You don't remember any period of time where Ovechkin's thing was basically to shoot a mile wide or dead center and then take his glove off and flex his wrist around a lot? We won't know what it was because he seems to take a lot of pride in showing up and appearing invincible, but he didn't look the same.
It’s hard to say. I think it’s been a thing at least twice outside of little blips on the radar, and I want to say one was a Trotz era thing with a big fat forearm bruise. One was definitely a “dark years” thing though
You can tell who doesn’t watch him. The Caps PP has been a tire fire this year and I think he only has three one timer goals. People act like he’s just a PP turret who is useless the rest of the game when he’s actually leading the league in ES points.
My wife isn’t really a poster but she’s a big follower of her favorite football team’s Facebook page and the stuff people say on there is really the stuff of legend. I don’t know how she reads that stuff. Facebook pages are generally the worst place on earth for sports commentary… it’s like the collection of people banned from message boards like HF so they go to Reddit and get banned from there and then they all end up on Facebook.
I don't think there is any chance of Ted Lindsay for Ovechkin. Points just don't tell the full story. There are several more impactful players currently in the NHL. He would have to have a dominant Art Ross run to be even part of the conversation. I just don't see him being on same level as some of the other younger NHL stars we have currently. Nothing wrong with that.
Who currently deserves Lindsey more? The two from Edmonton had very similar seasons so far. Impossible to say who is better players this year. Matthews is tearing it up scoring wise but not much else to write about. Kadri? Dont think he will keep up all season and his reputation is not the best throughout the league. If season ended right now Ovi sweeps all 4 awards.
With how many games are being postponed you can't really just blindly look at the stats. In few months when everyone has about the same games we can start discussing the actual nominees. But even today you should ask yourself is Ovechkin the best player currently in the NHL. When voting will happen, lets say McDavid and OV are tied in points I don't see a world where OV wins and rightfully so. Everyone knows that the current OV is not at the same level as #97. NHLPA voting is different to sportswriters one where narrative has tremendous power.
