yo yet so you can’t know how he’ll look next season. I don’t believe he’ll be as good as Ovi either, but you can’t know yet so you can’t make a comparison to a young Ovi until they have played at the same age.
And you are right, Laine couldn’t hold Ovi’s jock strap at 20 because it’s an age at which Laine has not played yet.
This argument has already been made in other threads. It's only Laine fans that believe the best comparable is Laines' 3rd season.
Assuming the NHL season starts on October 1st every year,
Ovechkin was 7,319 days old when he started in 2005.
Laine starting the season in 2017 (Both players respective second years after being draft eligible):
7,105 days old. Under this comparison, Ovechkin as the advantage of being 214 days older, and Laine has the advantage of having an NHL season under his belt.
Laine starting in the season in 2018 (His 3rd year after being draft eligible compared to OV's second year after being draft eligible):
7,470 days old. Under this comparison Laine is 151 days older, and has TWO years of NHL experience on Ovechkin.
Please logically tell me how Laine being 151 days older with 2 extra NHL years of experience is a
more fair way of comparing, than Ovi being 214 days older with Laine still having a year of NHL experience over Ovi.
If anything, the D+2 comparison where Ovi is ~7 months older is still in Laine's favour, since Laine has had a NHL season under his belt to help develop him. Arguing otherwise is literally just being anchored by the absolute age (in years), and ignoring the actual timeline, and seeing how close it is.