Alex Ovechkin, MVP and more

Alex Ovechkin video feature from Washington Capitals game entertainment

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• MVP
• Hart
• Key to the city

[hwscdr]

Slovakia? How many attempts did OV have? I'm not saying he isn't a great player but when it is on the line you have to bury it.

[capitalsown]

Also he's a fricken cry baby.

[hwscdr]

They don't ask how?, they ask how many?

[capitalsown]

Or you know, you could realize I said that last season, when all he WAS getting was deflections.

[hwscdr]

RE: Crosby, you said, "He's a terrible player who just gets deflections" You obviously are just saying that because you are a Capitals fan. I'm a penguins fan but I can admit that no one in the game has a shot like Ovechkin. You should be honest with yourself and you will realize that no one has the combination of skilss ( skating, vision, hands, strength) like Crosby. Who is better? we could argue all day about that, but a terrible player, c'mon.

[capitalsown]

Wow. Sidney Crosby isn't even that good. He's a terrible player who just gets deflections. Malkin is the best Penguin. I respect Malkin. I don't respect Crosby though.

[dldetwi]

Once again, you make good points. I personally think it's splitting hairs when you talk about any of the top guys in the NHL and you try to declair one single guy the lone best player. Malkin led the league in scoring, had the most takeaways, and Datsyuk had less ice time, shared time with great lines, etc. They're both great players. If you want to say Dats stands alone as the best right now, I'll just say that there is an argument to be made.

[Spetz]

Malkin did have the most take aways, but compared to Datsyuk he also had SIGNIFICANTLY more give-aways...Datsyuk still had the best ratio in terms of steals and losses, so Dats takes that....Malkin also played over 2 minutes of ice per game than Datsyuk, had Datsyuk played that much more ice he'd catch up in the take aways for sure since he only lost by a few. Malkin and Crosby are the only pp line for Pittsburgh, Detroit shared pp time a lot more so Malkin saw it much more than Datsyuk as well.

[dldetwi]

You have a point, but we don't know what Dats' numbers would be if he were missing one of his two key defensemen on the PP for 3/4 of the season. I don't think Geno needed to "rely" on Gonch, seeing as he still finished #1. I disagree with you when you talk of lack in defense. Geno ranked #1 in takeaways this season.

[Spetz]

It's true that Gonch was out for a while, but I think if you let one missing guy hurt you that much, then that says something about your individual abilities. I think Geno and Crosby are good enough to not have to rely on Gonchar even though obviously he's great at the back...and even if they did get more points per ice time, their lack in defense/face off in comparison to Datsyuk would still lack the depth in comparison to Pavel in my opinion.