Troubadour
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In two days, it will have been 13 years since Ovechkin scored the fabulous goal against Phoenix. If I remember correctly, that's when the majority (even on this board) declared Ovi better than Sid and that's when the undecided said "yep, the Russian kid is better".
(I thought he was gonna be better from the start, as I considered Sid just another overrated miracle from all too hopeful Canada.)
In retrospect, the goal may have won him the Calder.
Crosby struggled for chunks of 2005/2006. Both Forsberg and Alfredsson criticized him for diving and whining, he fell behind in the rookie scoring race by more than ten points with only a handful of games to go, but then --
Something happened. He got it all together and he shifted gears. I faintly remember he picked it up towards the end and scored more than before, but I had no clue by how much.
We all remember Thornton / Cheechoo for sweeping the league in points/goals in the last ten games of the RS, but in fact, it was the eighteen-year-old Sid who was the most productive player in the league and in the world in late spring 2006.
It's all right here. The new order began a season before we really noticed:
and it became all the more apparent during the 2006 WCH in Quebec he dominated along with Bergeron.
Did anyone besides Daver know Sid was the new best player in the world as early as by spring 2006?
(I thought he was gonna be better from the start, as I considered Sid just another overrated miracle from all too hopeful Canada.)
In retrospect, the goal may have won him the Calder.
Crosby struggled for chunks of 2005/2006. Both Forsberg and Alfredsson criticized him for diving and whining, he fell behind in the rookie scoring race by more than ten points with only a handful of games to go, but then --
Something happened. He got it all together and he shifted gears. I faintly remember he picked it up towards the end and scored more than before, but I had no clue by how much.
We all remember Thornton / Cheechoo for sweeping the league in points/goals in the last ten games of the RS, but in fact, it was the eighteen-year-old Sid who was the most productive player in the league and in the world in late spring 2006.
It's all right here. The new order began a season before we really noticed:
and it became all the more apparent during the 2006 WCH in Quebec he dominated along with Bergeron.
Did anyone besides Daver know Sid was the new best player in the world as early as by spring 2006?