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Originally Posted by trackercowe
Ovechkin has debatably been the better player (than Crosby) since 2009, and is most certainly the better player today. Come the end of their respective careers I think Ovechkin will indeed be regarded as a better player than Crosby (in part due to injuries).
We're talking a player who has 3 Hart Trophies and 483 goals and he only turned 30 two months ago. Like Iginla he also missed as much as 130 games due to the lockout. He may still challenge Gretzky's goal record, but would likely have reached 894 goals had he played then (he would around 550 goals already).
All that he really needs now is a Cup on his resume. I don't place as much importance on Olympics as others do, because of the one-off format, and Canada always will have a stacked team. It's not like Sid was phenomenal at the Olympics himself.
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I basically agree with most of this. Although I'm not ready to declare who is the best yet. Let's wait until their careers are near an end.
Speaking of Olympics & Iggy, I firmly believe Iggy was the better player than Crosby, as were Doughty and Toews. I remember Nash being pretty solid too.
Also speaking of Olympics, 2002 > 2010 for me. That crop of Canadian players was just OMG. Sakic, Jarome, Lemieux were just unbelievable.