I don't care how many shots OV takes.
I just want people to look square into the computer and continue saying that him scoring 1 more goal than Draisaitl last year despite holding a 200+ shot advantage, is somehow impressive. Note, I'm not saying the total is not impressive. 50+ goals is always a nice benchmark for rocket winners.
But there is context in everything. Every sport, hockey included we talk about ratio's and relativity. We talk about per game totals, per 60 minutes, etc. You can go on and on and on.
But when it comes to goal scoring, the OV crowd clings to the:
1. Goals are more valuable than points. Yawn.
2. All goals are created equal and therefor should count for the same value whereas say secondary assists should be devalued because some of them are gift wrapped points (not even denying this, just comical someone would say this and not say the same thing about empty goals scored or goals scored where the player scoring does nothing more than tap the puck into a wide open net).
3. All shots are good.
-This is probably my favorite because it's born out of outdated thinking as it pertains to possession. I'd be more inclined to say that all shots ON NET are good but even that is ridiculous when you consider plenty of on goal shots are blocked and possession changes. And nobody misses the net more than OV.
How many times (thousands obviously) has OV missed the net with a shot that had little to zero chance of going in, smacks off the boards 10 feet wide and ends up with the other team. I'd consider that a turnover all things considered.
At the end of the day, OV's entire resume revolves around 1 stat. Yeah, he's really, really, really great at it, but strip that away and you're left with a guy who's been past the 2nd round of the postseason 1 time in 15 years and who's only Cup win came against an upstart expansion team.
His career is void of any sterling international acclaim at the biggest tournaments (Olympics, not watered down modern era WC's where even there he's not that great). He's one of the worst defensive players of this era. He doesn't take faceoffs. He's not protecting late leads. 3/4 of his career he's been a trigger man goal scorer rather than someone who can create time and space and goals on his own consistently.
Honestly the 2nd most impressive aspect to OV's career is probably his durability.
But we're talking about him as a top 10 and eventual top 5 player of all time because he's scored a lot of goals, needed vastly more shots just to pass the guys he's passing?
I'm not THAT impressed (putting him into the top 10).