I'm not an Ovie fan but damn man, that's impressive.
It is and it isn't. Crosby essentially ties him or slightly leads in points because the latter has always been a playmaker and a team player. It was recently reported that Ovi didn't want any rebuilding of the team while he's on his quest to make the goal record. That sums the guy up in a nutshell. The absolutely antithesis of the idea there's no I in team. So the coaches will keep putting him out to score empty netters every chance they can get and otherwise leave major holes in their program unplugged to accommodate their star, meanwhile the team languishes in the mid to lower part of the division and is in serious risk of not making the playoffs.
I'll take a consistent team playmaker like Crosby everyday of the week and twice on Sunday over a puck hog like Ovi.
Ovi sounds very much like Gretzky.
Much worse, grumps. Gretzky was the consummate playmaker as well. It was tough to argue Gretzky was somehow a puck hog considering the number of assists he racked up.
IMO, Crosby is still a better asset to his team because he has sacrificed stats to be the ultimate 200' player.