NHL 15 - Top Rated Left Wingers

[Sheba2011]

I can deal with the fact that they still haven't put the Wings authentic cup banners in the game, but do they have to put a spot light on the crumby knock off banners in their promotional screens?

The things people complain about....

[NYRangers31]

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I wouldn't want Ovechkin on my team.

Same, I would HATE to have a 50 goal scorer on my team too.

[Money99]

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Ovechkin played last year as a right winger. Should he still be marked as LW?

Just ask the All-star selection committee from the 2013 season. I believe Ovie was the first player to get voted on as both a RW and LW, haha.

But yes, you're right that he played RW for the last two seasons.
Zetterberg also has played almost exclusively as a centre since the 05 lockout.
When he and Datsyuk are on the same line, it's Dats that plays the wing.

In that case, I think Hall and Benn are the two best LWers in the world right now.

[Devilsfanatic]

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Parise isn't a sniper but does a lot of the little things. He is one of the best players at controlling the puck. He is also solid defensively and averaged just over a ppg in the playoffs last year.

86, tops. There's no way he's more than that.

[meep316]

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Same, I would HATE to have a 50 goal scorer on my team too.

Oh, I forgot that the only thing that matters is regular season statistics.

Ovechkin is a loser, always will be a loser. No team will ever win the Cup with him on the roster. He cares more about international play than winning the Stanley Cup. It takes a special kind of douche to score 50 something goals and still be minus 30whatever.

[canucksss]

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The rating could be real...instead of faces that are completely wrong...zetterberg most of all, ovechikin too....

I am more concern about how close they are ranked from each other! This is what EA wants is for us to debate who should be higher or lower.

I think they will play all the same and not close to their actual counterparts. I am now more concern that these players will play like other lower ranked F/D/G.

[jfrost32]

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Oh, I forgot that the only thing that matters is regular season statistics.

Ovechkin is a loser, always will be a loser. No team will ever win the Cup with him on the roster. He cares more about international play than winning the Stanley Cup. It takes a special kind of douche to score 50 something goals and still be minus 30whatever.

Wow tell us how you really feel about Ovechkin? lol I'm curious where does all the hate come from?

[meep316]

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Wow tell us how you really feel about Ovechkin? lol I'm curious where does all the hate come from?

I hate how people act like he's one of the best players in the league. He's not. I hate it when attention goes to losers like him. So he puts up big goal totals in the regular season, big deal. Look at the shiny colors, wooo. I would take Patrick Kane over Ovechkin 150 times out of 100. I would take Justin Williams over Ovechkin. There is a laundry list of players I would take over Alexander Ovechkin. What kind of a "superstar" gets benched for pretty much an entire playoff series, because his team doesn't trust him on the ice??

This is how I feel about Ovechkin:

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I know overalls aren't everything, but it's annoying for me to see him be the #1 rated left winger in the game. Whatever though.

[Sheba2011]

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I hate how people act like he's one of the best players in the league. He's not. I hate it when attention goes to losers like him. So he puts up big goal totals in the regular season, big deal. Look at the shiny colors, wooo. I would take Patrick Kane over Ovechkin 150 times out of 100. I would take Justin Williams over Ovechkin. There is a laundry list of players I would take over Alexander Ovechkin. What kind of a "superstar" gets benched for pretty much an entire playoff series, because his team doesn't trust him on the ice??

This is how I feel about Ovechkin:

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I know overalls aren't everything, but it's annoying for me to see him be the #1 rated left winger in the game. Whatever though.

Any player who scores 400 goals in his first 9 seasons is a one of the best at his position regardless of your thoughts on him. It's easy to say Patrick Kane/Justin Williams is a better player when they play on two of the best teams in the NHL (even though Ovie is a better pure goal scorer than both). Put either of those guys on the Caps and put Ovie on the Hawks/Kings and you would be praising him. I would take Ovie on the Bruins in a heartbeat and I would give up every player except Bergeron and Rask to get him. He is a rare talent in the NHL.

[meep316]

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Any player who scores 400 goals in his first 9 seasons is a one of the best at his position regardless of your thoughts on him. It's easy to say Patrick Kane/Justin Williams is a better player when they play on two of the best teams in the NHL (even though Ovie is a better pure goal scorer than both). Put either of those guys on the Caps and put Ovie on the Hawks/Kings and you would be praising him. I would take Ovie on the Bruins in a heartbeat and I would give up every player except Bergeron and Rask to get him. He is a rare talent in the NHL.

He has the highest skill, and talent, but to say he's the best player, is wrong. He's not even close. You can't use the "team game" thing for Kane and Williams and then ignore what Ovechkin's teammates and system do for him.

Kane and Williams are two of the greatest playoff performers of our generation, maybe the greatest. lol at comparing frigging Ovechkin to them. Ovechkin's playoff stats aren't bad, but he is frequently benched in the playoffs because his coaches don't trust him on the ice. Especially in the Bruins series, he barely played.

I'm not saying everyone has to be Patrice Bergeron and play that kind of two way game. But Ovechkin actually hurts his team as much as he helps it, which is quite a feat considering all of the goals he scores. I hate when people use this word, but he is a "bum". He fits in perfectly with the Capitals though, they will never win anything either. Their owner is one of the biggest idiots in the league.

[Sheba2011]

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He has the highest skill, and talent, but to say he's the best player, is wrong. He's not even close. You can't use the "team game" thing for Kane and Williams and then ignore what Ovechkin's teammates and system do for him.

Kane and Williams are two of the greatest playoff performers of our generation, maybe the greatest. lol at comparing frigging Ovechkin to them. Ovechkin's playoff stats aren't bad, but he is frequently benched in the playoffs because his coaches don't trust him on the ice. Especially in the Bruins series, he barely played.

I'm not saying everyone has to be Patrice Bergeron and play that kind of two way game. But Ovechkin actually hurts his team as much as he helps it, which is quite a feat considering all of the goals he scores. I hate when people use this word, but he is a "bum". He fits in perfectly with the Capitals though, they will never win anything either. Their owner is one of the biggest idiots in the league.

I lost you at Justin Williams being one of the greatest playoff performers of our generation or greatest ever. Williams has 78 points in 115 playoff games, Ovie has 61 points in 58 playoff games. Williams had two great seasons in the playoffs (2013/14 and 2005/06) outside of that he has been good in post season play but not in the discussion for greatest of our generation and definitely not greatest ever. As much as I don't like him I would put Sidney Crosby in that discussion before Williams.

[meep316]

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I lost you at Justin Williams being one of the greatest playoff performers of our generation or greatest ever. Williams has 78 points in 115 playoff games, Ovie has 61 points in 58 playoff games. Williams had two great seasons in the playoffs (2013/14 and 2005/06) outside of that he has been good in post season play but not in the discussion for greatest of our generation and definitely not greatest ever. As much as I don't like him I would put Sidney Crosby in that discussion before Williams.

You are nothing but a blind stat watcher if you don't think that Justin Williams is one of the best postseason players of all time. I'm not even going to bother to respond to you because your opinion is just so ignorant.

lol at Crosby. He feasts on bubble teams in the first round, pads his stats so they look decent, then disappears when met with any resistance whatsoever. One of the most overrated players to ever play.

[Sheba2011]

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You are nothing but a blind stat watcher if you don't think that Justin Williams is one of the best postseason players of all time. I'm not even going to bother to respond to you because your opinion is just so ignorant.

lol at Crosby. He feasts on bubble teams in the first round, pads his stats so they look decent, then disappears when met with any resistance whatsoever. One of the most overrated players to ever play.

My opinion is ignorant because I don't think a guy with 2 good playoff performances and two where he completely disappeared is one of the greatest of all time?

No I am someone who has been watching Hockey all my life and I don't put two good playoff performances into the same category as guys like Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur, Steve Yzerman, Brian Trottier, Patrick Roy and Wayne Gretzky among others. I wouldn't even put Williams in the top 25 playoff performers of all time. Patrick Kane on the other hand is a different story.

[meep316]

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My opinion is ignorant because I don't think a guy with 2 good playoff performances and two where he completely disappeared is one of the greatest of all time?

No I am someone who has been watching Hockey all my life and I don't put two good playoff performances into the same category as guys like Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur, Steve Yzerman, Brian Trottier, Patrick Roy and Wayne Gretzky among others. I wouldn't even put Williams in the top 25 playoff performers of all time. Patrick Kane on the other hand is a different story.

Originally I didn't say of all time, I just said of our generation. But then I felt like I had to take it to another hyperbolic level to illustrate my point. Right now, there are very, very few guys I would take over Justin Williams if I had a playoff series starting tomorrow, and Alexander Ovechkin is for sure NOT one of them.

[Sheba2011]

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Originally I didn't say of all time, I just said of our generation. But then I felt like I had to take it to another hyperbolic level to illustrate my point. Right now, there are very, very few guys I would take over Justin Williams if I had a playoff series starting tomorrow, and Alexander Ovechkin is for sure NOT one of them.

That is your opinion you are entitled to it. My opinion if Ovie was on a team that was 4 lines deep (like LA and Chicago are) he would have multiple Cup wins by now. You have a deep hatred of Ovie so you obviously don't agree. Personally I have no feeling either way for Williams, I think he is a good player. He is clearly one of your favorite players so you think he is a great player. I feel the same way about Patrice Bergeron, who I would take in a playoff series over any forward in the NHL.