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Originally Posted by troutman
Do it in the playoffs.
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His production in the playoffs is virtually identical to his regular season production. It also compares favorably to pretty much every other player in the league. Here are the pts/g and g/g rankings in the playoffs since 05-06 (minimum 20 games played):
Points (Ovechkin ranks 3rd in the league):
http://www.hockey-reference.com/play...oints_per_game
Goals (Ovechkin ranks 1st in the league):
http://www.hockey-reference.com/play...goals_per_game
Not that he doesn't have holes in his game and he probably isn't worth his contract, but his playoff production is still elite, especially given that he's faced some of the East's best defensive teams and goalies in his career (NYR 3 times, BOS, and MTL with Halak playing amazing).