Player Discussion Alexander Ovechkin (Vol. 4)

[BallardEra]

 

[YippieKaey]

Having played in all but 59 games in 18 years is a pretty insane stat. That has to be a record?

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Having played in all but 59 games in 18 years is a pretty insane stat. That has to be a record?

Through Gordie Howe's first 1400 games, which took him from age 18 to 38, he'd only missed 42 of his team's total regular season games. Played 97% of his team's games. Nutty. He then proceeded to tack on another ~800 WHA/NHL tilts until he was in his 50s...

Some dudes are just built different. Gordie and Ovie both played bull in a china shop hockey for most of their careers and theirs bodies basically didn't care at all.

 

[TJHKY]

 

[Acallabeth]

Having played in all but 59 games in 18 years is a pretty insane stat. That has to be a record?

I think it will be nigh-impossible to beat Marleau.
Through his first 21 seasons, he played 1657 out of 1688 possible games, 98,2%. And I don't ever remember the details about his Covid seasons.
Though, of course, he was never a physical player like Ovechkin or Howe.

 

[Praetorian Caps]

 

[bacchist]

And the month just started!

 

[BallardEra]

8 goals in his first 43 games.

9 goals in his last 13 games.

 

[bacchist]

8 goals in his first 43 games.

9 goals in his last 13 games.

My precalculus is a bit rusty, but if this continues he'll score 11 in his next 4.

 

[Neil Racki]

Ovechkin question on jeopardy just now

Cool

 

[BallardEra]

10 goals in his last 15 games after scoring 8 goals in his first 43 games.

18 points over those last 15 games as well.

 

[kicksavedave]

840 total. Not too shabby.

 

[NobodyBeatsTheWiz]

He's hitting 30. That'd be pretty remarkable after his start.

 

[crazy8888]

Ovechkin question on jeopardy just now

Cool

What was the question?

 

[Neil Racki]

What was the question?

I tried to include a reddit link that had it but its not showing up. Category "people named Alex", question was they showed Ovi and Gretzky and said this alex is no. 2 in goals ..

Apparently Ovechkin is a Jeopardy question kinda often.

 

[crazy8888]

I tried to include a reddit link that had it but its not showing up. Category "people named Alex", question was they showed Ovi and Gretzky and said this alex is no. 2 in goals ..

Apparently Ovechkin is a Jeopardy question kinda often.

lol So they showed a pic of Ovi and Gretzky and the person had to determine which one is Ovechkin?

 

[BallardEra]

11 goals and 21 points in his last 20 games after starting the season with 8 goals in his first 43 games.

 

[Calicaps]

11 goals and 21 points in his last 20 games after starting the season with 8 goals in his first 43 games.

He was totally in his head to start the year. Took him longer to snap out of it than I expected. I have to think that Backstrom's comeback failure shook him pretty hard. Anyhow, welcome back, my Captain!

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

He was totally in his head to start the year. Took him longer to snap out of it than I expected. I have to think that Backstrom's comeback failure shook him pretty hard. Anyhow, welcome back, my Captain!

Not to mention the recent passing of his father. It's unfortunate that most of the support he's had on the ice and off the ice around him went away during the past year, but Ovi isn't a quitter and he won't stop until he accomplishes his goal.

 

[Calicaps]

Not to mention the recent passing of his father. It's unfortunate that most of the support he's had on the ice and off the ice around him went away during the past year, but Ovi isn't a quitter and he won't stop until he accomplishes his goal.

I sort of suspected that his father's death was the issue initially, but then Backstrom's thing piled on.

 

[BallardEra]

8 goals in his first 43 games
13 goals in his last 21 games

 

[Block]

He was totally in his head to start the year. Took him longer to snap out of it than I expected. I have to think that Backstrom's comeback failure shook him pretty hard. Anyhow, welcome back, my Captain!

I still think his back was messed up, and the 10 days off gave him time to actually rest. Remember he wasn't really taking slapshots for the first two months of the season.

 

[TheSmokingMan]

I still think his back was messed up, and the 10 days off gave him time to actually rest. Remember he wasn't really taking slapshots for the first two months of the season.

I think this is a likely possibility. Early in the season I remember seeing marks on his neck that looked like it was from some sort of cupping therapy.

 

[Calicaps]

13 goals in his last 21 games

that's a 50 goal pace over a full season... just sayin'

 

[BallardEra]

Since January 27th, Ovechkin has 13 goals in 21 games and 23 points.

He has the 4th most goals and 15th most points in the league since that date.