The caption under Ovi’s picture says: Alexander Ovechkin led the Capitals with 11 goals last season. Am I missing something?

And he didn’t even mention the undress-a-pair-of-Rangers, get-hauled-down, and poke-the-puck-past Lundqvist playoff goal.

I’ll say this watching this guy play day in and day out ( live no less) is one of the luckiest things I’ve been able to do in my life. I’m grateful we are lucky enough to have him in this city.

I still think I owe that Caps rep — who called me back after the lockout and offered me ‘2 spectacular seats’ if I renewed with him by the end of the week — a beer. it was in late December… my buddies thought I was throwing money away. Now they’re begging me to get them tickets. They spent more money to go to playoff games and sit in horrible seats then I did for that lockout year on my season tickets.

Thanks Caps rep whose name I can’t remember.

I only made it through the first sentence. Lemieux wasn’t Pavel Bure but to say he didn’t get it in gear is ridiculous. Don’t mind that they ranked him #10, but come on.

I think It’s awesome he’s only 4 years into his career and he’s already one of the most thrilling players.

I never got to see Richard play so I’ll have to say I’m OK with the #3 ranking for now. And having watched the guy who’s ranked #1 for a lot of years, I’m pretty happy with that ranking as well. However, and I never thought I’d ever say this, but when it’s all said and done I think Ovie may go down as the most exciting player in the history of the game (and possibly the greatest). We should all count our blessings that we get to see this guy in person.

This is a terrific list and I think he definitely got it right. That Wayne isn’t on it is correct because he wasn’t a thrilling player on the ice, he was a ruthless competitor, but he was coolly efficient in his ways.

Listing Bobby Orr first is absolutely correct. Orr is arguably the best player ever, although I’d take Wayne over him with the first choice. Orr was thrilling to watch and he was scary in so many ways. He was Paul Coffey before Paul Coffey and at the same time he was Rod Langway before Rod Langway. If only his knees weren’t made of glass held together with masking tape….

but he notched an even prettier goal against Montreal in 2009

seriously? i think “The Goal” will be nearly impossible to beat. the one against montreal was really good, but it doesnt beat scoring while sliding one your back with no vision of the goal.

(ha I dont know how to end the blue box)

I think Ovi’s goal in Phoenix was by far his best, most exciting, most ridiculous goal. It was not, however, pretty. Ovechkin gets knocked on his but and flails his stick past a sprawled goalie. Hilarious? Yes. Pretty…not so much.
The goal against Montreal was prettier. Maybe not quite as absurd, though. Against Phoenix, Ovi was rough around the edges, he used brute force and pure instinct to nail it. Against Montreal, he used his skill and athleticism.

Does a goal mean simply the way the stick moves the puck across the line? Or does it include all the play that leads up to that final move? I think the Rangers playoff goal was fairly standard, but the incredible offensive play that brought him from the zone to the crease was maybe the best thing on ice. (Although my own favorite is the Montreal goal.)

That’s just semantics, though. We all agree that Ovi’s talent is astounding and we’re lucky to have him here.

Superman and Batman are DC, not Marvel.

what, no Theo? He’s thrilling, in that “Oh god, what the hell are you doing?!?!” sort of way…..