#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.

 

[zappa4ever]

Congrats on 600

too bad it's at the hands of another embarrassing spanking of 6-1

 

[DRW895]

Crosby scored 600-th - named 1-st star of the night.
When Ovechkin scored 700-th named 2-nd star of the night.
Both time their teams lost. "Very fair" desicion (no)

 

[SEALBound]

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

Edit: top 5 all time

Boy, I really gotta tip my hat to Aho and Conner there.

 

[orby]

Crosby scored 600-th - named 1-st star of the night.
When Ovechkin scored 700-th named 2-nd star of the night.
Both time their teams lost. "Very fair" desicion (no)

You might be the only person on the entire planet who pays attention to the 3 stars.

 

[Shrimper]

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

Without a doubt. His injuries and COVID probably "robbed" him of 65-75 goals. He'd be hit 700 this season. He'd probably finish his contract on 760-770 and go from there.

 

[DRW895]

Yeah nah.

Quarter and half seasons don't count.

Crosby was best NHL assistant just once (even Scott Gomez once upon a time leads in this category during his so so career) in 2013/14, while Jagr 3 times.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Impressive for him to hit it while being primarily a playmaker.

More evidence of his strong longevity since his top placings outside his two firsts are pretty slim.

 

[Beau Knows]

A couple more goals puts him 20th all-time.

He'll then be in the top 20 in regular goals and regular season assists, as well as playoff goals and playoff assists. An all-time great at both goal scoring and playmaking.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Crosby ranks high in all six of these categories:

• Most goals with a single franchise (7th player to reach 600 goals)
• Most assists with a single franchise (7th player to reach 1,000 assists - currently in 6th)
• Most points with a single franchise (6th player to reach 1,600 points)
• Most playoff goals with a single franchise (12th player to reach 70 goals - currently in 11th)
• Most playoff assists with a single franchise (3rd player to reach 130 assists)
• Most playoff points with a single franchise (4th player to reach 200 points)

He's 95 assists away from setting the all-time record for most (regular season) assists with a franchise. And he's 193 points away from setting the record for most (RS) points. It will come down to how long he wants to keep playing.