| This is Ovechkin's first season as well, though he's almost two years older than Crosby. What you have to remember is he doesn't even have linemates -- that is, in hockey, a forward generally plays most of his shifts with the same two guys, though lines are occasionally shuffled. Ovechkin hasn't had anything CLOSE to that. He's just going out there game after game, scoring at will with whoever they line up next to him -- and these are VERY mediocre players they're playing him with. |