Well the regular season is kaput now, bring on the playoffs, but now comes the time to think about these two rookies and who will win the Calder trophy
POS TEAM GAMES G A PTS
SIDNEY CROSBY C PIT 81 39 63 102
ALEXANDER OVECHKIN L WSH 81 52 54 106
Fairly even numbers, Ovechkin was a tad more balanced goals/assists.
I personally think Crosby will get it, and I'll tell you my reasoning.
-Youngest player to reach 100 pts. (Finished at 102)
-Ovechkin is two years older than Crosby
-Ovechkin has been playing in the Russian Super league for four years. This may or may not weigh on the decision... It IS professional hockey, and he's playing against men. Far cry from the CHL Crosby played in.
Ovechkin had more points, yeah, but I think that there will be more factors taken into account.
What do you all think? Certainly it's between these two for the Calder.