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Matthews has 44g in his last 46 games. Can he hit 50 in 50? (Update: YES HE CAN!!)

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You know what's amazing?

He's the only player in the league you can say this about and not sound absolutely f***ing crazy: He can realistically score 14 goals in the last 11 games and end up with 70. It's a massive number but if anyone can do it, it's him.
 
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La Mama Morta said:
Is it weird that I would take Matthews over McDavid if they redrafted?
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Not at all. To be honest there is a real case for either, I don't think it's cut and dry one way or another. That said, I'm a Leafs fan so I'm taking Matthews.
 
Man Bear Pig said:
It's silly that it's only counted if you do it to start the season. Every 50 in 50 stretch should count. It's not like it's all that common.
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It makes no sense at all. as long as the 50 games happen in a row within the same season, there is absolutely zero difference in accomplishment. As far as I'm concerned if he gets a goal Saturday he's in the club.
 
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Morbo said:
It makes no sense at all. as long as the 50 games happen in a row within the same season, there is absolutely zero difference in accomplishment. As far as I'm concerned if he gets a goal Saturday he's in the club.
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Even if he doesn't when all those other guys did it scoring was way higher. It's already as impressive right now if not more so.
 
MSZ said:
Unofficially. Mogilny and Neely were the other two unofficial 50 in 50 scorers.

Officially Brett Hull was the last 50 in 50 scorer.
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If we're being technical, even this run of 50 goals in 50 games won't be recognized as "unofficial". The official ones are in the team's first 50 games. But even the "unofficial" ones are in the player's first 50 games. It's not just any span of 50 games, it has to start at the start of a season to "count".

Matthews' first 50 games this season have come and gone.

It's still incredible. But this season won't get his name added to any lists, even the unofficial ones.
 
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banks said:
If we're being technical, even this run of 50 goals in 50 games won't be recognized as "unofficial". The official ones are in the team's first 50 games. But even the "unofficial" ones are in the player's first 50 games. It's not just any span of 50 games, it has to start at the start of a season to "count".

Matthews' first 50 games this season have come and gone.

It's still incredible. But this season won't get his name added to any lists, even the unofficial ones.
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No one ever said this is an official run though.
 
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banks said:
If we're being technical, even this run of 50 goals in 50 games won't be recognized as "unofficial". The official ones are in the team's first 50 games. But even the "unofficial" ones are in the player's first 50 games. It's not just any span of 50 games, it has to start at the start of a season to "count".

Matthews' first 50 games this season have come and gone.

It's still incredible. But this season won't get his name added to any lists, even the unofficial ones.
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Ya its a very weird and arbitrary specification. What is the difference in scoring in the first 50 games vs the last 50? Arguably harder to do it in the last 50
 
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banks said:
If we're being technical, even this run of 50 goals in 50 games won't be recognized as "unofficial". The official ones are in the team's first 50 games. But even the "unofficial" ones are in the player's first 50 games. It's not just any span of 50 games, it has to start at the start of a season to "count".

Matthews' first 50 games this season have come and gone.

It's still incredible. But this season won't get his name added to any lists, even the unofficial ones.
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There's no award being given out here. Matthews could have 50 goals in 50 games. It's the same accomplishment no matter which game it started in.
 
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zeke said:
There's no award being given out here. Matthews could have 50 goals in 50 games. It's the same accomplishment no matter which game it started in.
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Yeah, gatekeeping on a stat like this makes no sense.

You don't need to separate the "real" 50 in 50's from the "fake" because there is no difference between the two and it's about as rare as Halley's comet right now.

The only guy in the near future I can see getting 50 in 50 if he gets it is Auston Matthews lol. It likely won't happen again for a long, long time.
 
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MSZ said:
No one ever said this is an official run though.
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That's right. But lots of people said suggested that it's "unofficial". I explained that it's technically not "unofficial" either. Re-read my post.

According to some google research, Jari Kurri in 1986 scored 51 in a 50 game span, from game 23 to 71. But that isn't listed anywhere in any discussion about official or unofficial 50 in 50 scorers. Because it wasn't in his team's, or his own, first 50 games.

What Matthews is doing is incredible, and he could get 50 goals in a 50 game span. I'm just explaining that it isn't going to be recorded anywhere. There's no master list I can find of similar accomplishments.
 
banks said:
That's right. But lots of people said suggested that it's "unofficial". I explained that it's technically not "unofficial" either. Re-read my post.

According to some google research, Jari Kurri in 1986 scored 51 in a 50 game span, from game 23 to 71. But that isn't listed anywhere in any discussion about official or unofficial 50 in 50 scorers. Because it wasn't in his team's, or his own, first 50 games.

What Matthews is doing is incredible, and he could get 50 goals in a 50 game span. I'm just explaining that it isn't going to be recorded anywhere. There's no master list I can find of similar accomplishments.
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There doesn't need to be a master list because it doesn't occur often enough nowadays for there to be one.

All we need to know is that the last time it happened was nearly 30 years ago.
 
banks said:
That's right. But lots of people said suggested that it's "unofficial". I explained that it's technically not "unofficial" either. Re-read my post.

According to some google research, Jari Kurri in 1986 scored 51 in a 50 game span, from game 23 to 71. But that isn't listed anywhere in any discussion about official or unofficial 50 in 50 scorers. Because it wasn't in his team's, or his own, first 50 games.

What Matthews is doing is incredible, and he could get 50 goals in a 50 game span. I'm just explaining that it isn't going to be recorded anywhere. There's no master list I can find of similar accomplishments.
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all due respect to Kurri but the reason nobody remembers any of his amazing stats is because a) he was gretzky's winger and b) he played in the highest scoring era ever.

Kurri had 71 goals one year. in 73 games.

If you're worried about people not remembering that Matthews scored 50 in 50 (if he does it), i don't think you should be.
 
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