Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kurasikirwa kwemwaka wa2004-05 kwakatungamira NHL kuti iite rotari yakakosha kuti ione 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, 2004 yokutanga sarudzo yose
, vaitarisirwa kuva zviso zveNHL sezvo ligi rakapinda munguva 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.