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Hitting is great, and I already said Ovechkin is more entertaining and is probably the best natural scorer in the league, but Crosby is still a better all-around player. He can score, pass, take faceoffs, and is a proven winner and leader. He's led 2 teams to the finals. Ovechkin has still yet to prove that he can be a team guy. His teams are notorious for folding in the playoffs. They showed absolutely no heart in the second round this year.

And I say all this while admitting I like Ovechkin more.

Scott Stevens led teams folded like cheap suits between 96 and 99, did that make him a lousy leader? Steve Yzerman played the majority of his career leading his teams to playoff heartbreaks, was he an unproven team player?

Equating playoff success with a single player's leadership ability or "team guy" status is nonsense. If Ovechkin wasn't a team guy, he wouldn't be wearing the C.

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He's a great, great player, but I'm not sure who or what is actually a draw as the NHL goes. IMO they'd get their numbers with or without him. It's not like he's a media darling or someone who is "out there" that people actually like. And the one place outside Pittsburgh where he's a true superstar, isn't going to up and stop watching the NHL because there's no Crosby.

To me, the NHL's ability to draw solely relies on a compelling story or a big stage. You give the masses a winter classic or a solid extended late playoff series, and some of them will watch. Otherwise it's the same crowd no matter who's out there.

NBC would sh!t a brick, though, because they might actually have to book someone new for their afternoon games on weekends.

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Scott Stevens led teams folded like cheap suits between 96 and 99, did that make him a lousy leader? Steve Yzerman played the majority of his career leading his teams to playoff heartbreaks, was he an unproven team player?

Equating playoff success with a single player's leadership ability or "team guy" status is nonsense. If Ovechkin wasn't a team guy, he wouldn't be wearing the C.

Stevens and Yzerman proved themselves eventually. I didn't say Ovechkin wouldn't. I said he hasn't done it yet and that Crosby is a better all-around player.

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Could this doctor be any more infatuated with "Sid"?

No. I don't think he could. This is almost awkward to even listen to.

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So what is this press conference for anyway? For those of us who can't watch...

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Sidney Crosby's current state of health and the progress he has made.

"There is a chance that you will never play in the NHL again." "Mhm, a very slight one but there is a chance. I wouldnt be on it."

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So what is this press conference for anyway? For those of us who can't watch...

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From what I've gathered it's about how Christmas season is fast approaching and we should all buy our loved ones a Ferrari.

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Seriously, what is this reference to a Ferrari? What the hell does that even mean?

I heard the doc explain what he meant at the time, now I don't remember exactly what it was. He was referring to something in Sid's brain or nervous system -- maybe the part that affects motor skills? -- that makes him one of the best players in the world, hence the comparison to a Ferrari.

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