McDavid becomes the 4th fastest player to reach 1000 points.

[McPoyle]

Here are the 15 fastest. Bold is active.

Wayne Gretzky 424 games.
Mario Lemieux, 513.
Mike Bossy, 656.
Connor McDavid, 659.
Peter Stastny, 682.
Jari Kurri, 716.
Guy Lafleur, 720.
Bryan Trottier, 726.
Denis Savard, 727.
Steve Yzerman, 737,
Marcel Dionne, 740.
Phil Esposito, 745.
Sidney Crosby, 757.
Jaromir Jagr, 763
Paul Coffey, 770.

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[Goose]

His dominance is established, now people will take pleasure in asterisking him because he doesn't have a cup at 27 when Sid had one at 21 or whatever it was.

Hopefully he gets one, skill-wise he's on track to be a Top 5 Player all time and a cup clinches it assuming he plays out a normal career from this point (at least 10 more years.)

 

[snipes]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1857259386214736141

 

[Oilslick941611]

the crickets in here is astounding.

 

[Soundwave]

Most skilled player ever IMO. No offense to the 80s guys, but it's much harder to score against today's D and goaltending.

 

[Video Nasty]

the crickets in here is astounding.

A little more activity in the other thread, but yeah, being one of the five greatest players ever is nothing compared to another tantalizing what if fantasy.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Fitting it was Assisted by Draisaitl.

 

[Our Lady Peace]

Awesome feat for a truly special player

 

[McFlash97]

The King

 

[kerrabria]

the crickets in here is astounding.

Why? What are we supposed to say? Do you want 50 posts saying “Cool, Wow, One of the greats,” like as if even one person saying that isn’t stating the obvious?

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1857265328989860285

 

[tarheelhockey]

Here are the years in which the players in the top 10 scored their 1000th point.

1984
1992
1986
2024
1989
1990
1981
1985
1990
1993

Guess which one is McDavid?

 

[BallardEra]

2000+ career points is a very good possibility.

 

[LightningStrikes]

He might go down as the 3rd best player the game has seen.

 

[Soundwave]

He might go down as the 3rd best player the game has seen.

I think it's becoming more and more obvious he's the best player since Mario and since many people regard Mario as the 2nd best ever ... welp it makes no.3 pretty easy.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

2000+ career points is a very good possibility.

Came here to say this.

 

[Hanji]

I think it's becoming more and more obvious he's the best player since Mario and since many people regard Mario as the 2nd best ever ... welp it makes no.3 pretty easy.

4th maybe. McJesus is insane, but not quite as dominant as Gretzky, Lemieux and Orr.

 

[Da McBomb]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1857302698774970516

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Looks like McDavid overtook Stastny for the player highest on the list without a cup...

 

[Soundwave]

4th maybe. McJesus is insane, but not quite as dominant as Gretzky, Lemieux and Orr.

I love ya Bobby Orr, but McDavid would score so many points in that era the score board would malfunction. It's just such a different era it almost can't be compared.

 

[5 14 6 1]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1857286258784890905

McDavid on the ice post game. Fitting it came on a goal assisted by Draisaitl and Nurse, the three longest Oilers who came into the league together

 

[Hanji]

I love ya Bobby Orr, but McDavid would score so many points in that era the score board would malfunction. It's just such a different era it almost can't be compared.

Right, but McDavid wouldn't have the luxury of modern training/technology if he played in Orr’s day.

Case in point - linear crossovers. The amount of speed/acceleration McDavid generates from his linnear crossovers is crazy. He would NOT be able to do this in flimsy 1970s skates. He’s break his ankles if he tried.

We judge players based on dominance relative to their peers. Bobby Orr was on a different level.

 

[Soundwave]

Right, but McDavid wouldn't have the luxury of modern training/technology if he played in Orr’s day.

Case in point - linear crossovers. The amount of speed/acceleration McDavid generates from his linnear crossovers is crazy. He would NOT be able to do this in 1970s skates. He’s break his ankles if he tried.

We judge players based on dominance relative to their contemporary peers. Bobby Orr was on a completely different level.

I never really like this line of logic because that can just mean you played in a much shittier era honestly.

Like Wilt Chamberlain scored 50 ppg in 1960s basketball too (this would be like a hockey player scoring like 250 points in a season), but then again he was like only one of two 7 footers in the entire NBA at that time. Today many teams have two sometimes on just one roster.

There are ECHL goalies today who are better than NHL goalies from the 60s or even 80s. The position has gotten radically better since the mid-90s and revolutionized the sport.

 

[BluesyShoes]

As a Canucks fan, I've been waiting forever to see this guy play at the Olympics for Canada so I can know what it feels like to watch him without my asshole clenched.

 

[authentic]

I never really like this line of logic because that can just mean you played in a much shittier era honestly.

Like Wilt Chamberlain scored 50 ppg in 1960s basketball too (this would be like a hockey player scoring like 250 points in a season), but then again he was like only one of two 7 footers in the entire NBA at that time. Today many teams have two sometimes on just one roster.

There are ECHL goalies today who are better than NHL goalies from the 60s or even 80s. The position has gotten radically better since the mid-90s and revolutionized the sport.

Did you see Bobby Orr skate in that crappy equipment with all the injuries he had? What McDavid is doing today should take nothing away from him, we have no idea how dominant either would be if they switched eras and training techniques, etc. Bobby Orr before his knee injuries didn’t actually give up a lot of actual speed to McDavid even before correcting for advances in modern technology to begin with, he really was just that good even though the league was watered down, no one alive at the time was on his level and Bobby Hull before and Guy Lafleur after were the only two players in close proximity who came close, and they also looked like they could jump straight out of a Time Machine and be placed in the NHL today and not look out of place.