Back when Alexander Ovechkin was playing, the defense was getting stronger, the goaltending was getting better, but he still found a way to score again and again! He has this trait when he plays on the power play – everyone knows he will play like that. Throws in small groups, everyone knows they are going to make them. But he still finds a way to score. This is what will make him the greatest sniper of all time. You know exactly what he’s going to do, but you can’t stop him.
I would say Gretzky started in an era where goalies had smaller pads and defenses were less robust. At the time, we saw that Gretzky’s performance had really declined with the advent of the dead puck era. However, Ovechkin doesn’t see such a thing happening. We have seen his performances increase over the last few seasons. You can’t stop Ovechkin, you can only hope you can,” Corrado said on TSN.
Source: Sport
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