4.04.2008

Who Is This Guy?


That would be 22 year-old Alexander Ovechkin, in whom the National Hockey League hopes it has found its next superstar.

Ovechkin has drawn comparisons to all-time great Mario Lemieux, and may already be the best player in the NHL. Last night, he broke the all-time record for goals in a season by a left wing with 65. This is especially impressive considering that the NHL is currently dominated by defense and outstanding goalies (I don’t actually know anything about this; it’s just what Barry Melrose said this morning on ESPN).

Furthermore, it seems that—oh, what? You don’t actually care about hockey?

Ya, me neither.

4 comments:

Justin and Heather Bland 4/4/08, 5:34 PM  

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

oh holy crap, thats fantastic! Everyone around here is talking about hockey and that was what I needed to bring me back down to earth and America!

well done

Anonymous 4/7/08, 7:26 AM  

Alex is great, but the true star is Crosby; he has been hurt a lot, but I can see him winning a number of MVPs.

Luke Dockery 4/7/08, 10:57 AM  

Justin,

Glad to be of assistance. It hadn't occurred to me that you now lived in a hockey-crazed area. That must be strange.

Luke Dockery 4/7/08, 11:00 AM  

Eddie,

Glad that you're doing better.

Ya, I know there are debates all over the place about who is better. The NHL has a long way to go before it's actually relevant, but it helps that its two best players are younger than I am.

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