Published 12/16/2008
by Andre Green
at Bleacher Report - NHL
Ever since Sidney Crosby has entered the league the media has dubbed him as the next great one or the next Gretzky.
But ask anybody—with every great player comes a second great player, or a duo to be exact.
Enter Evgeni Malkin.
Like the great duos before them (Gretzky and Messier, Lemieux and Jagr) these two have taken the league by its legs and flipped it upside down.
They both have their selective weaknesses such as (although I don't see it as much) Crosby's shot power, or Gino has a bit lesser of a pass than Crosby. Bt both of their strengths outshine their weaknesses and they complement one another.
Pittsburgh might just have a trend forming duos—but hands down I think these two will be the best. That's a stretch, but consider that Jagr and Mario only were together for a certain amount of years. I think that these two will be together much longer and possibly be more productive than Mario and Stevens or Mario and Yags.
Now one thing that ...
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To whom it may concern:
I feel this hoop-la over the Montreal Canadiens being voted into the top spots of the All-Star game is ridiculous. They have a history as one of the NHL's elite teams and should be placed in the starting lineup for the 2009 ...