I see a few comments that #1 (Malik) wasn't the best goal. I think context is super important to understand why it tops the list. It was the first year of the shootout and still early in the season. We weren't quite sure what to expect and some fans hadn't watched one yet. This was the first legendary moment that put shootouts on the map in the NHL. This was in the FIFTEENTH round, which stood as the longest shootout for quite some time. And since it was so many rounds deep, up steps MAREK MALIK, who ended his career with 33 goals in 691 games. For that player to pull that move at that moment was unbelievable. That's why it's a much-deserving #1.

@judybooty77

3 жыл бұрын

And no one thought he was goin go score

@kurtisbrumbaugh6081

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, he was the fifteenth guy out, no one expected him to pull off a crazy move like that

@JanosXyn

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the context. That makes an already impressive goal even better!

@kevinstull8552

3 жыл бұрын

And the shot was taken between the legs as well. Beautiful goal for a big man.

@andrewhogan6533

3 жыл бұрын

As a Rangers fan it was amazing because of that, and I believe this was the season after the lockout so it was a bit of a magical season because of Jagr and a bunch of blue collar guys that really brought respectability back to the Rangers.

Everything about Malik’s goal is amazing. The set up, the announcers, the move/goal, the humble celly. Perfect.

@andrewbennett7610

2 жыл бұрын

The coolest thing is the way he just skates off like it was nothing, like "Yeah I made that move and scored, what news??"

@xboxrules8472

2 жыл бұрын

Hardly # 1 though

@bardownsky9792

2 жыл бұрын

@xbox rules yeah I agree

@ryandonnelly9142

2 жыл бұрын

My dad works for the team and talked to Malik after the game. He jokingly said “oh yeah I practice the move all the time in practice”

@6rathe

2 жыл бұрын

man that celly is amazing haha, man just skates it off like "yall like that?"

Datsyuk’s hands were ahead of his time

@TheOvermaster

3 жыл бұрын

Or any time

@gunnnervader7396

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheOvermaster Agreed!

@andrejm8

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree

@melodicdreamer72

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly why goalies couldn't read them. They can't see into the future, so the puck's already in the net.

@tafttheraft5314

3 жыл бұрын

How were they ahead of their time? Do you honestly think there weren't guys in the early 00's with hands like players today?

let’s be real, kane and datsyuk could’ve filled this list 1-15 themselves

@MrBruinman86

3 жыл бұрын

Easily.

@brandoncastro6731

3 жыл бұрын

Oh for sure!

@BobBob-et9io

3 жыл бұрын

Those two and Barkov could probably fill a top 25 head to toe

@marzix427

3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. Those 2 are the best when it comes to shootout goals. Toews is tops all time, kane is 3rd with Oshie in between them. Kane is all tops all time in attempts.

@thebighurt3172

3 жыл бұрын

Let’s be real, Malik for a defensemen could’ve filled this list 2-15 himself.

The fact that Pavel is the literal thumbnail should tell you everything you need to know. He was a once in a generation kind of player.

I know the context matters, but Datsyuk’s flip is the best shootout goal of all time.

@kozmeetorez

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but a kid in Sweden did it first.

@TheArbiterSux

3 жыл бұрын

@@kozmeetorez Some college kid gave the 'Michigan' it's name, doesn't mean it's any less impressive when the pros pull it off.

@schnitzler5844

3 жыл бұрын

@@kozmeetorez Linus Omark whos actually an old player right now lol

@koltongeorge4673

2 жыл бұрын

YES

@Jupex

2 жыл бұрын

nope

Let’s just take a moment 3-15 of those were Datsyuk

@cantpleasonist

3 жыл бұрын

2 were his (11,2) not 3.

@aaronwilson5978

3 жыл бұрын

Ovechkin or Datsyuk?

@jmwall24

3 жыл бұрын

@@cantpleasonist I'll call it 2.5. Giroux's was a RH version of 'The Datsyuk' move.

@timmiller8495

3 жыл бұрын

2 were Patrick Kane

@cruellaclose722

3 жыл бұрын

*takes a moment*

I am grateful I got to grow up watching Datsyuk and Kane. Those hands are unreal

Приятно видеть что многие помнят и любят Дацюка. Всем привет из России.

@tmdwu5360

3 жыл бұрын

mitä?

@smorgasborgas

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know what you said but I agree

@sidthekid7043

3 жыл бұрын

Тебя тут охрененно все поняли

@urbanlegendbb

3 жыл бұрын

Абсолютная легенда. было бы грехом забыть его!

@sheatheodore141

3 жыл бұрын

Кто такой ДаТцюк ?

I sure do miss pavel. He was an amazing player.

Love that shootout that featured both Kane and Datsyuk's goals. I watched it live and I stand by it being the best shootout ever!

@0ggy313

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't Bertuzzi scored a spin-o-rama goal in that shootout as well?

@cartermacewen3086

3 жыл бұрын

They didn’t even happen in the same year lmao so no, you didn’t see them both in one night.

@0ggy313

3 жыл бұрын

@@cartermacewen3086 yep, that Datsyuk one and Bertuzzi I've mentioned were in January 2010 and Patty's was in April 2021

@boltinabottle6307

2 жыл бұрын

I would say the Olympic showdown between Datsyuk and Oshie is the best shootout ever. Best NHL shootout? You're probably right.

Marek Malik’s wasn’t the most skilled necessarily but the fact that he is a defenseman in the longest (?) nhl shootout in history made it pretty darn extraordinary

@haydenrothenberg762

3 жыл бұрын

I believe Caps and Panthers a few years back actually broke the record for longest but I could be wrong.

@ajwootz8165

3 жыл бұрын

@@haydenrothenberg762 yep, but it had been the record at that time and was until the caps panther game

@svaulz

3 жыл бұрын

@@haydenrothenberg762 yes, they went twenty rounds i think.

Now i need to find me some Pavel Datsyuk highlights on YT. Thanks NBC Sports.

@southviewarab

3 жыл бұрын

You’ll regret why you didn’t sooner

@BigDickMcFlick

3 жыл бұрын

@@southviewarab They never disappoint!

@ThePaul3333

3 жыл бұрын

Go to Awood40

I'm not a hockey fan, and I never played the sport. But the most beautiful to me was #11, Pavel Datsyuk. He sort of fooled the goalie with handwork to the goalie's right, and with his footwork to the goalie's left, he opened a huge space to finish. The goalie was completely lost, he barely appear in the footage. Amazing move.

As a Blues fan. I'd suck it up and say I miss Pavel Datsyuk. Great talent.

I was at the game where Datsyuk flipped it over Niemi. The Wings lost the shootout, but I'll always treasure that goal. So fortunate to have seen him play at the Joe many times.

@youvegottabekiddingme1955

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the Wings won 4-3 if memory serves. That was the same shootout Bertuzzi did the spin-o-rama in the third round to seal it

@leeanne4638

2 жыл бұрын

@@youvegottabekiddingme1955 I believe that they were the victors,as well

@csnide6702

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad he screwed his team and teammates over when he left.

pavel. iconic.

@frankc242

4 жыл бұрын

his name is the magic man :)

@tiger5869

3 жыл бұрын

Your avatar is iconic

What a great Datsyk!!!

I just came here specifically to make sure that Datsyuk was in this top 10 at least twice, and thankfully I was not disappointed. 😊

@Banzai51

2 жыл бұрын

I saw the title of the video and thought the change up against Chicago has to be there. Was not disappointed.

Datsyuk was sick.

Barkov's was filthy - he clapped that stick off the ice psyching out a shot, and Markstrom totally bit. That was awesome!

Datsyuk, Kane and Giroux... Amazing

@gunnnervader7396

3 жыл бұрын

Giroux just copied datsyuk, he should have patient that move lol! But pavel did it so much better and in a game.

@sjbcatcher

3 жыл бұрын

@@gunnnervader7396 fun bit of trivia, a reporter asked Giroux what he called the move he used to undress Gustavsson. Without hesitation, Giroux responded, “The Datsyuk.”

The first ever datsyuk deke is criminally underrated in this list

@brendanmannik9831

3 жыл бұрын

Datsyuk was never underrated. He was on basically every top 10 list. Should've he gone higher? Sure, he was one of the most creative and skillful players. The fact that he's listed more then once tells how great he was

@johnm4395

3 жыл бұрын

@@brendanmannik9831 I think rating the first ever pullback deke that low was insanity. He was a level above when it came to puck control. Greatest stick handler of all time.

@dilididli2274

3 жыл бұрын

I remember some hockey player explaining that you need insanly high strenght to be able to have your hips pointing one direction and go the other due to your feet pointing in another direction. Thats why it should have been the number 1 goal. No other players ever been able to do this and hockey players check the hips rather then the shoulder to figure where someone si going. Cuz no one else can fake a turn with his hips.

@DJiNstncT

3 жыл бұрын

@@dilididli2274 players around the league used to say all the time that pound for pound datsyuk was the strongest they’d ever played against

Omg Pasha I am honored I was able to witness your magic in person many times! The GOAT

Can't get enough of the announcer's disbelief before and after the goal during Malik's clip. Plus the Statue of Liberty celly at the end...unreal.

@DAV1023

3 жыл бұрын

That announcer that screamed at the goal is none other than the (current) President of the New York Rangers, John Davidson.

5:57 Wow. That was unbelievable. I’ll give Datsyuk that.

Datsyuk remains to have the best hands ever in the NHL. Truly the Ronaldinho of hockey.

Exuse me but Datsyuk goals are simply the best!

I miss datsyuk :(

@cruellaclose722

3 жыл бұрын

Then reload and fire again lmao. Gotcha dweep

@Vasya308I

3 жыл бұрын

Go to Russia, he is still playing

@user-xj7ok3qy4q

3 жыл бұрын

Я тоже ...

@smallmingjr379

3 жыл бұрын

Ekb

@justplainbrad7713

3 жыл бұрын

@Justin Roberts - The last time I missed a player as much as I miss Pavel Datsyuk, was in 1971, when Gordie Howe retired after 25 yrs. As Gordie was tops in his time, so Pavel was in mine. I was only old enough to catch the last 7 years of Howe, and all 14 for Datsyuk. {A tremendous bonus was having Yzerman, Lidström, Zetterberg, and a few more epic players join the memories} I've always considered myself blessed to have had 21 years of watching two phenomenal players do their thing, for my team; and the myriad of exceptional players that made my 2nd group of players, as memorable as the first. I'm still a Wing, just not as excited about a team, in which I only know about half the players by name.

I still don't think people here in Detroit or in the NHL truly, fully appreciated how other-worldly Datsyuk was.

@templetonbob

2 жыл бұрын

Datsyuk made hockey look like it wasn't hockey. Only player to do that to me.

Me: Sees video title. Me: Sure, I’d love to watch a Pavel Datsyuk highlight reel.

Kaner's goal against Minnesota, to me is the greatest shootout goal I have ever seen.

@brayden4ever238

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

In those first couple of years of shootouts being a part of the end of a game then Dallas Stars forward Jussi Jokinen was a shootout genius.

Great video. The Kane and Datsyuk goals were easily the best of the bunch.👍

If you’re taking about the greatest shootout players in history, Datsyuk has to be on top of the list

@charybdisfgl2048

3 жыл бұрын

But this isn’t about the greatest shootout players, it’s about the single greatest shot and that’s by Malik.

@marcelobrozovic9872

3 жыл бұрын

Not a single doubt about it

@dwaynethewokjohnson7773

3 жыл бұрын

@@charybdisfgl2048 He never said it was

@user-zc6gw6rn1v

3 жыл бұрын

Это правда 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@jesseh621

2 жыл бұрын

With Barkov, Jussi Jokinen and TJ Oshie

Datsyuk is on the list twice 👍

kane and datsyuk are the only ones to make this list twice

@RoadDoggFL

3 жыл бұрын

Barkov has like six shots that could've been on this list.

@ryanl7577

3 жыл бұрын

Datsyuk and Kane could have filled this list by themselves.

@DJiNstncT

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanl7577 easily

@ludvigwittgenstein6469

3 жыл бұрын

Datsyuk > Kane

The call on that Malik shot, I didn't realize how immediately I would remember that. So iconic to me.

Паша Волшебник Хоккея!!!

@scowlistic

2 жыл бұрын

The Magic Man 🇷🇺

This should’ve just been a Pavel Datsyuk highlight reel.

@spinthatwheel5584

3 жыл бұрын

I think this could easily have been a datsyuk and Kane highlight reel

Every time I’d see Kane’s goal against Minnesota I cringe for the poor goalie

@rkeithy

3 жыл бұрын

the disrespect is sensational

@villeaalto7526

3 жыл бұрын

wait what? u say it is easy to save that move. have u even watched hockey?

@victorsladkowski

3 жыл бұрын

The emphatic shot into the net after those moves is just icing on the cake.

@foshuajabia3771

3 жыл бұрын

@@villeaalto7526 he never said it was an easy save. He cringed for the goalie because Kane embarrassed him

@villeaalto7526

3 жыл бұрын

@@foshuajabia3771 oh ok

Datsyuk was an incomparable puck wizard, but I'm here for Malik.

Tatars was filthy . Silky smooth

Malik’s goal was so new at the time and he really broke ground with that move. Now you see many players doing it.

Malik's Shootout goal was the best ever I recon... No one expected that goal... No one

That Malik goal never fails to crack me up. Especially the commentator whose mind is blown 🤣

How is Crosby's goal ahead of Datsyuk and Giroux's??

@Shamrock3939

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I’ve never seen anyone go backhand before. Crosby’s shouldn’t be on the list at all.

@darthollpheist1156

3 жыл бұрын

@@Shamrock3939 Right. All he did was throw a leg fake then go backhand. You see goals better than that in literally every shootout.

@jry0511

3 жыл бұрын

Or Kane's

@DaveHogg

3 жыл бұрын

The context. He grew up as a Canadiens fan, completely destroyed the Quebec junior league record book, and scored that goal in his first career game against Montreal.

@darthollpheist1156

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveHogg Yeaaaaahhh, NO. LOL. That's the worst excuse ever. If it was like, Grossman that did that, sure. But it's a guy they scores all the time with a move that's used all the time. Facts. Get over it. Crosby doesn't really have hands. He never has. He's a power-foward and a playmaker.

There were a few more barkov shots that were not on there that deserved to be. Honestly it really should have been barkov and Datsyuk for most of the list they are so similar in shootouts and do amazing things.

I'm surprised Datsyuk wasnt in all 15.

Gosh I remember the excitement during Crosby's rookie year. To have been the joke of the league for a few years and then lucked out enough to draft him. I was in house for his first NHL goal against Boston...Then the excitement around for that first half season when we realized he was for real. This shootout goal against his favorite childhood team. It was all so magical/storybook.

Kane, Kucherov and Datsyuk were the best of the 15.

@ludvigwittgenstein6469

3 жыл бұрын

Datsyuk > Kane

@noahc8997

2 жыл бұрын

Kuchrov doesn't belong in the same sentence as datsyuk

@lordfinesseclansince96

2 жыл бұрын

@@noahc8997 Datsyuk is the man but has he ever scored 128 points in a season and or scored back to back 30+ playoffs points?

@panicbuyflax3461

2 жыл бұрын

@@lordfinesseclansince96 this

@daddystamkos5900

2 жыл бұрын

@@noahc8997 u sure about that? Kuch got 30+ points b2b in the playoffs and got 128 points.

Kaners huge smile. Congrats on 400 my guy!

@Dobermanator

3 жыл бұрын

And 1000 - Go 1KANE

Maliks goal and reaction are pure gold...

@harlechmaker

3 жыл бұрын

Pure comic gold. A lumbering, oversized defensive-defenseman who scored six goals in two-and-a-half years with the Rangers pulls off a show-off, between-the-legs move (way before it was fashionable for anyone to try outside of showing up your goalie in practice) on the 15th round of a shootout, and then signals to the crowd that they're not cheering loud enough. Ain't nothin' but a thang...

@rudy1999

3 жыл бұрын

@@harlechmaker He was actually doing Statue of Liberty impression lol

@counterfit5

3 жыл бұрын

@@harlechmaker like Shawn Thornton scoring on a penalty shot

Pavel, Pasha, Pavka...... Dacjuk Red Wings 👏✌️👍

@user-pw9yk6iw6d

2 жыл бұрын

Pavka - we don't say so. more correct - Pavel, Pasha, Pashok, Pashka, Pakha, Pakhan, Pashtet, Pavlik, Pashunya. Hi, Pavel, show me some magic today - PrivEt, Pash, poshli dEvok yebAt'

I liked #2 the best because doing that flip over the goalie took a huge risk in getting the puck to not go over the net or not go high enough. Made for a funny highlight too 😀

I was so taken aback as a bruins fan when Schlemko did that

Datsyuk and Kane are twice. That tells who has the best hands. Legends

@darthollpheist1156

3 жыл бұрын

Giroux has better hands than Kane. At least equal to.

After all these years, I believe Marek Malik's goal is my favorite goal of all time, and not just in the shootout. I'm not even a Rangers fan, but everything about this goal is absolute gold

I'm Russian. When I read the comments, I understood how much Datsyuk was loved in the USA. Miss his magic

Most of these should have been #1, but Marek Malik scoring like that, after all those rounds, the way he did, considering he was a defenseman that hardly scored, was absolutely stunning.

Should just do datsyuk top 10 haha.. that guy was sick

Got to see the Tatar goal live. Missing you in Detroit

Datsyuk of course had incredible hands, but I really think part of his secret is in his eyes - he gets goalies to commit better than anyone in the history of the game. That’s not all hands.

@mytrix8576

2 жыл бұрын

The footwork is amazing too, he's able to change direction without giving any hints he's about to do it. Same goes with his shoulders, using them to sell the feint even more, it's just the whole package, not just the hands.

@23mylo60

9 ай бұрын

@@mytrix8576I know this comment is a year old so my bad but, I feel that, I wouldn’t even say his hands are that crazy fast like kanes, pavel has a lot wider movements and stick handles and definitely uses his feet and shoulders the most id say for deception and his hands are good enough to keep up with it all

Буллиты в исполнении Паши Дацюка это как отдельный вид искусства!!! Ну и Куч хорош...буллит без броска...красота да и только

#2 is the best shootout goal of all time

@CJames410

3 жыл бұрын

@Jake Stuart yes it is

@mypud4068

3 жыл бұрын

I’d say the forsberg in the olympics was the most amazing and at the time no one had seen anything like it

@zerothejackal6927

2 жыл бұрын

I say #3 is the best goal on this list

Someone explain why Crosby’s is even on this list

@Hats502

3 жыл бұрын

Leagues poster child when he was young

@dustyb58

3 жыл бұрын

his leg kick is in the video game, it must have been iconic lol

@goodyou2737

3 жыл бұрын

That was his first career shootout goal/attempt

@jry0511

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. It was a pretty standard goal.

@detectiveandy6323

3 жыл бұрын

@@goodyou2737 thank u nick foster, these idiots dont seem to realize this,

Girouxs shot is so underrated bro

@ikejones7648

3 жыл бұрын

Datsyuk already pulled that off. More than once. Yeah people don't do it as slick as The Magician. But hey they do get credit for pulling it off.

@SuperTiips

3 жыл бұрын

@@ikejones7648 giroux was way smoother. More speed better finish

@darthollpheist1156

3 жыл бұрын

@@ikejones7648 Yeah but Giroux did that move against the Islanders once that was smoother than anyone has ever done it. And, he has about 10 others that should be on this list. He doesn't have the best percentage but he has some of the best you'll ever see.

@mypud4068

3 жыл бұрын

@@ikejones7648 I mean beyond that move everyone has copied off of each other and improve or put their own little move so yeah Datysuk did it first but Gs was much smoother. I’m not arguing that G is a better shootout guy but he has a bag of moves himself, I mean has datysuk scored on a slapshot?

Grabovski’s goal 🥅...very impressive!

0:31 Tuukka: "Aight imma head out"

@freighttrain7143

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the most noticeable thing about that was that Rask decided it was over before the puck even hit the twine.

All of these are amazing, but Kane’s goal on Backstrom is the one for me. His hands are insane.

No one will ever forget when a 6'6 defensive defencemen shot in the 14th round of the shootout and pulled off the best goal we've seen in a shootout.

Datsyuks 11?? Revolutionized breakaways with that-“the datsyuk”

@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug9894

3 жыл бұрын

*the datsyukian deke

@jimmybaldbird3853

3 жыл бұрын

@@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug9894 if you played hockey, youd know people just called it the datsyuk-when he faked the shot and pulled it with his backhand. Datsyukian deke just refers to his general amazing breakaways

Crosby’s is the most basic SO goal. Shouldn’t be in the top 15

@Ralphman21

3 жыл бұрын

Yea that was the only one on the list I disagreed with

@Adri_Unsung

3 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely 100% not better than the Datsyuk one before it

@patrickjames1798

3 жыл бұрын

He sent a water bottle like ten feet in the air on his backhand. It definitely should be on this list

@Ralphman21

3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickjames1798 the only thing good about it was the water bottle, that's not even top 50 shootout material

@joshdemarco8122

3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickjames1798 that’s just not that cool....

retire 13 ..when hes done playing at 50

Schlemko with the reverse-Forsberg was insane!

Datsyuk is the only man i want to see in Penguins :(

“I don’t think he lost it” Haha Barkov is straight up savage

Goalies nightmare. 1 v 1 with Datsyuk

Kucherov si such a troll 😂

Datsyk and Kucherov goals are sick !

What about the Linus Omark first ever game & shoot out attempt. Might not be number 1 ever but easily top 10.

Maliks goal will never die

Happy Birthday Magic Man! Here’s to many, many more! 🥳

Who else saw Malik's goal in real time? Absolutely unprecedented...!

Datsyuk has to be one of the most underrated hockey player of all time maybe due to the fact that he was a very low profile character. Datsyuk has in my opinion one of the highest hockey IQ and the greatest hands in the sport. He was never caught in the box for stupid penalties and was super reliable defensively. I used to watch Detroit games on TV even though I am a hardcore HABS fan just to see Pavel Datsyuk maneuver the puck in between skates and sticks without getting touched. He has to figure among the GOAT of this sport IMO.

@vangelis7

3 жыл бұрын

I agree completely. Just cause he didnt put up 100+ point seasons (he could have if he wanted to) . In my opinion the best player in the league for a good 7 year stretch. The NHLs first internet viral star. The best 2-way player ive ever seen and the best hands Ive ever seen. Like you mentioned too his IQ was off the charts. He was truly a very special player to watch and I cant believe how quickly his career went by.

Crosby’s was what most players do on a shootout nothing special....

@barnabashatvani9965

3 жыл бұрын

i thought the same

@detectiveandy6323

3 жыл бұрын

only because you're obviously a fan of the flyers caps or bruins. just hating on the best is all you're doing

@detectiveandy6323

3 жыл бұрын

yea cuz everybody can beat the goalie with a forehand backhand move that smacks the water bottle out, that goal was put in with purpose

@aethernovaa

3 жыл бұрын

it was nice but probably shouldn't be on the list

@jry0511

3 жыл бұрын

@@detectiveandy6323 This is a list of top shootout goals, not top players. That goal was meh and seems like a lot of commenters agree.

Malik's goal still makes me smile.

Nobody better than Datsyuk, it’s not even a question.

Pavel Datsyuk, thats it

Crosby included because of some odd rule? That goal was what 40% of shooters do

@jacobdureno6187

3 жыл бұрын

that was his first shootout in the NHL against his childhood favourite team who just so happened to have drafted his father in 1984. maybe a shot we see all the time now but not in 2005

@metalupyourass9

3 жыл бұрын

they do it because Crosby did it, and it's the speed, how much he sold it, the finish, the water bottle, the context

@nicolesmrekar2046

3 жыл бұрын

@@metalupyourass9 It was done way before that. lol

This is fantastic. Thanks!

You didn't disappoint!! I was thinking of all the gifted scorers there were, that Malik goal had to be number one!!

Makes me so happy and proud that I got to witness, "The Magic Man" in his best years of hockey, playing for my Detroit Red Wings. What great times those were!

Giroux doing the right handed Datsyuk

Datysuk and Kane are sick.

This is indeed the greatest list ever, nice job NBC

Crosby? Really? He is a great player but this goal was just ordinary.

@BigWyatt

3 жыл бұрын

Context is important. It was the first game Crosby played against his former childhood team the Canadians. The pens actually had high expectations for themselves that year. Although the season still wasn’t great, this is earlier on in the season and they hadn’t had a win in some time, they take the game to OT and it comes down to sid. His first shootout against his old favorite team, last shooter in the final round, he could end it if he scores. Rookie phenom with all the weight on his shoulders. He makes the move and in the process launches the water bottle off the net.. you also gotta remember how easy crosby makes everything look, the head movement and fake leg kick are so subtle but he fakes them at the perfect to take it backhand top shelf, had the goalie on a string and Mellon arena erupted.. it was so loud I’ve never heard it once like that at the new ppg paints arena. I was 6 at the time and it was my first hockey game, I’ll never forget that moment.

@TheNoobsteak

3 жыл бұрын

Because the NHL loves Cindy Crosby.

@BigWyatt

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNoobsteak that was funny in 2005, try again, this time with an original thought

@filipzeman4617

3 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@Howlingburd19

3 жыл бұрын

@@BigWyatt so what? That doesn’t make in the top 15 ever lol

Not enough datsyuk, if you’re talking shootouts, that’s why they call it a dutsyukin deke and they don’t call him the magic man for no reason. Hands down be puck handler in his era.

@RoyalMela

2 жыл бұрын

He had two moves. Quick move to forehand and wristshot, or then do the reach backhand behind the goalie if he reacted to that shot fake. Worked like a charm.

The kucherov one is very underrated.

Saw that Giroux goal live. The whole Building was stunned & dead silent.