Originally Posted by Mutt

you are a moronic fanboy - Ovechkin's career has just started - he is a great player, he may be the greatest player of his generation before he's finished, let the next 10 years go by - BUT to compare him to Bobby Orr or Wayne Gretzky makes you look like a hockey know nothing.

it's laughable. Orr revolutionized his postion - the difference between Orr in his prime and the next player closest to him was the width of an ocean - Gretzky the same - that is how you measure greatness across eras and generations - how much better was a player than those he competed against.

When Ovechkin puts up a 200 point season or puts up a +140 plus/minus number or leads the league in scoring as a defenceman let me know.

Ovechkin will be an all time great and one day maybe he will be discussed with Orr and Gretzky - but not now, only a fanboy who lives in this moment and only this moment would put Ovechkin into the same sentence as Orr and Gretzky.