If you were the GM.....Crosby, Ovechkin, Or McDavid?

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Who is your franchise cornerstone?

  • Sidney Crosby

  • Connor McDavid

  • Alex Ovechkin


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oh this is "adjusted" stats....in other words, made up stats.

I was just going by career per game averages. Lemieux scored 690 in 915. That's a faster pace than Ovi. Then he scored another 76 in 107 playoff games. Ovi scored 72 in 151 playoff games.

This is no slight on Ovi. You're just trying to compare him against very tough competition!

Lemieux played in a era that was far easier to score in. Again, read the stats I provided:

During Lemieux's first 15 NHL seasons, there were ninety 50 goal seasons.

During Ovechkin's first 15 NHL seasons, there were twenty-two 50 goal seasons (despite there being far more players).

Accounting for scoring environment differences is not "made up stats."

 
No. He didn't.

Again, Ovechkin sustained a higher adjusted GPG for hundreds more games than Lemieux.



Jim Brown led the NFL in rushing 8 times.

Emmitt Smith led the NFL in rushing 4 times.

Ovechkin led the NHL in goals 9 times.

Lemieux led the NHL in goals 3 times.

Your analogy is not good.
Phil Esposito led the NHL in goals 6 times. He also scored 27 more regular season goals, but in 367 less games.

I suppose he's a better goal scorer than Lemieux too!
 
Crosby, dont consider this close at all. McDavid is the most talented of the 3 but the defensive effort and intelligence and clutchness of Sid is something people cant just ignore. Weve also seen him win 3 stanley cups, one at 21 and 2 more a decade into his career. He had 3 cups when he was 29, McDavid is 28 right now. Of course those are team awards but here we are picking someone in order to win. We have seen Sid win too much to say that McDavid is the strictly more impactful player on winning.

If all 3 were entering the league simultaneously and you wanted to sell tickets and get the most exciting player then its McDavid or Ovechkin hands down. Im taking Sid for winning though. No wrong answers here though, obviously 31 GMs in the league would foam at the mouth if McDavid was ever available.
 

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