Around the NHL: Part XLIV 2025)

Strange as it sounds I wouldn't mind going in the record books as giving up the goal. At least he is now in the record books for something ☺️
 
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Gretzky has more assists than anyone else has points. He also has 4 cups. I like OV but his goal record has no meaning or significance whatsoever.

Why do so many peope act like for the record to mean something it has to be done by a better player? Such nonsense. Especially nonsense since it's pretty widely accepted Ovechkin is the better goal scorer. What do his assists have to do with anything?
 
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Gretzky has more assists than anyone else has points. He also has 4 cups. I like OV but his goal record has no meaning or significance whatsoever.

ok lol

Guy breaks a Gretzky record to immortalize himself as the greatest goal scorer ever but it actually doesn't have any meaning or significance.

Shit had me tuning into a f***ing Islanders game on a Sunday afternoon
 
Happy it's over. Ovechkin is a great player to me but a rival for an organization I've disliked since I was a kid (the 90 and 91 playoffs for me have subconscious dislike more than being a rational adult).

And I'm not afraid to say it: I'm also pissed and jealous that he got a Cup and Lundqvist didn't.

In 10-15 years I'll look back at him fondly and getting to see him play live on many occasions . Kind of how I feel about a Peter Bondra or Michal Pivonka now. For now, eff him.
 
ok lol

Guy breaks a Gretzky record to immortalize himself as the greatest goal scorer ever but it actually doesn't have any meaning or significance.

Shit had me tuning into a f***ing Islanders game on a Sunday afternoon
Not trying to be argumentative but I would view Ovie as the guy with the most goals ever while I may not view him as the greatest goal scorer ever. Now with that said I do find what he has done this season at age 39 to be the best ever for anyone that age.

Crazy as it sounds around 13 years ago people said Ovie was done on this very board. I said I would still take him in a trade and some people got upset with me. It was probably some of the same follks got mad because I wanted to sign Stamkos as a UFA (around 2016) and move on from Stepan.
 
Not trying to be argumentative but I would view Ovie as the guy with the most goals ever while I may not view him as the greatest goal scorer ever. Now with that said I do find what he has done this season at age 39 to be the best ever for anyone that age.

Crazy as it sounds around 13 years ago people said Ovie was done on this very board. I said I would still take him in a trade and some people got upset with me. It was probably some of the same follks got mad because I wanted to sign Stamkos as a UFA (around 2016) and move on from Stepan.
Ovechkin looked very average when Hunter and Oates were his coach. Like he was still good but not as dynamic. He also had some personal stuff go on in the early 2010s, I forget if it was sick parent or a break up.

I give him credit for changing his training even if he still has a crap diet.
 
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Ovechkin looked very average when Hunter and Oates were his coach. Like he was still good but not as dynamic. He also had some personal stuff go on in the early 2010s, I forget if it was sick parent or a break up.

I give him credit for changing his training even if he still has a crap diet.

They tried to get him to "play the right way." I think Oates even threw him on the RW and that just didn't work at all.

Trotz is as strict of a defensive coach as he is but he was smart enough to let OV be OV. When you have the greatest goal scorer of all time, you just let him do what ever the f*** he wants to do and hope that he gives you the bare minimum everywhere else.

Coaching matters. We've had some awful ones roll through here in the last 10 years.
 
They tried to get him to "play the right way." I think Oates even threw him on the RW and that just didn't work at all.

Trotz is as strict of a defensive coach as he is but he was smart enough to let OV be OV. When you have the greatest goal scorer of all time, you just let him do what ever the f*** he wants to do and hope that he gives you the bare minimum everywhere else.

Coaching matters. We've had some awful ones roll through here in the last 10 years.
#weNeverGetAGoodCoach
 
Ottawa is now only 2 points behind Florida for the 3rd seed in the Atlantic as Florida continues to slide. Toronto probably thought they had Ottawa for sure in Round 1 and now they may be looking at a Panthers team in Round 1 getting back Barkov and Tkachuk.

It was just a few weeks ago that the Rangers had a 3-1 lead in Ottawa with a chance to solidify a Wild Card spot...
 

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