How many goals for Ovechkin this season?

[BallardEra]

He will be entering his age 38 season. How many goals do you predict for him this season?


Most goals age 38 season:

1. Brett Hull - 37
2. Johnny Bucyk - 31
3. Martin St. Louis - 30
4. Joe Pavelski - 28

 

[Winger74]

I hope Ovi will have good season, but hard to predict. There are a lot of factors in play - age, health, performance of his teammates... Optimistic scenario 42 goals, pesimistic 31.

 

[Zuluss]

Hoping for another 40-goal season, probably his last one.
At the moment, Ovechkin tops the all-time list of 40-goal seasons with 13 (Gretzky has 12, Lemieux and Dionne 10, everyone else 9 or less). Seeing Ovechkin break his own record is always great.

 

[beowulf]

38 goals

 

[User9992]

Hope 40+ once again!

 

[eco's bones]

Not much doubt in mind that Alex can put together at least 3/4 more very very productive seasons. Bigger question for me though is if the Caps can get back to the playoffs and I they'll have their work cut out for them and their somewhat aging lineup is going to have to stay healthy or some of their younger kids particularly their forwards are going to have to step up more. It's great that Alex is closing on the NHL goal scoring record (and he seems to stay healthy) but not making it into the postseason really makes for a shitty season. Goaltending might have to be better too.

 

[Midnight Judges]

40 seems about right.

Of course, it's hockey so there is a wide margin of error.

 

[deleted user]

Yeah, probably around 27-32.

 

[Aurinko]

Ill go with 40. I hope this is worth it for Caps..

 

[danyhabsfan]

Yeah, probably around 27-32.

so you predict he'll be injured?

from a 47 goals pace last season to 27-32?

 

[RANDOMH3RO]

I’m guessing between 35-45. He missed time last year and still put up 42. 35 should be his absolute floor if he plays a full year.

 

[Suntouchable13]

51. Why not? His teammates will be looking for him as much as possible.

 

[Roksta]

I'll go with 51 too

 

[Krigsgaldr]

42 goals is my prediction

 

[banks]

40 goals is a very attainable number.

Ovie is a machine.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

40 at his age has never been done before. It depends on how ass the rest of the team is. If Kuznetsov and Backstrom look like they should be playing beer league at MedStar then I think there’s very little chance. Ovi is a mutant but he’s still human (kind of).

 

[Coffey]

Who knows, he's a goddamn freak of nature.
Probably 40-50 or something that doesn't make sense for someone his age.

 

[BallardEra]

40 at his age has never been done before. It depends on how ass the rest of the team is. If Kuznetsov and Backstrom look like they should be playing beer league at MedStar then I think there’s very little chance. Ovi is a mutant but he’s still human (kind of).

He's had some pretty good chemistry with Strome and Carlson being back and healthy would also help on the PP.

 

[LevelingSolo]

51

 

[LevelingSolo]

51. Why not? His teammates will be looking for him as much as possible.

This is a really good point, the organizations goal now is is the goal record so you'd have to think he'll be getting looks like crazy

 

[RRhoads]

If he's healthy and plays all games, I would guess 50.

 

[BallardEra]

This is a really good point, the organizations goal now is is the goal record so you'd have to think he'll be getting looks like crazy

That goes both ways. Over passing to Ovie makes it easier for the opposition as it becomes predictable.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Using other players to predict Ovi goals is a fool's errand. He hits 50+ again this year

 

[Suntouchable13]

This is a really good point, the organizations goal now is is the goal record so you'd have to think he'll be getting looks like crazy

Plus, I think he will be on the ice every time the opponent has an empty net at the end of the game.

 

[Regal]

40 hasn’t been done at the same age, but Howe did have 44 at 40 though. Ovechkin’s aging curve is hard to predict. You never know if things will fall off quickly but it doesn’t look like it currently. I think he has another 40 in him. I’ll say he ties Howe for most after age 38 at 44.