How do you feel about Ovechkin breaking Gretzky's record?

[toothlessgoon]

It's a matter of time at this point, so what do you think?

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[jigglysquishy]

Seeing records get broken is fun.

 

[Crabapple]

I got to watch the best pure goalscorer of all time in his prime, I am very happy

 

[tfwnogf]

You can't stop the inevitable, so you might as well enjoy the ride.

 

[Dominance]

Pretty neutral. Ovi surpassed Gretzky in era-adjusted goalscoring long ago and is universally revered as the greatest goalscorer of all time.

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

Seeing records get broken is fun.

Depends on the record, I suppose.

Goal-scoring is definitely a fun one though. Watching Patrick Marleau play the last season of inconsequential games to knock out Howe is pretty anticlimatic.

 

[SillyRabbit]

I like it. He earned it. He’s an absolutely transcendent goal scorer.

Gretzky owning the goals, assists and points record is cool but at the end of the day he was always known as a playmaker and that legacy isn’t affected by his goal scoring record being broken.

It’s more that “he’s the greatest offensive creator of all time who was so good that he also happened to have the most goals ever.”

 

[General Fanager]

Im pretty indifferent right now. I will get excited as he gets closer though for sure!.. Ill be happy then

 

[Mrfenn92]

Like it

 

[Aashir Mallik]

It’s cool to see someone break records that seemed impossible

It took a guy scoring 45-50+ goals for pretty much 2 decades to break it, that’s cool to see

 

[Metroid]

I'm on the anyone but him train.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Well he hasn't done it yet but if he does then he does, I don't understand anybody being upset over that.

 

[Karl Prime]

The record will be held by the actual best goal scorer of all-time, which is cool. I'm sure Wayne himself would tell you he's not even in the top 10 for best pure goal scorers ever, though that's mainly because he's pretty humble. It's also a good thing for the league for a big record like that to fall.

 

[Talik Sanis]

Incredibly pleased because circumstances would have conspired to rob him of the record should he fail to actually break it; my regret is that Adam Oates, two lockouts, and a pandemic, perhaps, prevented him from reaching the unfathomable 1000 goals in a career.

 

[moropanov]

Its shame if it come's to be.. kind of disgrace for hockey and its being forced by rotten organisation Capitals.

 

[dirtydanglez]

it's always nice to see record being broken. it sucks that he's a shitty person tho.

 

[NyQuil]

I support him in his endeavour.

 

[PuckG]

It’s a good sign when records like this are broken. It means skill, physical capacities, and performance are all still improving. This should be a good thing for hockey and for sports performance.

 

[nowhereman]

He's the best goalscorer of all time, so why shouldn't he hold the record? Politics aside, this is a major accomplishment.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

It’s amazing and we are lucky to get to watch it happen

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Super happy, Lucky to have watched the GOAT goalscorer do it

 

[Xspyrit]

Pretty neutral. Ovi surpassed Gretzky in era-adjusted goalscoring long ago and is universally revered as the greatest goalscorer of all time.

Yeah, Gretzky is not even top-5 when considering eras (which should always be done). All these guys were better IIRC

Ovechkin
Lemieux
Howe
M. Richard
B. Hull x 2
Stamkos
Esposito

Bure and Bossy could have been considered too but we put an asterix since they had to retire at a young age

 

[psycat]

Neither of those two poll options.

Yeah, Gretzky is not even top-5 when considering eras (which should always be done). All these guys were better IIRC

Ovechkin
Lemieux
Howe
M. Richard
B. Hull x 2
Stamkos
Esposito

Bure and Bossy could have been considered too but we put an asterix since they had to retire at a young age

So a player that he vastly outscored who played at the same time as him should be considered? Give me a break.

Gretzky is right up there with the best of the best when it comes to goalscoring, won't argue anybody who prefers Mario/Ovi but rest of the players listed are dubious at best. Stamkos, Esposito etc cmon now.

Now Maurice Richard there you have a overrated goalscorer and player.

 

[LT]

Incredibly pleased because circumstances would have conspired to rob him of the record should he fail to actually break it; my regret is that Adam Oates, two lockouts, and a pandemic, perhaps, prevented him from reaching the unfathomable 1000 goals in a career.

I believe he's said before that a lot of the extra downtime helped him fully recover from the injuries that build up for a guy as physical as he is. I do agree that he'd probably have more goals than he does now, but it's hard to tell by how much if what he said is true and did have a big impact on his play.

 

[um]

Neither of those two poll options.



So a player that he vastly outscored who played at the same time as him should be considered? Give me a break.

Gretzky is right up there with the best of the best when it comes to goalscoring, won't argue anybody who prefers Mario/Ovi but rest of the players listed are dubious at best. Stamkos, Esposito etc cmon now.

Now Maurice Richard there you have a overrated goalscorer and player.

You lost me with that last sentence.