Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, the two names speak for themselves. As Ovechkin said back in 2023, "We saved the NHL".

A rivalry like the one between Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby draws reactions from several prominent figures across the NHL.

It happened when another rivalry that began in the NCAA tournament between Celtics legend Larry Bird and Lakers icon Magic Johnson continued into the context of the NBA in the early 1980s.

“He controlled the tempo of the game like nobody else … I knew I’d probably like him and then I’d lose my edge” - Larry Bird says he was never able to read Magic Johnson “He controlled ...

“(Larry) Bird was sensational in his period ... we can never say who’s truly the better basketball player. While Mike’s career overlapped with Magic, Jordan repeatedly repeated that the ...