Undisputed: the two most dominating young players in hockey are Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin.  However, beside each of these giants success, they could not be more polar on the way the play the sport.  Their rivalry has been compared to basketball’s Magic Johnson/Larry Bird in the 1980s; two great players, one (Ovechkin) with flash, show, and celebration, the other (Crosby) described as “pure”, fundamental, and classy.  Below is the E:60 Article about Alex the Great and how people think of him:

Regardless if you’ve watched the Stanley Cup Playoffs or not, you can learn about how to market yourself to prospective job opportunities from Crosby/Ovechkin.  Both are phenomenal at their trade, but as an employer, which would you hire?  Ovechkin has received the largest contract in NHL history, but could it have been greater if he didn’t partake in “risky” behavior (dangerous driving, promoting speeding, cameo appearance in Vlad Topalov’s “Perfect Criminal” music video, etc.) or is that part of who he is and helps his “brand” to sell tickets?  Sidney Crosby, who could not be more humble, plays the game the way Don Cherry and other hockey aficionados would like hockey to be played.

The preference to display yourself is yours, but an analysis of the employer is key if you want the job.  But if Don Cherry was the employer, you want to be more Crosby and less like Ovechkin.