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Originally Posted by jlh2640
Neither one was a great skater.
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Maybe he's lost a step now, but Ovechkin was an awesome skater in his prime. Maybe the most explosive first stride, which is huge in a game like hockey. Probably forgetting some names but from ~2006 to ~2010 the top skaters in the NHL were probably Ovechkin, Marleau, Crosby, Niedermayer, Gaborik, Kovalchuk, JBo