Rabid Ranger
2 is better than one
So what does Kessel do better than Crosby? I guess I have not seen Kessel at his best in all the dozen of games that I have watched.
He's a better skater and has a better shot (IMO).
So what does Kessel do better than Crosby? I guess I have not seen Kessel at his best in all the dozen of games that I have watched.
He's a better skater and has a better shot (IMO).
Several times (WJCs, the Olympics, RSL games {taped}). He's a very good prospect and has all the tools, but I don't think he's a once in a lifetime player.
The guy who does the Penguins score is notorious for being "realistic". At least 2/3 of the teams out there would have Malkin as no worse than a 10B, probably alot with 10A.
That said...if I was doing the scores Malkin would be a 10B. Kessel a 9C.
He's a better skater and has a better shot (IMO).
He does not have Crosby's balance, stopping, and lateral movement.
Kessel gets knocked off the puck and doesn't use his change of speed as well as Crosby.
There is more to skating than speed.
When it comes down to overall skating ability...Crosby may be the best in the league.
May be.
I can live giving Malkin a 10C. I still give him a 10 though.
What? Crosby is not the best skater in the league. This is getting ridiculous.
I'll agree that Crosby has much better balance at this point, but he also has a much differant build than Kessel and a more mature body. I still say Kessel is the better skater, and yes I know that goes beyond speed.
This might be the dumbest statement I've ever heard. Malkin isn't a generational talent essentially because he wasn't breaking records? He was playing in Russia for God's sake.
When Crosby has the puck on his stick he goes full speed...his lateral movement is much, much better than Kessel.
Kessel, skating wise, not talent wise, reminds me of Rico Fata. He doesn't know how to change gears, and his lateral movement with the puck is not even close to Crosby.
Again, the only thing he has over Crosby is speed, but that doesn't mean much.
He wasnt breaking records over there as far as I know(correct me if Im wrong), when Crosby was in nearly all his previous levels, that was my point. (Just go see Crosby Pee-wee, Bantam stats etc.)
I think people are seriously underrating Crosby's finishing ability just because he's not as flashy a goalscorer. This is a guy who scored 39 goals as an 18 year old. I wouldn't be surprised if he scores 50 next year.
10B? Try 9B. No way Malkin is a 10. Wont happen.
No need to watch a generational talent play. Just look at the stats. Did Malkin beat any record in the last 5 years? No.
Crosby just beat one NHL record on his first year.(Youngest in the NHL history to score 100 pts)
Whos the youngest with an Art Ross? Gretzky? You can bet he will be in that race next year and if he stays healthy it might well be possible.
He wasnt breaking records over there as far as I know(correct me if Im wrong), when Crosby was in nearly all his previous levels, that was my point. (Just go see Crosby Pee-wee, Bantam stats etc.)
On a scale from 1 to 10, if Malkin is 10, Kessel should be around 5
It's even better.. He's generational talent becaue of his Pee-Wee and Bantam stats ... and because it was "over there"
Giving Malkin, Ovechkin, Kessel or Crosby a 10 is an insult to Gretzky and Orr...