Ovechkin breaking the goal scoring record would put his name above everyone else who has ever played. You are talking about a record that was said to never get broken, and he still has a legitimate chance to do so. Ovechkin is ten times the player and goal scorer Gartner was, so they don’t really have anything in common. This would make him more of a legend in the best sense of the word. Yes, there is more to scoring goals, but the point of hockey is to score goals, and breaking one of the most prestigious all time Gretzky Records would add a ton to his already cemented legacy. But both players aren’t top 5 regardless, while I’d put both in the top 10.
Luckily your opinion means little to the hockey community
no actual hockey fan would say that the guy with 700+ goals, 3 Harts, 3 Lindsays, 8 Rockets, an Art Ross “isn’t quite good.”And Ovechkin redefined goal scoring, and did things that those guys never did. All in a lower scoring era.
You are really going to compare Canada to Russia and still try to make Crosby the headliner for that? Ok bud....
Ovechkin breaking the goal scoring record would put his name above everyone else who has ever played. You are talking about a record that was said to never get broken, and he still has a legitimate chance to do so. Ovechkin is ten times the player and goal scorer Gartner was, so they don’t really have anything in common. This would make him more of a legend in the best sense of the word. Yes, there is more to scoring goals, but the point of hockey is to score goals, and breaking one of the most prestigious all time Gretzky Records would add a ton to his already cemented legacy. But both players aren’t top 5 regardless, while I’d put both in the top 10.
also, Sid’s “devastation” over Ovechkin when it matters?....
Ovechkin: 26-15-18-33
Crosby: 25-13-17-30
I don’t see anything “devastating” about that. Maybe do your research before making such claims?
Luckily your opinion means little to the hockey community
And Ovechkin redefined goal scoring, and did things that those guys never did. All in a lower scoring era.
Sid will always be remembered as the better player, but if Ovechkin breaks the record, I believe it will impact his legacy greater.
Why does he need to win another cup? There isn’t some set standard to follow or criteria to abide by. Breaking almost 900 goals alone is legendary. He doesn’t need another cup to follow that.
And yet still has more Rockets than anyone in history? And yet still out produced those guys and went on to be a better player? Notice how your attempt to switch it up only proves my point?
Not every sport follows that mindset. If that was the case, then guys like Perry and Williams would have bigger legacies than Ovechkin, but they never will. That’s why Maurice Richard doesn’t have a bigger legacy than Orr or Lemieux.
I guess for you, sure.
Crosby having two Rockets doesn’t mean that he could have been the best goal scorer, and it certainly doesn’t mean that he just decided to score goals because he felt like it. He tied Stamkos with 51 and then had 44 goals after that. Being the best is about consistency and being near or at the top. Crosby isn’t a goal scorer my nature, although he’s a great goal scorer, to suggest that he could have matched Ovechkin is belittling to Ovechkin. I mean, if Ovechkin decided to focus on playmaking, could he have beat Crosby in assists totals? I doubt it, but that’s the logic that is following.
Did I once say I’m putting him in the same category as Gretzky? I am criticizing you on calling the potentially greatest goal scorer of all time overrated. Which is ridiculous and 9/10 hockey fans would never think of saying. I don’t agree with you, that is all
