#87 Sidney Crosby Milestone Thread - History will be made (600 goals, 1600 points)

[WickedWrister]

Now for 1700 points and 650 goals

I'm curious where his 35 career empty net goals rank amongst the other top 20 goalscorers

Edit: top 5 all time

 

[Zirakzigil]

Congrats to the Captain. Incredible milestone.

 

[MikeK]

Incredible career. Not many players come into the league with the expectations he had. And even fewer deliver on the expectations they do have. He's as close to a playing legend that most of us alive today will ever see. Top 5 player ever for me.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

600 goals despite not being known as a goal scorer. Mighty impressive.

 

[DearDiary]

600 goals despite not being known as a goal scorer. Mighty impressive.

More impressive is he did it without a playmaker on his line.

 

[Midnight Judges]

That's a lot of goals.

 

[Video Nasty]

I believe he’s 13th quickest in terms of games among the twenty one 600 goal scorers. Only took him 305 more games than Ovechkin.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I believe he’s 13th quickest in terms of games among the twenty one 600 goal scorers. Only took him 305 more games than Ovechkin.

Always wondered where he would be at if he didn't have that concussion/neck injury. Because it's not just determining pace, he was a different player at that time, he focused his game on the other side of the puck a little more after coming back, before that he was this insane points machine. It wouldn't be just figuring out what he would have scored from 2010-12, but how his scoring would have increased in his career had he not changed his game after the concussion. I did look it over...

In those first 6 seasons (6th being cut short at 41) - 215 goals in 412 games - 43 goal per season pace (from 2011 to now, 38 goal pace per season).

I think if he kept scoring at the same rate as those first 6 seasons, he'd be at 75 more goals so not as much as I thought (around 674 goals).

Edit: Obviously he could have pushed for more near the end of those first 6 seasons if he was healthy and those numbers could be higher because around the time he scored 51 goals, the knock was he needed to shoot more, so he went and worked on it in the off season and showed up a 50 goal scorer and he was trending to be a 60+ goal scorer the year he got his concussion, but it's whatever now. Still a legend for the things he ended up doing anyway.

 

[Plural]

Always thought his scoring was underrated. In a perfect world, Sid might have made a push for 800 goals in his career.