Being top 40 all time in adjusted assists ought to do that, but hey don't let reality get in the way of your falsehoods. You do you.
Ovechkin has never been a selfish player. Although surely people in Pittsburgh will reach for anything to try and slander him.
Oh hey look it's the 4,000th blatant falsehood in this thread.
Ovie has been one of the most durable and reliable players in all of hockey history. Ovechkin's age 36 season was superior to how Crosby has played this season (at age 36). Perhaps Ovie should teach Sid how to train better.
Does sponsorships allow you to continue to post on this forum, routinely breaking rules, yet seemingly avoiding infractions for flaming and inciting nonsense.
Crosby's age 36 season is absolutely more impressive when you consider he's pacing to push 50 goals and 90 points (just like Ovi did), is among the league leaders in faceoff % (something Ovi has never had to do. fact), even strength goals, and is going to finish top 5 in Selke voting with plenty of talk about him being a finalist, something Ovechkin has never cared about or been recognized for (defensive play). Crosby has continually evolved his game to be a complete player. This is readily said by his peers, coaches and analysts.
Many reputable folks in the league call Crosby the most complete player. His work ethic is unmatched, again propped up by the words of many. Have for years. Nobody says that about Ovechkin. NOBODY. I guess those are all just Crosby simps and North American racists.
Ovechkin has 8 goals in 39 games. If that isn't falling off a cliff year over year, I don't know what to tell you. 50, 42, 8 (pacing for 17). Joe Pavelski at 39 has been vastly more impressive.
Let's do that again. 50. 42. 8. That's a dude literally running along the edge and deciding to fling himself off. Or maybe father time is just calling in a payment.
He's a -11, with 27 points in 36 games. He's taken 290 total shot attempts with 8 going in, only 6 of which have happened with a goalie in net. That's shit. 2.8% true shooting %. S.H.I.T.
Ovi will hang around until he's 40/41 to break the record, needing thousands more shots (not even including missed shots, further bringing down his accuracy which is already weak relative to every other all time great goal scorer) and hundreds more game than Gretzky to do so. Yawn.
One of my favorite Ovi stat is he's been past the 2nd round of the playoffs ONCE in nearly 2 decades on a top 5-10 team in the league, year after year. And the 1 year he did manage to win it all, was the year the Pens were gassed from winning back to back Cups, and the Caps beat an expansion team, in 6 games in the finals. There have been few weaker Cup runs in the history of the game.
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