After Tuesday nights Game 7 thriller the NHL will have their dream match up as the Washington Capitals take on the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ideally you would like to see your two best players in the Stanley Cup but unfortunately both guys play in the Eastern Conference. If your the NHL you have been waiting for this since both Ovechkin and Crosby entered the League, and with good reason. Since Crosby has been in the NHL he has been slated as the next Gretzky earning the nickname Sid the Kid, but Ovechkin is the one putting up all the numbers. Ovechkin has more Goals 219-132, Ovechkin has More Points 420-397, Crosby actually has more Assists 265-201.
Ovechkin also has all the Hardware he has won the:
Calder Memorial Trophy - NHL Rookie of the Year: 2006
Lester B. Pearson Award (Most Outstanding Player): 2008
Kharlamov Trophy - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Hart Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player): 2008
Art Ross Trophy: 2008 (112 points)
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy: 2008 (65 goals), 2009 (56 goals)
Crosby has Won
Art Ross Trophy (Most points in the regular season): 2007
Lester B. Pearson Award (Best player as voted by his peers): 2007
Hart Memorial Trophy (Most valuable player in the NHL): 2007
No matter how much hardware the two have won or who you think is better, this could finally be the moment that the NHL becomes wildly popular this Crosby-Ovechkin Rivalry could be to the NHL what the Magic-Bird rivalry was to the NBA.
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