okay, not sure Ovechkin was the play yet. Only three years in the league, hard to put amongst the best all-time yet IMO.
With the 8th overall pick, The Cyclones are proud to select, THE GOLDEN JET, Bobby Hull (LW1).
CHECK THIS OUT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwQAbSmBbmE
Art Ross Trophy Winner 3 times (1960, 1962, & 1966)
NHL First All-Star Team Left Wing 10 times (1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, & 1972)
Stanley Cup Championship (1961)
NHL Second All-Star Team Left Wing 2 times (1963 & 1971)
Hart Memorial Trophy Winner 2 times (1965 & 1966)
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Winner (1965)
Lester Patrick Trophy Winner (1969)
Became third hockey player to appear on the cover of Time magazine
WHA First All-Star Team 3 times (1973, 1974, & 1975)
WHA Second All-Star Team 2 times (1976 & 1978)
WHA Most Valuable Player 2 times (1973 & 1975)
Avco Cup (
WHA) Championships 3 times (1976, 1978, & 1979)
Inducted into the
Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983
Retired as the second leading goal scorer and ninth leading point scorer in NHL history (currently 12th and 43rd respectively).
Second in WHA history in goals, sixth in assists and third in points.
In 1998, he was ranked number 8 on
The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players,
the highest-ranking left winger.
Upon playing his last playoff game in 1980, he and teammate
Gordie Howe became the last active players that had played in the 1950s.
The Golden Jet popularized the curved stick, was the first player to score MORE than 50 goals in a season, led the league in goals 7 times, had a slapshot clocked at 118.3 mph (190.4 km/h) and could skate at 29.7 mph (47.8 km/h).