Who will leave the bigger legacy: Sidney Crosby or Alex Ovechkin?

[bobbyking]

Let me see how their careers end.

But Crosby just due to Canadian bias and worthless exhibition tournaments like the Olympics

false. although Canadian bias in hockey is a real thing ,but Crosby is one of the greatest playoff performers of all time.Ovechkin has been under appreciated as a playoff performer as well though. only recently did he get some help and he won a cup. Crosby has done it much longer.if ovi breaks Wayne's record then its obviously him but I'd say it's pretty close right now for it going either way.

 

[Peltz]

It’s really hard to say the best goal scorer of all time isn’t a bigger legacy than best all around center and captain for a decade.

If I’m building a team in 05 I take Crosby for sure since he’s a more well rounded player. If I’m talking about the best players I’ve ever seen play in the game when I’m old in 2060, I’m talking about Ovechkin. Not Crosby.

Ovi is an absolute monster unlike anything I’ve ever seen. And this is coming from someone who hates the caps.

 

[Helistin]

I used my legacy measuring tool and found out their legacies will be very close to equal size.

 

[Luigi Habs]

I will tell my kids and grand kids that Crosby was the best player of his generation.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Ovechkin

 

[dcmeatloaf]

I will tell my kids and grand kids that Crosby was the best player of his generation.

And they'll say "sure sure, Gramps. Can we watch that Ovi highlight reel again?"

 

[HockeySniper]

Malkin easily. But in all seriousness it’s obviously Ovi. As great as Crosby is Ovechkin is reaching mt Rushmore type legacy

 

[Raistlin]

to the casual fan, Ovechkin with his gaudy goals.. To hockey fans though, Crosby... he just wins.

 

[trick9]

Ovechkin.

Every great goalscorer will be compared to him for decades whether he passes Gretzky or not. Every great playmaker will still be compared to Gretzky or Mario, not Crosby.

It's not to take away anything from Crosby who leaves a great legacy himself too considering all he has won.

 

[More 2004]

Golden goal, 3 career cups. much higher PPG with similar numbers and 200 less games played.. is this really a question?

If AO breaks Gretz' goals record then I may change my mind.

 

[Breakers]

Crosby
because of his Tim Hortons commercials.

 

[txpd]

It will be determined by the last seasons of their careers.

 

[Cellee]

Crosby.

Easy

 

[txpd]

Golden goal, 3 career cups. much higher PPG with similar numbers and 200 less games played.. is this really a question?

If AO breaks Gretz' goals record then I may change my mind.

Is there hardware for most points per game? Those games you miss for injury count against you. They are zeros. Playing those games counts for you. More points is more points.

 

[PensPlz]

As it stands right now, Crosby.

If Ovie breaks Gretzky's record, then of course it's Ovie. The point of hockey is to put the puck in the net, and Ovie would be the best ever at doing that. So yes, him.

If Ovie simply wins another Cup, Crosby does not, I think it's a toss up.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

false. although Canadian bias in hockey is a real thing ,but Crosby is one of the greatest playoff performers of all time.Ovechkin has been under appreciated as a playoff performer as well though. only recently did he get some help and he won a cup. Crosby has done it much longer.if ovi breaks Wayne's record then its obviously him but I'd say it's pretty close right now for it going either way.

That's why I said wait until their careers end. If Ovi scores 900 it will be hard to argue against him

 

[SuperScript29]

Honestly, this one is very hard, both sides have their arguments. On an individual level, I feel like Ovechkin has been somewhat more impressive. At the same time you can't argue against Crosby's winning resume.

They're very close, if I was starting a franchise, I would choose Crosby to build my team around. But if I'm ranking them, I would probably put Ovechkin slightly ahead.

 

[Amazinmets73]

Question can't be answered due to insufficient information. Crosby could easily play another 8+ years, Ovie 6+. Furthermore, so much of the latters legacy is contingent on breaking the all-time goals record; which at this point can only be speculated.

 

[Turin]

Ovechkin seems to get better with age and is not slowing down.

Both will be remembered equally.

Ovechkin gets better with age? He peaked at 24 and declined rapidly after 2010 in terms f overall dominance.

 

[Turin]

The answer was easily Crosby until like a month ago, now people are buying the goal chase hype super hard. Until the next cool thing Crosby does.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Crosby. Ovechkin has only been past the second round once and done poorly internationally. A big part of legacy is high stakes games.

 

[Trinstin]

Ovechkin. Crosby will go down as a top 5-10 player ever, no doubt. Ovechkin will go down as the best goal scorer ever. Sorry but it isn't even close, Ovechkin will always be right around Crosby as an overall player (Crosby likely wins here) but Crosby won't touch Ovechkin in overall legacy.

 

[LGBlues]

If Ovie breaks the goal record it would have to be Ovie. I like Crosby better and wish more young stars would follow his example but they don't.

 

[tntkid]

Ovechkin gets better with age? He peaked at 24 and declined rapidly after 2010 in terms f overall dominance.

I am talking his goal scoring.

Every year scores a million goals.

 

[KevinRedkey]

Crosby Unless Ovie breaks the goals record.