None of this pro rating has any real validity, when you consider how the game has evolved. Fitness, equipment, depth of opponents, rules enforcement, coaching, skill development as young kids, all has improved in leaps and bounds. The only regression in pro hockey is the greed and ethics of the commissioner and the owners. We have been lucky to have watched these great players play the game, the numbers are just bar stool chatter. IMO, Ovechkin is the greatest pure scorer, consider his numbers against league averages in his career. Just my opinion, but lets throw this out there too. If you had to pick one player to start a franchise who would it be. My pick is Nick Lidstrom. Reliable, strong, he was so good and so smart he would go weeks without ever even doing a crossover. He was always right where he had to be, with or without the puck. He doesn't get enough credit because he did it without flash.