Silver Nuggets: Senators/Capitals; Michalek back and meets Messi with Karlsson

They were giving them away.

True fact.

For me, at the end of the day, hockey is a team sport. I consider the player that improves the play of his teammates to be a better player than the one who doesn’t. Crosby has those Cups and gold medals precisely because he increases the skill level of his teammates, not in spite of his teammates.

Ovechkin may statistically be a better goal-scorer than Crosby, but again, I don’t feel that hockey is a statistical sport. Pointing out that Crosby’s achievments are team ones only feeds my argument that he’s a better player than Ovechkin because he makes his whole team better.

You’re free to disagree. It’s not like they’re not both generational talents.

Individual performances are great but it’s a moot point if you can’t get the jewelry.

Take away championships and you could argue it’s a toss up, although I think Crosby still comes out on top. You’re right that Ovechkin plays an incredbly physical game, but also a very reckless (and occasionally dirty) one too. Crosby plays a physical game as well, but in 10 years I think we all know which one of them will be paying the toll in terms of their health.

I was just saying that there are many valid arguments out there, since you presented Ovechkin being the best as an obvious fact in your right up, I chose to point out that it’s far from a certainty using the most popular choice as an example. The field is still quite open for that. Which is great. We’ve kind of become really comfortable with Crosby/Ovechkin as the top two players in the world jockying for number 1, but both of the Sedins, Stamkos, and Malkin have all in recent years put up seasons on par with those two giants. We’re really lucky to have so many great players in the world right now.

And fell apart when you hopped on board.

TIME TO REBUILD THE TRAIN!

I know that Canadian voters don’t give a crap, but this was a first in Commonwealth history and I’m unbelievably pissed off that no one seems to care that a government was toppled for being in contempt of Parliament. Serisouly, this is a BFD.

The above was meant sarcastically. I’m pretty pissed off at how few people care about the government being found in contempt. It’s the first time in the history of the Commonwealth that it’s happened.

Soccer is beautiful. I guess it’s not fast enough for north Amercians? Wait no, they like baseball.

Messi is an amazing player, one of the best. He is similar to Crosby in that he has a lot of skill with the ball/puck. I would say he is the Crosby of the soccer world. Cristiano Ronaldo is the Ovechkin, his physical strengths help a lot with his skill.