In 2004 i first saw ovechkin play, i was never more amazed by anything in my life. I went from being a kid who liked hockey to it becoming my life. All because of what ovechkin showed us. Hell always be my favorite player for showing me the greatest game in the world.
it sucks that younger fans thinks Ovi only has a great shot. In his prime Ovi was one of the best and fastest skater, some of the best hands, one of the best hitter. He was the most exciting player to watch in the league in his prime.
Ovi is top 10 ever, change my mind. When his career is over, he'll probably have the all time goals record, and as a fan, hopefully another Cup haha. I probably have him in the 6 slot behind Gretzky, Lemieux, Howe , Orr and Crosby. Only Jagr and potentially McDavid are in that realm in my opinion. Truly a once in a lifetime player!
@@Noodles-The-Hunter-Vanguard Both comparison statements are invalid, Ovechkin is a goal scorer, Crosby is a play maker. Alex having more points is also invalid when Ovechkin has played 166 more games, if crosby also played 1274 games, he'd have a calculated 1620 points. I'm not even a crosby fan but gtfo if you're gonna make a shitty argument.
I used to watch sports center every morning before work and i remembered seeing this monster ballerina on ice. I no pay for cable because of politics. Then 10 years later I see a week of sportscenter at hotel for working out of town. The same dude every morning doing the same AMAZING SHITS!!! WDF???!!!!!!!
Young ovi was just a different beast. In his later ywars he has relied a lot on his powerplay but man his first 5 years he was one of the most unique and dominant players ever. Run someone over like a truck one shift, and when he would get the puck at his blue line, everyone would rise to their feet. His speed and abiility to beat defenders was just special
When he gets the puck and starts heading north, he's a holy terror. So aggressive..it almost looks like he's out of control except, he ISN'T!. 😀 It reminds me of how Roenick used to skate, but even harder.
Ovi is a scoring machine, he is unstoppable. The GREAT GOAT OVI 🐐👏 10 minutes of Ovi scoring + frustrated goalies lol. Thanks for the video, I don't know how I didn't see it before.
3:08 this is when i became an ovi and caps fan was this play right here. i was watching the playoffs and he did a lot of amazing things, but this play just was the coolest thing ever to me. He practically beat the whole team! I feel lucky that i watched all his games after that during his prime. i think it was 2009. People also don't realize who didn't watch the games how in his prime every shift was something to watch. When he came on the ice, you got excited because he was always about to do something crazy even if it was just hit a guy. He was always very noticeable
its funny cuz the first hla of his career he was known as being the guy who can score from anywhere, even from his ass. How many times has he scored while falling? There's never been a more dynamic scorer. But then he had a couple down years because everyone figured him out and he couldn't dangle anymore. So then he changed his game and that's how people know him nowadays. but I think that was significant, because he became even more efficient. there was a year or two when it was cringe watching ovi because the teams learned how to play him and he couldn't do it anymore. so im happy he found a way to keep scoring
Canucks got two good players but hopefully they make the playoffs next year I really want them to win the cup and congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche I can't believe you beat a vasilevsky you're a good team maybe back to back but I think lightning will be then another champion
Best player i`ve ever seen with Gretzky and Lemieux , if Ovi plays with Letang and Malkin has his debut when he was young and fast has 158 pounds (imagine in power play 5 against 4 ) , a lot of Stanley Cup ...
a lot of people say he's an underrated playmaker. he just doesn't have a lot of reason to. I think he's elite as a scorer, passer, and hitter, the only thing he doesn't care about is defense
Bear announcers capitals and I’ll say leafs but caps move on Karlsson who’s one of the best defensemen for sure and skaters goes to show how great ovechkin is 🔥🔥🔥
