Sidney Crosby & Alex Ovechkin Reflect On Fun Moments Throughout Their Rivalry 

They revolutionized hockey

Literally. I grew up in Baltimore between when the Colts left for Indy (still a Colts fan tho) and before the Ravens. All I knew was Hockey, my family had season tickets to the AHL Skipjacks (eventually became the Bandits in 95/96) so I grew up a Caps fan during the Bondra days. When the lockout happened, I was just graduating High School and was SOOOOO mad. Swore it off. Ovechkin? Who cares! But then he started scoring...a lot...and Sid was this villain that we all loved-to-hate. I couldn't help it, I got sucked back in. #GoCapsGo

Clearly the nhl was garbage to watch before them

They were the spark when the league was just embers, they brought the fire back to life for the younginz that are turning it into an inferno.

​@@bodanlunny1323 Huh?

Yes and no. Yes because they will have both left their marks as great players but also no because they'll be others who come in and steal the spotlight becoming the ones that all the young kids look up to. Similar to how one could say the NHL was never the same after Gretzky retired there was pretty quickly two young kids come and steal everyone's focus starting in 05-06. Kids growing up in the 80's and 90's looked up to Gretzky, kids growing up in late 2000's 2010's and early 2020's look up to Ovie and Sid and when they retire there will be another batch of generational greats for kids to look up to like Shane Wright, Matt Savoie, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Connor Bedard, Matvei Michkov (assuming the Russians don't stay in Russia) not to mention guys like Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Auston Matthews and David Pastrnak to name a few who've fallen in the middle of that, so honestly one could argue now a days we are being treated more and more to that generation talent that the young kids look up to

Ovechkin more so

It will as there will always be a couple of superstars. Used to be Hull, Howe and Richard. Now McDavid and Matthews.

@@bruce8321 those arent superstars they are just hype jobs with potential.

As they say, there is always new talent in the pipeline. There are some great young players now and more to come. The key will be is too see how long the new "kids" play in the league. What's "amazing" about these two guys is with all the years they have played, games played and all the ice-time they get, they still can play as top 5 players in the league. Crosby is still one of the best all around players in the NHL. As far as the interview went, it was pretty lame. I was expecting a lot more from it.

Can you imagine how killer of a podcast that’d be?

A true tear jerker

Just 30 mins?? I could watch them for 3 hours haha 😂

Sid needs to loosen up and relax a bit more first

@@jerryday5256 They were BOTH very uptight. Just look at their body language. I got the feeling neither one of them wanted to be there.

They really did I feel priveliged to be able to watch them from 2010 on. Definitely going to be a sad day when the season starts and neither Sid or Ovechkin are playing

Born in 96 so definitely the same for me.

I feel you on that one

88 here. These boiz some of the most entertaining AT for sure. Sad you largely missed on Gary Roberts playoffs era tho early 2000s. Energizing and thrilling stuff. Czech if haven't.

Born in 2000 same here

theres other great stars out there too, kaner being a top 5 of our generation as well. as kids the league these guy were coming up in was so much more rough too, imagine if they were rookies in todays league lol..

he used to play with Sid and Ovi in the league... could be friends.

@@crixy.. He was best friends with Sid. That's why he got this interview.

Colby came up on the Penguins at the same time as Crosby. He drew the unlucky straw and got traded right before the cup year.

Moust idiot comment that you can Find of all ..

Agreed. Who was the kook throwing mud at the board?! Somebody give that guy the hook 🤮

🙀

Far from it, Crosby's Pens have owned Ovi's Caps

@@cityofchamps66 More like MAF owned us for years.

@@cityofchamps66 Crosby had Malkin and only with his big impact they own their cups

He only played with Sid. He played against Ovi...and Sid.

Naaah, the best player realy? Ovie? Crosby i agree with but Ovie is more of one of the best "if not the best" goal scorer in the history... i have Malkin above Ovie as a complete player.. if you take a players prime i even think Malkin is more of a train you cant stop then crosby is on his peek.

MacKinnon and Crosby for me

Datsyuk

anyonre who doesn't think it's mcdavid that's the best automatically know nothing about hockey imo

Absolutely! Honestly, the better each of them does just adds to this epic rivalry. The better that each does the more it adds to the legend of the other. And, the greatness of both franchises. Not to mention the others that have been there for the ride - though not passengers - Geno, Backstrom, Carlson, Letang, and Flower!!!!

Very classy of you.

Same. The older I get the more I appreciate my favorite teams rivals. Ovi, Brady etc.

I'm from Pittsburgh and i agree with you lol. Nothin wrong with respecting our foe.

@@dylanmehalcik9398 absolutely. I'm a hockey player first, a fan second. And, though I'm in Pittsburgh and a Pens fan... You have to appreciate all aspects of the game. Ovie's one of the best I've ever seen and I've learned a ton from watching his game over the years. The BEST shot, and goal scorer, of ALL TIME! Also, just saw the semi drunk back flip video off the roof...where are you during the Bottle Knocker Hockey drunken tourney antics!?!? Lol.

Not a Pens fan, yet I fail to understand what Sid has done to deserve hate? He is without question the most talented player to grace the planet (look at this stats and accomplishment as a junior, and as a senior, despite missing several seasons in total due to rough injuries) and is a genuinely humble, caring and kind individual, yet super competetive on the ice. I also notice that McDavid is getting more and more hate, hence the conclusion is people are just the opposite of Sid and McD; jealous and begrudgning.

@@NotPryda it’s because he thinks he has to hate Crosby

I love Putin too

Sid and Ovi never hated each other. The media painted a negative picture between the two players for ratings and ticket sales.

@@NotPryda people just seem to hate the best... McDavid, in terms of skill, is by far the best hockey player we have seen as of yet, still people think they're relevant when they hate on him

probably the best

Felt manufactured tbh i think they only met in the playoffs twice maybe.

@@kreed82 They met 4 times in the playoffs not 2. And every time the winner of that series went on to win the stanley cup. Not to mention Crosby and Ovi are the undisputed best of their era... One being top 5 player all time another being best goal scorer of all time. I wouldn't say this is manufactured lol

At least they seem to not hate each other....like Gretzky / Lemieux

@@kreed82 No it wasn't

Every true hockey fan loved to see that. Nobody loves the game more than OVI

Lol Crosby back to back cups tho .. the kid is a whole unit

@@Yungtisa oh I loved that! I started watching the Penguins in 94 and when I found out they won back to back in 91/92 I felt so robbed by just a few years. So 2016/2017 felt like redemption.

I’m a Pens fan, congrats to Ovi winning a Cup

Ovi still has 1 more Cup in him

I agree 100%

Да уж. Великие игроки будут (и уже есть) после них, но такого масштаба личностного противостояния, наверное, не будет.

@@jecktorrans9100 поколение инстаграмщиком впринципе и не может быть сильнее😒

@@clarkkent4245 каждое поколение сильнее предыдущего. Когда Макдэвид, Маккинон и Кучеров поседеют как Овечкин, они побьют многие рекорды того же Кросби, Ови или, например, Ягра. Как те били рекорды Лемье, а Марио бил рекорды легенд из ещё более дальнего прошлого.

@@jecktorrans9100 Абсолютно верно. а про ентих "знатоков"-любителей хоккея.. это как "кто же побьёт рекорд Грецки?" а зачем? щас бы Грецки даже половину своих голов не забил, т.к. вратари уже давным давно столько не пропускают. вспомним, как НХЛ офигела от Третьяка, который сейчас даже бы не попал в КХЛ.

It was a pleasure watching ovie play

Crazy guy

@@allboxing9851 1000 goals sounds like a joke, unless you’re talking about ovechkin, he can do it and I believe in him

@@Hockeyarcadeandcoins Yeah i love wach hes games 2 butt lets see what happens its a hell of a job that wayne record...and he say its a final game if he ever broke the record ..

The crazy is the amount of goals he could've had if it wasn't for shortened seasons and a few injuries here and there. I honestly believe he could've had 800 by now if it wasn't for the games missed.

Pull a Jagr

Lol yup

Kind of super awkward how his first question is about shoehorning himself into a line with them.. like seriously..?? That’s your leading question????…

@@nataliegerdano6028 lol I like how they treated him like some 4th liner who gets called up 6 times a season.

@@nataliegerdano6028 Well said Natalie, they both struggled to understand his joke in my opinion. That was awkward moment #1 of 37

Oh you mean the delicacy homard au concentré de tomates heinz

yeah he usually is a pretty good interviewer but here it was like nobody told him this was going to happen and he had to make up questions on the spot. you have two legends and the best you can come up with is "hows it feel to be over the hill"

@@mike-mz6yz yeah definitely got that vibe. I’m sure he was nervous and Ovi not understanding the joke with the three of them on a line together probably didn’t help😂 seems like a genuine guy tho, definitely couldn’t do any better myself

He was utterly disrespectful. He just went on about their age.

then the dummy doubled down and flat out called them old. Sid still could pass for 25.

20+ years was easy pezy for the brett hulls, brendan shanahans, jaromir jager e.t.c i thought sport science has come a long way since. Look at Lebron and Tom Brady ffs

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They'll be others. There always is.

@@OGS2099 In the same division, frequent playoff series, in the league at the same time? What are the chances of that happening?

@@JS-kb4bk More than you think

@@OGS2099 not as fun to watch even though mcdavid and drai are amazing

Caps Fan... Crosby has a better shot.. barely but still never seen anybody will a goal like him.

@@yuhlifter2757 🤣

@NateEh natey macy?

@NateEh my celebrity crush is Jennifer Aniston and Gal Gadot. I don't think you care but I wanted to make sure you know.

@NateEh no she's mine

Always the same OK joke gets ... annoying and overused.

And get a better interviewer...

Bergevin might just do a shitpost and get both of them

@@alex_sceptionqc1175 once they're 46 sign both on minimum contracts bring back perry and cristobal huet to replace price

I mean they were in a All Star game on the same line once I know that doesn’t really count

Not happening, ovi will retire a capital and so will Crosby a penguin. However if some unlikely chance they actually do team up, it would be ovi to the penguins. Crosby is locked up in Pittsburgh

@@yaoming7762 isn't cristobal hurt like 50?

longer with a different interviewer.

I like both guys I’m a Pens fan but both are great guys

ovi is more canadian because he is less whiny and does not wear Sidney Crosby Revlon pink lipstick.

Gretsky: What?

“I’ve seen”

Lol he’s not even the best in pittsburg

@@MrNfy You spelled the city incorrectly.

Ovi still has one of the best shots and Crosby still does things that not many can do. These two will play at least 4 to 5 more years

Lol yea 💀💀💀

He did .. high IQ 😂

What joke?

Somehow I feel he's not the only one