Sunday, July 23, 2006
Who is the most marketable player in the NHL?
Far and away the most marketable player is Ovechkin. He's arguably the most exciting player in the NHL but the kid absolutely ooozes passion and excitement for the game of hockey!! He's got the flavor, the moxy, the swagger, whatever term you'd like to use to describe it, he's got it and he's got it in spades!!! Not to mention Ovy absolutely loves the NHL and living in America. The fact that he's so excited to be here just makes people warm up to him that much more. Honestly if you can't market that, you're an absolute fucking idiot! Ovechkin can be a household name easily, it'll be a shame if the NHL screws this up.
Second I would probably pick Crosby, simply because he's got that whole heir apparent thing going and even more impressive it looks like he's actually going to live up to it.
Crosby/Ovechkin have the potential to do for hockey what Bird/Magic did for basketball or Sampras/Agassi did for tennis. Please don't screw this up Bettman, you've got the ultimate opportunity here!!!
Second I would probably pick Crosby, simply because he's got that whole heir apparent thing going and even more impressive it looks like he's actually going to live up to it.
Crosby/Ovechkin have the potential to do for hockey what Bird/Magic did for basketball or Sampras/Agassi did for tennis. Please don't screw this up Bettman, you've got the ultimate opportunity here!!!
