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| quote: | Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
On a scale of 1-10, rate each of the following in their prime: Ovechkin, Federov & Pavel Bure.
Just curious how you rate the other two since you gave Ovechkin, who played a great game yesterday, that high of an acclaim. |
before we get to that, and those guys are great, i would say players like Makarov and Maltsev would receive higher rankings from me than Feddy and Bure.
but you get what you asked for:
Bure I'd rank @ a 6, he was fast - probably the fastest Russian I've ever seen on the ice, but realistically that's why his game was so good - he was a great winger but never really made anyone around him that much better. dude could chase down the puck and had a great shot tho.
Fedorov was the best Russian player of the 90's. A force on the Red Wings and the Motherland's team. I'd say, at his peak, he was about an 8. Maybe 8.5... He could play any position, could do everything in the game, and we can go on and on about how great he was on the ice - but it was his personality and philanthropy off the ice that really made him a superstar.
I'd throw Overchkin down for an 8 out of 10 right now, the point is that he's not even close to his prime. He's only 24 and is already skating like the best of them. Imagine what he can achieve in 3-4 years, barring any setbacks (injuries, gun possession charges, etc.)
For each of these players, it comes down to achievements. Bure and Fedorov both won worlds, but Feddy's got the Stanleys. Both were top scorers at one point in time or another. But neither has Olympic gold - something very important in Russia. I think that's why Ovechkin and the rest of the team is so focused this time around - they know they can separate themselves from pretty much every Russian team (since technically the Soviets won gold last) by winning gold @ these Olympics.
Last edited by denys envy on Feb-23-2010 at 15:50
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