select with our last pick Alexander Ovechkin
Coach Punch Imlach
Forwards
Johnny Bucyk...... ....Joe Sakic......... #9 Gordie Howe
Cy Denneny LW ........Bill Cowley ........ Jerome Iginla
Jere Lehtinen............ Mike Peca..........Dirk Graham
Paul Kariya...........Johansson Sven ....Sweeny Schriner
Alexander Ovechkin
Defense
Scott Niedermayer ..........Black Jack Stewart
Red Horner......................JC Tremblay
Lionel Conacher...............Barclay Plager
Tomas Kaberle
Goalies
Ken Dryden
Harry Lumley
Alex Connell
Alexander is an NHL franchise player who has natural scoring instincts and an all-around game. Possesses offensive flair like Ilya Kovalchuk and Nikolai Zherdev, but is more physical and uses his frame better. He Owns a deadly right-handed shot, and likes to play from his off-wing. He has improved his passing game and has backed up his confidence and brash talk with stellar end to end play
Skating: A superb skater with excellent acceleration and top speed...very good first step…maintains a fast tempo throughout the game...very hard to knock down with the puck...skates well through traffic. Shot: Possesses a strong, precise wrist shot with a very quick and deceiving release: he appears to shoot the puck high, but manages to wrist it to just underneath the cross bar...possesses a great, precise backhand...though not used as often, his slap shot is very strong, with a quick release...primarily uses the slap shot on the junior squad, when he comes out as a fourth forward on a power play. Technical Ability: A terrific puck handler...possesses great hand to eye coordination...very soft hands Pass: Makes very precise passes, right on the stick...sees the ice very well and makes excellent passes...in junior competition, tends to crash the net, taking two or three players with him, and then passing the puck off to the side to a wide open teammate. Hockey Sense: An already very mature player...terrific vision of the ice...great awareness of his teammates. Defensive Play: Mostly responsible defensively, but defensive lapses do occur as a result of his primarily offense-minded approach... skates well backwards and uses his acceleration to get back into the defensive zone, but is usually also the first player out of the zone on the offensive rush.Physical Play: At 6’3, Ovechkin is a physical power forward who has had to deal with being double teamed on the junior level for the past three seasons...solidly built and can take many hits without losing the puck...fights very well at the boards...though not known for hitting, can deliver strong hits at the boards and by the opponent’s crease.
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