Laich Says Young Ovechkin Was Too Much Even For Crosby

Brooks Laich is revisiting the kind of fire that made early Alexander Ovechkin feel like a force of nature. The former teammate says even Sidney Crosby could not fully match that first-wave ferocity, which says plenty about how overwhelming Ovechkin was before the league learned how to live with him. It is the kind of comparison that still sets off old debates in hockey circles, because players who saw it up close remember a different level of chaos.