All-Decade NHL team by NHL.com
You probably have seen "All-Decade NHL team by NHL.com". No surprise here, Ovechkin is in the top unit again along with Joe Sakic and Jarome Iginla in offense backed by Brodear, Lidstrom and Niedermayer.
Compared to "All-Decade NHL team by Michael Farber of SI.com", the top unit is missing Jaromir Jagr who is replaced by Jarome Iginla. I think Michael Farber is more accurate; at some point Jagr was the best in the NHL. Iginla? Very close, but not that dominant. But Ovechkin might disagree with me, for him Iginla was second to Owen Nolan when Ovi was growing up.
Alex Ovechkin. Teams: Washington (2005-present):
Many players are good. A few are great. Alex Ovechkin is unique.
From Oct. 5, 2005, the day he burst onto the NHL scene with a pair of goals in the Washington Capitals' 3-2 victory over Columbus, Ovechkin has played the game with the kind of skill and panache that sets him apart from his peers.
Ovechkin has helped turn the Capitals from an NHL also-ran into a contender that has become the toast of Washington -- and perhaps the toughest ticket in town. No one in the NHL scores goals with his flair -- and volume (his 65-goal performance in 2007-08 was the most by anyone in more than a decade). Perhaps more important is that while other stars seem to work at playing hockey, Ovechkin appears to enjoy every second he's on the ice, whether it's firing another puck past a goaltender, running over an opponent or celebrating another goal or Washington victory.
One thing he wants to celebrate is a Stanley Cup.
With three 50-goal seasons, three First-Team All-Star nods and 200-plus goals before his 25th birthday, don't be surprised if Ovechkin is also on the All-Decade team 10 years from now as well.
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