Erling Haaland NHL Equivalent
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Akrapovince
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Goal per game when a match averages three is nuts.
It’s an absolute anomaly. There are less goals scored in football than there is hockey yet we haven’t seen a player go goal per game in a full season in the modern era.
Now here is the question.
If Auston Matthews played 60 minutes a game for however many games is in a football season, how many goals would he amass?
It’s an absolute anomaly. There are less goals scored in football than there is hockey yet we haven’t seen a player go goal per game in a full season in the modern era.
Now here is the question.
If Auston Matthews played 60 minutes a game for however many games is in a football season, how many goals would he amass?
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Haaland is a freak of nature and he plays in by far the best functioning football team in the world. City plays everyone off the park, did it even to Real Madrid last season, but lost the coin flip in penalty shootout.
It's still unheard of and impressive, let's see if he can keep this up for the whole season as he has already done a season ago I think.
He is a machine, his overall play is pretty meh, but his finishing is absolutely lethal and obviously he is an absolute horse.
It's still unheard of and impressive, let's see if he can keep this up for the whole season as he has already done a season ago I think.
He is a machine, his overall play is pretty meh, but his finishing is absolutely lethal and obviously he is an absolute horse.
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Standout Norwegian in the best league? The answer is Zucca here 
But the real answer is obviously Ovechkin, no? Same kind of physicality, relentlessness, unstopability, mixture of opportunism and shot and freakish athleticism.
But the real answer is obviously Ovechkin, no? Same kind of physicality, relentlessness, unstopability, mixture of opportunism and shot and freakish athleticism.
Cole Caulfield, both extremely beautiful goal scorers, both loved by Speed.
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No real equivalent. It would be like having a netfront winger who scores 80g a season. Closest might be prime Ovi when he was a freight train, but didn't work that hard in the defensive zone. Haaland doesn't really do much with the ball besides put in in the net, but soccer is different in that's exactly his job.
You can’t really compare soccer where there is no salary cap and teams like Man City can have a crazy team with the best sniper assisted by the best midfielder, De Bruyne, in every game, so it’s like if Matthews was supported by Panarin, Kucherov type of playmaker
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Actually there are financial rules linked to revenue - but not a strict cap. City are facing 115 charges of cheating the league rules in amassing the team they have. If guilty relegation and being stripped of their titles is a real possibility. I think they probably are “guilty” but expect them to get away with it on a technicality of some sort.
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There's a parallel to Kopitar in that despite being absolutely world class, Haaland has yet to play in any major international tournament because the rest of his countrymen aren't up to standard.
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I agree Haaland is great but he is playing on Manchester City which is a team that would probably win the league without him
Man City is the equivalent of a team of with every star player at each position in the NHL. Also, the referees help out Man City.
Arsenal is a better team than Man City now but EPL politics and referees help push them down the standings with frequent red cards and BS decisions. Man City on the other hand get away with murder both on and off the pitch (breaking numerous EPL transfer rules) with no punishment as the UK govt is scared of punishing their middle eastern corruption buddies.
Man City is the equivalent of a team of with every star player at each position in the NHL. Also, the referees help out Man City.
Arsenal is a better team than Man City now but EPL politics and referees help push them down the standings with frequent red cards and BS decisions. Man City on the other hand get away with murder both on and off the pitch (breaking numerous EPL transfer rules) with no punishment as the UK govt is scared of punishing their middle eastern corruption buddies.
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Gravity
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The NHL equivalent of Haaland is Matthews
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Messi did what Haaland is doing and, frankly, quite more considering assists.
As for comparable even though complete different sports. Ovy prime
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Ovechkin is the guy that comes to mind for me. Comes in, makes it look easy, and takes the league by storm.
Maybe not the best overall player in the world, but still likely the best goal-scorer. And you could argue things would have been different with a lesser supporting cast.
Is Matthews a great goal-scorer? Yes. But I don't think he had that same impact on the overall league the way Ovi did.
Maybe not the best overall player in the world, but still likely the best goal-scorer. And you could argue things would have been different with a lesser supporting cast.
Is Matthews a great goal-scorer? Yes. But I don't think he had that same impact on the overall league the way Ovi did.
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Never heard of Haaland but I think his closest comparable is prime Puljujarvi.
