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Better playoff performer: Alex Ovechkin or Patrick Kane
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Kane is almost PPG in the playoffs, and Ovechkin is not. Similar sample size. I can't imagine why someone would take Ovechkin.
EDIT: well apparently I was way off so I retract and will need to sit in the corner and think about my actions.
EDIT: well apparently I was way off so I retract and will need to sit in the corner and think about my actions.
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Kane: 53+85, 138 in 143 games (0.96 ppg)
Ovi: 72+69, 142 in 152 games (0.93 ppg)
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Sasha Orlov
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The results make me think nobody bothered to look into this lol
hamzarocks
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OV after his first 3 playoff runs wasnt as great as to be expected outside of his Smythe in 2018
He had 40 pts in 28 games from 2008 - 2010 playoffs when at his best. That was a 117 pts per 82 with 59G and 58A
Like the rest of his career his prime wasnt long lived enough and he went from 1A or clear 1 player league wide in 2008 to 2010 period to a great but not best player in the world type producer
After 2010 OV has 101 pts in 123 games or 67 pts per 82 (35G + 32 A)
Kane was more consistent and didnt have as many down playoff series/runs as OV did.
His worse playoffs were 2012 with 4 in 6 and 2017 with 2 in 4.
He was a more consistent than OV over his playoffs career and did win 3 cups.
I have to give him the edge here even though OVs 3 straight year playoff prume from 2008-2010 (40 pts in 28 games) outproduces Kanes from 2013 to 2015 (62 pts in 65 games), since Kane went to SCF and 2x and 1 WCF vs OV only playing R1 - 2X and R2 - 1X in this period
He had 40 pts in 28 games from 2008 - 2010 playoffs when at his best. That was a 117 pts per 82 with 59G and 58A
Like the rest of his career his prime wasnt long lived enough and he went from 1A or clear 1 player league wide in 2008 to 2010 period to a great but not best player in the world type producer
After 2010 OV has 101 pts in 123 games or 67 pts per 82 (35G + 32 A)
Kane was more consistent and didnt have as many down playoff series/runs as OV did.
His worse playoffs were 2012 with 4 in 6 and 2017 with 2 in 4.
He was a more consistent than OV over his playoffs career and did win 3 cups.
I have to give him the edge here even though OVs 3 straight year playoff prume from 2008-2010 (40 pts in 28 games) outproduces Kanes from 2013 to 2015 (62 pts in 65 games), since Kane went to SCF and 2x and 1 WCF vs OV only playing R1 - 2X and R2 - 1X in this period
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It’s a bit of a loaded question. I think Kane’s consistency and record in elimination games might give him the edge in terms of “who had the better playoff career”, but Ovechkin was the better player at his best and I think he was better in the ‘09 playoffs than Kane ever was. So if I’m taking one for my team it depends on when. I’d take peak Ovechkin over peak Kane, but going by rough periods, I’d take Ovechkin until 2011, a pick-em in 2012 (both had down years), then I’d probably take Kane for the 2013-2017 years, before going back to Ovechkin.
Kane although it's close. Kane scored points slightly more often than Ovi and is a better playmaker, but the tiebreaker goes to Kane because he won more. Way more.
TruePowerSlave
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Wonder how Ovechkin's stats would look if he played on the super stacked Hawks. Clearly he is the better player.
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Yeah because the Capitals were such a bad team lol.
The answer is kane, he was as good in games 5 & 6 of a playoff series as anyone I can remember. 4 playoff OT goals, 3 of those goals ended the series, one of them won the cup.
CokenoPepsi
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Big Ovechkin fan here but he had plenty of talent.
Also Kane has never really had the linemates Ovi had
I think the irony here is that the "clutch goal guy" is blowing away the goal guy.
It's close but i can see why Kane is winning the poll.
TruePowerSlave
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Ovechkin at his best was the better playoff performer.
It certainly helps Kane's numbers that he hasn't really featured much in the playoffs once the decline started. Nearly all his appearances are from prime Patty Kane years.
It certainly helps Kane's numbers that he hasn't really featured much in the playoffs once the decline started. Nearly all his appearances are from prime Patty Kane years.
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From the 2008/09 season until the 2017/18 season the Capitals are first in the NHL in points. The Hawks are 3rd.
Ovie played on plenty of good teams.
And in ovie’s smythe win, Kuznetsov was just as equally as important, but the bigger name wins the tiebreaker
Crow
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Kane put up better regular season numbers later in his career, as the hawks got worse. He didn’t really get much done in the playoffs those years, but it wasn’t due to a decline in his play, which had actually improved statistically.
So he may have missed out on some statistically down years the last two years, but his team was a lot worse when he was at his personal best.
I mean the caps and ovi aren't known for their playoff pedigree.
They had one year where it clicked but other than that Ovi's caps have never been past round 2.
They had one year where it clicked but other than that Ovi's caps have never been past round 2.
Video Nasty
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It’s crazy in retrospect, especially since they’ve been the #1 seed so many times, but Washington has advanced past the second round in the Ovechkin era (19 postseasons) less than they did in the 19 postseasons prior to his arrival.
And it helps Ovi that his numbers are mostly for the first two rounds.
Either way it's close enough to a draw but Id vote Kane simply because he won more and have more memorable playoff moments for me.
