The Grim Reaper
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Seeing Leafs and Oil fans rehash the Crosby vs Ovechkin debate 15 years later will always be hilarious. It’s like you guys learned nothing. Enjoy both players.
Auston Matthews 69 goals in 81 games, most goals scored since Lemieux in 1995-96
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Kind of, Tampa twice, Florida once more, Montreal, Detroit, it's a mixed bag
The Podium
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Only Stamkos and Tavares are ahead if you extend to 08
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Amazing. Shows his dominance as the best goal scorer in the league.
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Rants Mulliniks
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No, you are missing something as you said.
Yup. Inflation at a cheap rate.
My prediction of over 65 goals but under 70 is looking pretty good right now.
Great goal-scorer and all but these stats are intentionally misleading.
Are we seriously comparing Matthews's gpg while he's in his prime, to gpgs of gratzky and ovechkin that spans their entire careers thus far?
Great goal-scorer and all but these stats are intentionally misleading.
Rants Mulliniks
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Not my graphic but over the first 8 years OV would be at 0.617, Matthews at 0.652. Gretzky is a whole other beast in his early career. That's where OV is a unicorn in that it isn't the first half that set him apart as much as the second half.
Barring injuries or some other unforeseen, Matthews is well on pace to being the only player other than Gretzky and Bossy to reach 500 goals before turning 30 (and those two played in a much higher scoring time).
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The fanbase attacks/"rattled"/"coping" bullshit is going to be something that we will be taking a very hard line on, in multiple threads.
Cut this crap out. If you can't handle it, we'll find a way to have the threads without you.
Cut this crap out. If you can't handle it, we'll find a way to have the threads without you.
SeanMoneyHands
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Is Marner back yet? If he didn’t get injured and Matthews didn’t have to play with Domi and Bertuzzi, Matthews would likely have 65 or 66 goals right now.
ReginKarlssonLehner
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Unquestionably best goalscorer in the league.
I really wonder what happens if he has another average playoff performance. I think his reg season success will continue to excuse him until he inevitably has a killer post season performance even if it be 3-4 years from now (hypothetically speaking).
I really wonder what happens if he has another average playoff performance. I think his reg season success will continue to excuse him until he inevitably has a killer post season performance even if it be 3-4 years from now (hypothetically speaking).
He has 8 goals and 18 points in 11 games since Marner has been out. Prior to that he only had 2 goals and 2 assists in 7 games before Marner got hurt.
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I'm actually a Leaf hater but if Marner Is out and they're still winning I'd hope they are considering trading him to upgrade their D
Alexander the Gr8
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Dude is just automatic at this point. It will be interesting to see what gameplan teams will have to counter him in the playoffs. Do you focus on him and have someone shadow him at all times? Do you try to cut time and space for all his linemates and prevent him from getting clean passes?
No they cant be equal. Because 36 assists are secondary...so far. There are no secondary goals.
There is a reason why there is no award for assists but there is for goal scoring.
I dont really feel like arguing this because it seems like Im taking away from McDavid. 100 assists would be sick and super impressive
But 70 goals? Is just up a peg
I remember someone shadowing a leaf player a long time ago in the playoffs. Cant remember the players but basically followed him all over the ice. I seriously feel like it was a senator back in the leaf sens playoff days
Shadowing Mathews could work because he is a pure sniper so getting in his way could be effective
If secondary assists are so easy to get, then there should be much more players getting 100 assists seasons... Yet, here we are....
Who said it was easy? Not me.If secondary assists are so easy to get, then there should be much more players getting 100 assists seasons... Yet, here we are....
