Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kurasikirwa kwemwaka wa2004-05 kwakatungamira NHL kuti iite rotari chaiyo yekuona kurongeka kweiyo 2005 dhizaini, sezvo pakanga pasina chinzvimbo chekuisa dhizaini kubva. Pittsburgh Penguins yakakunda rotari, uye yakasarudza Sidney Crosby, tarisiro inokosheswa zvikuru uyo kusvika kwake kuNHL kwakanga kwakamirirwa zvikuru. Crosby neWashington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin,
Vakasarudzwa vokutanga muna 2004, vaitarisirwa kuva zviso zveNHL sezvo ligi rakapinda munhambo itsva. Ovechkin akatumidzwa zita rekuti Calder Memorial Trophy mukundi semutsva wegore muna 2005<unk>06, nepo kuvapo kwaCrosby kwakabatsira Pittsburgh kuwedzera kupinda ne33%, pamusoro pevateveri ve4,000 pamutambo.