Around the NHL 2024 25

[Buffdog]

 

[Dirtyclapper]

Anyone think ovis gonna do it tonight? 1 less game than gretz, hattrick. It would be glorious.

 

[Dirtyclapper]

Omg, 2 more. He's gonna do it tonight

 

[PhilJets]

With the goal Ovie scorer today that is crazy stuff, top left corner. Close range drifting back.


Gretzky if he would put his mind to be a goal scorer he would have more and we would have debates Ovie missed lock out, Gretzky didnt start his career off the bat in the NHL.

BUT this is all props to Ovechkin, the best goal scorer the NHL have ever seen. Gretzky the GOAT.

 

[cbcwpg]

Watching the Wild play the NYI…. If this is the Wild and how they play, I would sure like to play them in the playoffs.

 

[bustamente]

Could care less about Ovie breaking the goals record more interested in a Caps loss

 

[Bender Duster]

Man Bedard is just invisible out there. He was dangerous last year but his confidence is just fried.

 

[Buffdog]

Man Bedard is just invisible out there. He was dangerous last year but his confidence is just fried.

One of the perils of the true "tank rebuild"

 

[DRW204]

Ovie has 40 goals, 3rd in NHL goal scoring, and broke his leg earlier this year at 39 years old

nuts.

 

[Dirtyclapper]

Could care less about Ovie breaking the goals record more interested in a Caps loss

Could care less about the most prestigious record in hockey, interesting

 

[Bender Duster]

One of the perils of the true "tank rebuild"

Chicago is in our division so I’m not cheering for them to get good, but it sure would suck for Bedard is they turned into Buffalo for the next decade.

 

[bustamente]

Could care less about the most prestigious record in hockey, interesting

Interesting, not really I don't care for Ovechkin or Gretzky for that matter.

 

[PhilJets]

Well there you go he should of been on their roster from the beginning of the season

I think if he was in the roster the Jets would be running away with thr President Trophy

 

[Hobble]

Some NYI scalpers about to make a small fortune,

 

[RestlessYoungZero]

Could care less about the most prestigious record in hockey, interesting

I'd say the points record is far more prestigious. Especially considering how absolutely insane Gretzky's total is, you could take away all his goals and he'd still be first.

 

[Mud Turtle]

Congratulations to Ovi.

Not my favourite player as I tend not to like one dimensional players, but he does his one thing very well.

Ovechkin during his entire career has been on the ice for 65 more goals than he has been on the ice when being scored on. +65.

Greyzky’s number is +612.

I think that puts things in perspective.

 

[Dirtyclapper]

I'd say the points record is far more prestigious. Especially considering how absolutely insane Gretzky's total is, you could take away all his goals and he'd still be first.

I wouldn't. Also place Ovi in that time and he's going to score 20 goals a game. No comparison at all.

 

[Dirtyclapper]

Congratulations to Ovi.

Not my favourite player as I tend not to like one dimensional players, but he does his one thing very well.

Ovechkin during his entire career has been on the ice for 65 more goals than he has been on the ice when being scored on. +65.

Greyzky’s number is +612.

I think that puts things in perspective.

Wayne never won again after being traded from the oilers

 

[DRW204]

One thing that caught my eye with a recent Luke Schenn graphic that tsn displayed is that ovie is also 3rd all time in hits.

 

[RestlessYoungZero]

I wouldn't. Also place Ovi in that time and he's going to score 20 goals a game. No comparison at all.

This is all semantics and random opinions but 20 goals a game is so out to lunch. If it was so easy to get goals and points in Gretzky's era than why is his totals so far and away more than anyone else

 

[Dirtyclapper]

This is all semantics and random opinions but 20 goals a game is so out to lunch. If it was so easy to get goals and points in Gretzky's era than why is his totals so far and away more than anyone else

It wasn't easy all but the game has evolved. 26 years since Wayne retired, those goalies wouldnt even be considered emergency backups in this age. Skill comparison. It's crazy to think about, I personally think hockey of all the major sports has evolved the most in this time.

 

[ps241]

Man Bedard is just invisible out there. He was dangerous last year but his confidence is just fried.

One of the perils of the true "tank rebuild"

When Chicago won the Bedard lottery I said at the time that they got him 4 or 5 years too early.

 

[Buffdog]

Chicago is in our division so I’m not cheering for them to get good, but it sure would suck for Bedard is they turned into Buffalo for the next decade.

It also appears that Bedard may be resisting making the types of changes to his game that will make his team better, so some of the blame is on him

This is kind of expanding on my initial point of the tear-down rebuild, but you don't want a guy like that to have to come in and be "the man" at 19... you need some vets with the respect of the room that can command a youngster to play the right way

 

[voyageur]

I wouldn't. Also place Ovi in that time and he's going to score 20 goals a game. No comparison at all.

Not with a Sherwood, Christian or Koho. No whip, he'd probably miss the net regularly, like all good shooters did back then. I can't even think of a good one timer player, historically, until Brett Hull, with the sticks starting to change.

 

[Hobble]

It was pretty funny watching Ovi on the PP today. We think our PP players are stationary .