Alexander Ovechkin- 2004 NHL Draft

[TSwiftFan1995]

mike green is sitting above him

[vSupraaaa]

Hey look Ovie has all his teeth :D

[giggutty]

actually we all know the lottery was fixed for the pens to get crosby

[samuraijack18]

Caps really had bad draft years from 1999-2003...Eric Fehr is the only person who really did anything.

[juffan]

star wars music?

[shipmaster7]

Thank god they took him and never traded him away for 3 or 4 players who wouldn't even match his skill combined and then they would probably all leave in the next few years after anyways

[xoBOSSox]

i was beginning to think when the handshake n hug line would end

[Kbro91]

Mike Green is sitting 2 rows behind Ovi there lol

[hskates121]

@FordoF5 yes he went second

[FordoF5]

Wait was the second Russian there Malkin?

[FFJabarr]

@FordoF5 Yes sir.

[sandemande2]

pens wish they couldhave taken ovechkin

[MooseHockeyLeagueTV]

Just noticed that Ovechkin was sitting right in front of Mike Green.

[main2552]

haha is that mike green behind ovy at 2:14?

[typowarrior]

thats an interesting way to spell Jagr

[jerem3d]

Haters!!!

[m5rule]

Wow!! You can see his arrogance in his eyes!!! Even as a kid! Russian SCUM!!!

[alphadude159]

@m5rule

fuck off haters

[johnnyola666]

@youngrooster12 love malkin but it would have been awsome to have had ovie next to sid. at 06:11 you can actually see the legs of Crosby (the guy holding a bottle of water). i wonder if he knew already then what great rivalry the two of them would come to have..

[johnnyola666]

@johnnyola666 i mean at 03:40 of course lol

[Hellogeek]

from the day he got draft until now ovechkin is 40 pounds heavier!

[sonrac1]

mike green is sitting right behind ovechkin

[gobluejackets61]

@sonrac1 thats Alex Picard

[larrrrrry2]

@sonrac1 yeah I noticed that too :D Pretty funny cos Caps drafted them both

[wg390]

Washington just selected a Captain for years to come!

[TheAogGuy]

Sorry. Ovie will never be as good as Jagr.

[wg390]

@TheAogGuy

Sorry Ovi never wont be as good as a Jagr

Jagr dreaming to be as good as Ovi

[JDJAKS]

Ovi and Crosby on the same team? Can you say dynasty?

[wiseGUY1288]

@JDJAKS would never work. OVI is a hard worker, crosby is a complainer .

[JDJAKS]

@wiseGUY1288 true aha, but maybe he wouldn't complain as much if he had Ovi to pass to, let him score the goals and watch your assists pile up!

[wiseGUY1288]

@JDJAKS Complaining doesnt go away either your a born complainer or not you cant change. and crosby bitches about everything...... i mean everything. Its hockey not kindergarten class room.

[AirRaider56]

Just imagine if the Pens got both crosby AND ovechkin. Can you say hockey team on steroids (the very good way)?

[MrBv2scape]

@AirRaider56 Ovechkin and Crosby on same team is like "-" against "-" on a battery.

[IggyIrons]

@AirRaider56 That's 40% of the cap right there.

[AirRaider56]

@IggyIrons Haha true. Plus then you have malkin, letang and all those other losers. Oh well caps are still better. If anything crosby should be on the capitols if they had the chance, ovechkin would never go to pittsburgh.

[BabbarKhalsaZindabad]

Woooow pens really got fucked

If he was born 2 days earlier they woulda had ovechkin, and if they won the lottery they also could have had him. Crosby and Ovechkin on one team woulda been absolutley ridiculous

[shutyour5hole]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad Pens are still unreal

[uguess94]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad fucked ha is that a joke? Panthers had Roberto Luongo but traded him because he thought they sucked & refused to play for them & Ovechkin was so highly regarded by the Florida Panthers they attempted to draft him in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in the 9th round even though his birthday was two days after the cut-off September 15, 1985 even though Rick Dudley the general manager of the Panthers claimed that Ovechkin was old enough with leap years taken into consideration.

[BabbarKhalsaZindabad]

@uguess94

yea i forgot about florida trading there pick to the pens. i posted that comment 7 months ago

[uguess94]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad sorry i didnt go back and search months of comments by u

[BabbarKhalsaZindabad]

@uguess94

it says right under the comment....

[uguess94]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad theres nothing about the panthers in your comment and just cause u kno nothin bout hockey dont get mad :D

[BabbarKhalsaZindabad]

@uguess94

and thats why i said I forgot about there trade of there pick... Just cause you dont know how to read, you dont have to be mad :D

[uguess94]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad im not mad im laughing at u btw blow me :O

[calgarystampeders85]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad That would have been cool but would they have been able to keep both of them after there entry level contracts

[wanttobefunnyman]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad

what i dont understand

[MrRookie26]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad well they didnt really get fucked, they got malkin in this draft,

so in 2003 they got Fleury, in 2004 Malkin, and in 2005 Crosby, so much talent coming to one team in such a few amount of time is very rare, so they the Pens didnt get ''fucked'' they are doing better than ever

[JoelsBlawg]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad IKR thatd be EPIC

[goldygopher26]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad not true the panthers wouldnt have traded their first pick if ovechkin was in the 03 draft

[sonrac1]

pens were also lucky to get crosby, while the caps got the 29th pick, if anything the caps got fucked

[TheHockeyallstar17]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad if ovi did go to the pens we wouidint have such a great match betwen crosby and ovi

[tiptopluongo]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad Yeah they really got fucked because they got Malkin. Who would want the leading scorer in the NHL right now?

[swscapeNEWS]

@BabbarKhalsaZindabad And put Patrick Kane to the right side :D :D

[puddingpants7]

If the capitals passed him up they probably wouldn't see or hear the end of it lol.

[JaguarLexusCentral]

Kinda looks like Ovechkin's teammate Mike Green in the background sitting with his family starting @ 2:12. He was drafted that year as well :).

[cameroncrazie818]

Ya they got lucky. Ovi should have been on the Pens

[iPod465]

1:41 DID HE JUST SAY ERECTION?

[dbray1]

imagine if malkin went to the caps and ovechkin went to pittsburgh...

[SuperHenderson13]

@dbray1 that would've been sick lol... pitt's first line would be downright NASTY

[akrug71]

@dbray1 Then pIttsburgh would win the cup every year, Malkin is noooooooooooo where as close as ovechkin, one could argue with his stanley cup blah blah, what happened last year with his like 65 points?

[72NHLFreak]

@akrug71 Actually he got 77 points and in only 67 games last year, thats a points per game average of 1.15. Thats pretty damn good.

[MrMatt1337]

you can see mike green behind ovechkin in the stands :P

[BastienBlancho96]

@MrMatt1337

no its not him

[seiver1088]

@SGhockeychika4 Gretzky and Lemieux were not voted on by the NHL players to be the biggest whiners. No Crosby is the face of the pens. when people think of penguins they think Crosby, not Crosby, Malkin, Stall, and Fleury. Sorry it is how it is

[TheRagingClue8]

They compared him against Jagar then he fucked Jagar in the Olympics haha

[xCoreProductions]

@TheRagingClue8 Jagr*

[rstml89]

@TheRagingClue8 He'll never be Jagr

[CoolCanadianGuy7]

@rstml89 He's already passed Jagr

[wasina99]

@TheRagingClue8 you mean jagr, right?

[TheRagingClue8]

@wasina99 your actually dont know what i meant by jagar... u had to write jagr. fuck you sir

[wasina99]

@TheRagingClue8 i was just making sure of what you were saying.

[TheRagingClue8]

@wasina99 alright

[rstml89]

@TheRagingClue8 Still ain't JAGR

[ZickZak]

@TheRagingClue8 Jagr is like 75 years older than him. BTW after Ovechkin fucked him up, the next year Jagr fucked him up and Ovechkins team recieved a game losing goal just because of Ovechkins fault and had to go home.

[ZickZak]

@TheRagingClue8 /watch?v=qrryZWH_XHk 1:50



[seiver1088]

@SGhockeychika4 no Bettman is the reason crosby is the face of the Pens, More or less face of the NHL. Im sorry, when the league voted crosby the biggest whiner in the nhl that has gotta say something about your character than any personal experience you had with ovi..

[14parrym]

@seiver1088 let sid's stats do the talking

[seiver1088]

@14parrym sid's stats are not saying anything more impressive than Ovi's The thing you don't see on paper is that Ovi is physically and maturely dominating cindy.

[godofwar5]

@seiver1088 lmao your except mentally hes a moron. Crosby's got it all buddy so eat it;)

[95TMLFAN]

ha "not as pure offensively".........lol

[seiver1088]

@SGhockeychika4 Clearly Ovi is having a struggling season, however both players have different play styles. It is funny how people try to compare them... they are damn neck and neck in overall points. Neither player is overall better than the other, except for sportsman-like. I would have to say Ovi wins that one

[conormcdiarmid]

@SGhockeychika4 What I meant was that he is a lot more camera savvy now. It's obvious that he knew English at the time, it still seemed as though he had a bit of trouble speaking it. It is a lot easier to listen to someone and understand what they're saying than it is to speak a second language fluently. When he was interviewed he seemed to have a bit of trouble with the words. Nowadays he speaks English well.

[aboyandhispetdog]

alex is a peice of shit

[rainman013]

@aboyandhispetdog so are u dambass

[rushki1000]

man just imagine him being born 2 days earlier he would have been picked 2003 1 overall for sure and by the pittsburgh penguins he would have played with crosby that would have been bad for hockey they would just win every stanley cup if they stayed together

[Saints9211]

@rushki1000 dang i never thought of that but you right it wouldnt be fair for the nhl haha

[JaysonHoang14]

@rushki1000 LOL i was about to post that/

[conormcdiarmid]

Hahah, take note of how much his English has improved.

[conormcdiarmid]

Hahah, take note of how much his English has improved.

[PeteCore75]

I'm sure thats Mike Green sitting behind Ovie

[Alechma]

Bettman suck

[ROCKETS2965]

I love Ovechkin, but calling him the best is a laugh. Gretzky, Orr, Lemeiux, Yzerman, Lidstrom, Howe, and quite a few others are laughing their asses off.

[hockeysaint07]

Projected to go #1 at 14. Amazing.

[mikawar1124]

no one knew what kind of player he was when we drafted him not only is he the best player in the NHL but he puts fans in the seats because of his style of play

[3DGroxmysox]

He IS the best hockey player of all time!

[BabbarKhalsaZindabad]

@r2native

hes 25 douche bag how do u know if hes gonna win a cup or not

[IVitaminWater]

and rehabilitate the franchise he did.

[beatersanchez]

imagine where washington would be if they traded this pick

[MattB919]

How many ppl does he have to hug before he gets up there lol

[myers1717]

he looks drunk or high

[TUdaToken]

malkin was the next pick

[SmithieTS]

Haha Mike Green is right behind him.

[sonrac1]

damn never noticed that

[rrrjjjmmm100]

his father is the size of a fuckin grizzly bear

[hourstomidnight22]

If you pause it at 2:17 you can see Mike Green with his parents, when Ovechkin is hugging his own parents after the selection has been announced. Haha at that time who would of know they'd become teammates.

[hourstomidnight22]

HAHAHAHAHAH! Brian Burke on shorting the "rebuilding process" by trading away draft picks. If it would have been up to him he would of traded the 1st overall pick for 5 second rounders. Oh man is it funny to listen to him.

[mnkyboi187]

toews is way better then ovi! he has a way better record ( 2 golds for u-18 and rookie of the year (NHL) a gold in the Olympics,and he was M.V.P for best forward, and got a conn smyth , and the stanley cup! ..dont FORGET that his very first shot, in his first NHL game,was his first GOAL!

[makulit911]

he made an impact right away he scored 52 goals in his rokkie season

[skoterhockey]

nice pick:)

[PocketHercules99]

Hahaha theres burke tooting his fat mouth , You can shorten the rebuild by trading the player!!! lol talk about eating his crow 6 yrs later

[hockeychickadee]

Wow, look at how young Ovie looks, lol.

[puyol818]

best but chokes under pressure

[sonrac1]

please educate yourself and watch hockey before making comments like that

[hourstomidnight22]

@puyol818 Kinda like the Spanish National football team in major competitions.

[G0odf3lla]

Why did they booed when they announced that WSH had the first pick ?

[hourstomidnight22]

@G0odf3lla They booed because the draft in 2004 was in Carolina which is a divisional rival to Washington.

[G0odf3lla]

@hourstomidnight22 lol ... didnt know that. That still sounds retarded to me

[bonorye]

Where was this draft held?

[a2thegoodwin]

@bonorye carolina

[Jatt96]

And just like that, one half of the new NHL was solidified.

[DaHonestAbe]

Poor kid was so nervous during the interview.

[Artoo64]

This was a massive year for the Caps, they got Ovechkin, Mike Green, and Jeff Schultz all this year.

[Fervian1]

Эх если бы кто то из вас тогда догадывался КОГО вы взяли на драфте... вы бы от эмоций в больницу попали.

[MrBreakdancer18]

@Fervian1 english dude

[wg390]

@MrBreakdancer18

All laguages equal

You personnaly should pick up some manners when you asking someone or requesting something.

You DUDE forgot to add one MAGIC world : "PLEASE"

You make yourself looks like a ASS.... E

But I will translate for you what Fervian1 just said?

" if at that time Capitals and whole NHL knows to whom they just pick up, many will go to a Hospital with emotional break down"

[bman231]

SYDNEY CROSBY

[comicozy87]

The Capitals have no idea how lucky they were

[b1oodyromance87]

@comicozy87 and yet they still don't have a cup

[HockeyProdigy4]

Burke sounds so happy, what happened?

[leafs88nation]

Hahah Burke : "Truculence"

[WFR]

fuck the talk about his defensive game - he came to washington to score goals and he has done that better than anyone could have expected. and look at caps now. winnin the league and liftin a crappy team to no.1

[alecathesensfan]

Ovi is amazing but he will never be as good as Gretzky.

[WFR]

@alecathesensfan

Gretzky is overrated

[alecathesensfan]

@WFR

Not nearly as overrated as'Ovi'.

[WFR]

@alecathesensfan

hah, Green is overrated. Ovechkin earns it

[alecathesensfan]

@WFR

Yah true.

Ovechkin is a showboat but he has braging rights.

[WFR]

@alecathesensfan

I am reluctant to agree but yea he kinda is a showboater, but in the greatest way if there is such :P Its good for the sport, makes it interestin for the fans. And hockey needs more fans. Can't believe the stupid fucking americans havin NHL at their backyard and preferrin baseball. Goddamn cocks. I would kill to be livin in america just for NHL =D

[alecathesensfan]

@WFR

Well said bro I would help you because those damn Americans think Hockey sucks and they like a sport like Baseball?WTF?

[WFR]

@alecathesensfan

:D

[1more4carhur]

talk about patience in building a team around a guy, only took 6 years for him to be captain and boy has it payed off. interesting to think he was drafted in carolina being a canes fan.

[sortman94]

just imagine if the capitals took malkin over ovechkin and the penguins took ovechkin and he and crosby played together all these years. there would be no rivalry and im sure hockey would not be so popular

[PureVikingPower]

im not so sure they would play well together to be honest we can speculate but we will never now for sure but i think backstorm is making ovie better then crosby would becuse they play more of the same type of hockey backstorm isent a goal making person he is good in assisting that fits ovie well :D

[hourstomidnight22]

@sortman94 That would be insane if Crosby centered Ovechkin. I think that could rival or even beat the tandem of Kurri and Gretzky. Ovechkin could have a shot at reaching the 92 goals in a season record set by Gretzky. I think Ovechkin's rival would be Malkin. Ovechkin would be booed in Washington and cheered for in Pittsburgh....Surreal...

[ducksman07]

who was the 2nd player drafted that year

[Goldman3040]

malkin

[stasR1000]

Не прогадали!!!))

[xskillerx323]

hes so small here!

[WFR]

@xskillerx323

Heh i know :D Ive ben thinkin, could there be a possibility that he has used somethin to help gain muscle/mass? I mean, he has gained 30 pounds. Thats a big change for an athlete

[ovechkinbest8]

he was suspecting to be with the capitals

[89MohaA]

2002 they drafted semin, 2004 they drafted ovechkin and 2006 they got backstrom...mike green has come along nicely too

[simongagne33]

@89MohaA

funny how backstrom is one of the best player in the league and hes like the second best on his team, funny how he makes the least amout of money on his team lol poor kid

[MK3371]

Backstrom doesn't make much because hes still on his 3 year entry level contract (ELC). From now till july 1st the Caps have to sign Backstrom to a contract or he will be an RFA and anytime can sign him to a offer sheet.

[jezzetv]

Very impressive drafting no lie. Its too bad their going to have to lose backstrom due to cap space.

[bags258]

@jezzetv they just signed him to 10 years 67 million.

[A7XfoREVer1991]

@89MohaA So has their playoff runs..

[suburbanindie]

@89MohaA Yep, you've got lots of Stanley Cups to show for it too. lol

[89MohaA]

@suburbanindie

I'm not a caps fan, try again.

[ayansb]

Holy fuck is that Brian Burke commentating?!?

3:26-3:29: "He's got little bit of TRUCULENCE and BELLIGERENCE to his game... Hahah that's great. Anybode else notice it?

[cheapchinaman]

not as pure offensively as JAGR?! :D

[stylesclash2]

Holy shit he looked different here.

[peterbilka]

BEST WORLD PLAYER

[ROCKETS2965]

Datsyuk was drafted in 1998, not 2004...

[kingash87]

@peterbilka your high

[riffnshred]

as a caps fan i've always wondered what would happen had they drafted evgeni malkin over alex ovechkin... what a top 2 in an overall pretty dry draft. well, other than mike green at 29 overall of course lol

[elcelis10]

@riffnshred ...but I think they made the right decision. I've always wondered what would've happend if the Caps had the first pick for 2005 draft...crosby and ovi together?...that could've been great.

[ImaNinjaWoof]

yes sir i do agree

[iheartclarkent]

ove, crosby, geno, marc-andre, pronger, staal...i luv hockey

[graylittle00]

Truculence and beligerance hahaha

[olgak57]

They hit the jackpot and didn't even know it yet

[ehren18]

enough with the fucking caps lock ok...and semi retarded pro? what the fuck are you talking about? well at least crosby was in his zone while playing in the playoffs for fuck sakes everytime a cap came within the vicinity of the puck ovie was long gone out of the defensive zone just because he hits and back checks once in a while doesn't make ovie good defensively..the real question is why you think ovie is better than crosby defensively?

[KjellBrel]

Of course Crosby is the better player - that must be why Ovechkin won both the Hart and the Lester B. Pearson the last two seasons.

(But I suspect you know better than both the NHL players themselves as well as the Pro Hockey Writer's Association.)

[ehren18]

if centres aren't supposed to shoot how come in the playoffs the top 3 in goal scoring were all centres? there is such a thing as a goal scoring centre..(i know crazy right they're supposed to pass the puck over taking the shot)...I do agree that its crosbys job to pass the puck probably he's the best in the game at it ...i love ovie but to say he's good defensively haha thats a joke...and its not that youtube is a spelling contest...your language reflects that your probably semi retarded