Is Ovechkin the best out there?
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rookie yes\ncrosby is not bad\nmalkin not bad
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Sorry to say this but no... He is a very good player but with all the hype over Crosby and Ovechkin, Phaneuf will be overlooked.
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Probably Jaramir Jagr of the New York Rangers. Most hockey fans talk about Brian McCabe's one timer, but has anyone seen Jagr's one timer? That is one awesome shot.
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Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic. There are several others excellent kickboxers nowdays like Ernesto Hoost, Ray Sefo, Semmy Schilt, Peter Aerts, Jerome LeBanner, Remy Bonjaski, Mark Hunt and so on but Mirko is in my opinion the best there is. He has perfect technique, awesome knockout power, excellent boxing skills and that lethal weapon - left high kick and when he is on top of his game nobody can stop him.
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The best player - Federer
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thats a tough one. crosby has a better supporting cast of players to help him.  But ovechkin i think is an over all better player.  they are both very good players
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Well that depends on opinion\n\nAlot of people would say the best are\n\nGary Ablett\nTed Whitten\nLeigh Matthews\nRon Barrassi\nWayne Carey\n\nAll are champion players.  \nInterestingly, none of these players ever won a Browlow Medal in their careers.
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Right. He only needs a great assist man, a player able to spot it out the best passing opportunities. Turkish goalie Volkan Demirel is the world best fitted. Awesome pair.
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the best goalie is Patrick Roy which he is retired from the Avalanche. and the next goalie is David Aebischer which the manager just had to trade him to canadian montreal for this guy name theodore.. so the goalie now is Peter Budaj.. which he is really nice b/c i met him once.. ok anyways the best captain is Joe Sakic from the Avalanche also.. and the best rookie is Marek Svatos but he just got injured and is out for the season.. ok sorry for talking too much.
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The answer above is correct.  He's amazing...the best.
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Well, I can't really imagine that you are satisfied with the wide array of responses up above as neither they really address the question or even attempt to back it up whatsoever.  So here it is:\n\nThere has and always will be a debate over who is the greatest NHL team of all-time.  If you are wondering what has been the winniest franchise throughout history, it would be the Montreal Canadiens, who have won 24 Stanley Cups since 1917 when the NHL began it's official operations.  Next closest is the Toronto Maple Leafs with something like 12, but who really cares because they haven't won it since like 1967 and probably never will again at the rate that they are going.\n\nBut the best team of players ever assembled.  If you would like to read what Sports Illustrated's Tom Layberger has said on the subject, go to this link:\n\nhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/tom_layberger/03/01/dominant.teams/\n\nHe lays out the top 10 teams of all-time in great detail.\n\nIf you want my opinion and likely anyone else with half a hockey brain to name the best team of all-time it would have to be the Edmonton Oilers between 1983-1984, 1984-1985.  They were stacked:  \nGrant Fuhr - a stone wall of a goalie, \nMark Messier - A solid skating, shit-kicking centre, \nGlenn Anderson - high speed winger, \nPaul Coffey - arguably to this day the greatest defenceman of all-time, \nKevin Lowe - current GM of the Edmonton Oilers, \nEsa Tikkanen, Old school version of Ville Nimmenen - annoying Finn player who scores goals and plays cagy defence, \nJari Kurri - the all-time leading Finnish points leader, who ALWAYS found the back of the net in clutch times,\nAnd all coached by Glen Sather - a revolutionary coach who demanded the best of his players and competed to always win.\n\nI am of course omitting one name:\nWayne Gretzky is undisputably the greatest NHL hockey player of all-time.  "The great one" holds more hockey scoring records than entire other teams combined.  Entire pages have been re-written into the record books and there they will remain in stone as they will never be broken.  His single season record of 212 points in a season will likely never be broken; 50 goals in 35 games is completely untouchable, and the fact is, he managed to amass these massive point totals over years and in clutch times in the playoffs as well.\n\nGretzky revolutionized hockey in a way that one way ever has before.  His quote:  "Well, I think an assist is just as good as a goal." is often repeated in minor hockey arenas.  His idea of using the boards, behind the net, other players' skates/bodies is completely unparalled.  He was fast, had a deadly accurate shot, and made behind the back passes while looking the other way to teammates who were practically too stunned to do anything about it.\n\nI saw Gretzky once score a goal right off the face-off.  That's how good he was.  I remember when he used to shoot the puck down the ice like it was icing, only to see it bounce in a funny way off the boards and straight to Jari Kurri for an easy tap-in.  Dude, Gretzky was seriously ridiculously good.  \n\nNow, the Edmonton Oilers won the cup 4 out of 5 years, between 83 and 88, although interestingly lost out in the 1985-1986 season in one of the most famed playoff series of all-time:\n  \nIn game 7 in the opening round against their arch-rivals The Calgary Flames, with 2.4 seconds left, Steve Smith (a defenceman for the Oilers) skated around the net in his own zone and in a completely harmless play accidentally passed the puck into his own net!  This play has been re-shown and re-played probably 1,000,000 times to hockey fans everywhere and became fashionable to say:  "To pull a Steve Smith."  The fans went nuts of course, and so did the media who of course expected the Oilers to coast to an easy 3rd straight Stanley Cup.\n\nAnd do you know how classy Wayne Gretzky is?  He said to the media, to the fans, to the
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You can't really call Wayne, Mario, or Gordie Howe the best player in the world.  Remember they all played in different time periods under different rules, so you can't compare them to each other.  I have to say that they were each the best player of their time period, except when Mario Lemieux had heart problems.  Wayne has the records, Howe has the 2nd place records, Mario has a couple of Lord Stanley Cups.  Mario has also played with Jaromir Jagr and Tom Barrasso, possibly the best goalie ever.  Howe played in Detroit, the single greatest team based on reputation, while Wayne played with the great Mark Messier in New York, the great Mark Messier in Edmonton, and the great Luc Robitaille in Los Angeles.  I think they all were good and can't pick any one over the others.
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Draft Crosby and Kiprusoff.\n\nI know a lot of people would say "Draft Ovechkin", but from what I've seen, Russian players give it their all for only about three seasons until that fat contract comes their way, then they promptly stop hustling. \n\nYou'll need a goalie and a great forward. I think these two fit the bill. You could even swap Kiprusoff for Luongo if you think the Panthers are going to improve.
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Lidstrom is the best, but Chris Chelios is in the same class with him.  The Red Wings are fortunate to have two great defensemen like those two.  Both are locks for the Hall of Fame when they finally hang 'em up.\n\nBobby Orr was a great player on a great Bruins team, but he was an offensive defenseman.  I was a hockey fan (Red Wings of course) in the years when Orr was the leader of that Boston team along with Phil Esposito, Gerry Cheevers, John McKenzie, Derek Sanderson, Johnny Bucyk and others.  Orr was an original, a defenseman who was offense-minded.  He strayed from the blue line more than any d-man had up to that time.  He scored a lot of goals, but was often up ice so much that it put a lot of pressure on the other defenseman.  Great player, but for pure defense, I'd take Lidstrom or Chelios any day.
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If you look at the standings, the best teams right now are Detroit, Carolina, Dallas, Ottowa and the NY rangers. Having watched alot of NHL games, I tend to lean toward the Red Wings as being the best to this point. They are playing as good as they have in recent years and have made an effort to enfuse their younger players early in the year which will make them stronger during a Cup run.
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Wayne Gretzky!! He was so amazing... when I was young I used to watch him play with the Oilers and I had to find ways to watch the games cause my mother wanted me to go to bed. The stats talk for themselves. Best goalscorer, more assists than everybody has point... hold or share 61 record at the time he took his retirement on April 18 1999. It goes so fast... It will be the sixth anniversary of his birthday that day.
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Ovechkin is more about using his speed all the time, and trying to score the goal by himself mostly. He's also a little more fearless, which is good, but can also hurt the team in some situations. He's very talented, with great instinct, aim, deking and more. Crosby is more of a patient, wait for the right opportunity type of guy. He's more willing to pass than Ovechkin, but still has the potential to do it all by himself. He's also very talented, maybe not as much as Ovechkin, but his natural talent and instinct will probably make him better.