Alexander Ovechkin: The Definition of Beast

By Svyato Rovenchuk of FTS Sports Writing

Dictionary.com defines a beast as any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal. I define it in two simple words, Alexander Ovechkin.

Alexander Ovechkin is one of the elite players in the NHL today. He’s had a rough year this season with a couple of short suspensions and a bad knee on knee collision that had the fans worried. However, he turned out alright and when he was finally done with those suspensions, he came back and kicked things right back into gear. He dominates the NHL and makes his opponents fear him and makes them believe they do not have good chances of winning (which they probably don’t).

First let’s start with the obvious. You just can’t keep this guy down now can you? Despite a few suspensions, Ovechkin has stormed back to take the league by storm.

Despite playing six to eight games less than the other men in the Top 10, Ovechkin is in first place when it comes to points. He is leading the league with 82 points and in second place, Henrik Sedin has 78. As for the rest, it’s not even worth counting them.

So let’s get this straight.

This guy has played so many less games compared to the rest and yet he’s leading them all with 82 points? What if he got those games back? How big would the gap be then?

I’m guessing huge.

Another area where you can always count on Ovechkin is of course, goals. When it comes to the back of the net, Ovechkin’s pucks always seem to find themselves there.

Here, the gap is not as huge as the gap when it comes to points, but despite that, Ovechkin still leads the league with 39 goals in 50 games (rest of the players have about 57 games played).

Ovechkin’s main thing is goal scoring. This is almost a “give me” for Alexander, but this season, he had some competition. Sidney Crosby has been improving at the goal scoring side of things and Patrick Marleau has too been lighting it up. Yet Alexander The Great has still proven to be top dog.

A interesting thing about this season is looking at the assist column in the NHL. You look at the Top Five, nothing too strange, but then you look beyond that to Number Six and who do you find? Alexander Ovechkin.

Alexander Ovechkin has 43 assists at this point in the NHL season.