Tonight will mark the first time the Washington Capitals and the Montreal Canadiens will ever face off in a playoff game. Canadiens fans at SBN’s Habs Eyes On The Prize are marking the occasion by asking a simple question: is Caps’ star Alex Ovechkin the next version of Habs legend ‘Rocket’ Richard?
Is Alex Ovechkin The Next ‘Rocket’ Richard?
It is agreed that both Richard and Ovechkin are explosive from the blueline to the net in their unique and preternatural ways. Both players own an unquenchable zest for the net, their mandate in life seemingly to be natural born goal scorers with no peer.
In that shared desire, both Ovechkin and Richard plowed and plied their way to goaltenders, often bulldozing right through defenders as though each were mere gusts of mist. Both players also had the uncanny sense of knowing exactly where the goal is situated, from any and all impractical angles. Like a sixth sense that smelled mesh, one is left wondering whether the two could have hit the net blindfolded.
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