“He's got Mike Bossy's hands, Jari Kurri's on-ice awareness, and Mark Messier's physicality.”

— Alexander Ovechkin

Wayne Gretzky, interview in Kevin Paul Dupont (April 13, 2008) "This rink gives you chills: In Montreal, they have the magic down cold", Boston Globe, Globe Newspaper Company, p. 9D.
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