Kammala wannan jumla: Rashin hasara na kakar 2004 <unk> 05 ya sa NHL ta kafa caca ta musamman don tantance tsari na tsarin 2005, saboda babu matsayin da za a kafa tsari na tsarawa daga. Pittsburgh Penguins sun lashe caca, kuma sun zabi Sidney Crosby, mai matukar fatan samun damar zuwa NHL wanda aka yi tsammani sosai. Crosby da kuma Washington Capitals 'Alex Ovechkin, da
2004 na farko da aka zaba, ana sa ran ya zama fuskokin NHL yayin da gasar ta shiga sabon zamani. Ovechkin an kira shi Calder Memorial Trophy mai nasara a matsayin rookie na shekara a 2005 <unk> 06, yayin da kasancewar Crosby ya taimaka wa Pittsburgh ya karu da kashi 33%, sama da magoya baya 4,000 a kowane wasa.