Ovechkin becomes sixth member of 700/700 club

[koyvoo]

Seven hundred goals and seven hundred assists

Gretzky 894 - 1963
Ovechkin 853 - 700
Howe 801 - 1049
Jagr 766 - 1155
Dionne 731 - 1040
Esposito 717 - 873

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[Bounces R Way]

in your face Sid!

 

[Coffee]

Meh

Second in all time goals.

The longevity and capability should not warrant that response from even the most prominent homers on the site

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Been the best player in the world a couple of times.

 

[ThatGuy22]

I'm kind of shocked how few assists he has

 

[Neil Racki]

 

[BallardEra]

I'm kind of shocked how few assists he has

60th most in the history of the NHL.

 

[Plural]

Only two players with 700 goals don't have 700 assists. Gartner and Hull.

 

[hamzarocks]

Great career, great player, great legacy

 

[BTO]

Great, now he can retire!

 

[DitchMarner]

I'm kind of shocked how few assists he has

He has only about 100 fewer assists than Malkin... while having more than 300 more goals.

 

[T REX]

Greatness on the ice

 

[ThatGuy22]

He has only about 100 fewer assists than Malkin... while having more than 300 more goals.

I'm not saying anything is wrong with it. Guess I just never paid attention to his assist numbers, and thought even the best goal scorers generally have more assists than goals.

Just surprised me

 

[hamzarocks]

He has only about 100 fewer assists than Malkin... while having more than 300 more goals.

That is due to games played/injuries for Malkin

Malkin: 1149 games : 499 goals, 804 assists = 36 goals and 57 assists per 82 for his career with majority of it being in low scoring period (2008-2018)

OV; 1428 games (counting tonight): 853 goals, 700 assists = 49 goals and 40 assist per 82 for his career with majority of it being in low scoring period (2008-2018)

OV is the greater player all time due to crazy 3-year peak+goal scoring prime & logenvity but Malkin is an all-time great hurt by injuries and low scoring league/linemates impacting his assist totals.

Malkin is pretty significantly a better overall passer+playmaker than OV just like OV is for goal scoring vs Malkin

They are the 2 clear cut best Russian careers in the NHL (old legends from Russia who came in late 20s and 30s not as good NHLers as these two)

 

[ViD]

How are some people saying he’s not top 10 all time is beyond me

 

[dirtydanglez]

incredible feat especially for how physical he was.

 

[pi314]

How are some people saying he’s not top 10 all time is beyond me

He is comically overrated at this point.

A flashier Brett Hull who cherry picks in obvious defensive situations to pad his stats.

He scores a ton and so does the other team while he’s out there.

Not saying he isn’t an all time great.

But I could easily think of 20 guys who would help you more in a must win game 7.

 

[hamzarocks]

He is comically overrated at this point.

A flashier Brett Hull who cherry picks in obvious defensive situations to pad his stats.

He scores a ton and so does the other team while he’s out there.

Not saying he isn’t an all time great.

But I could easily think of 20 guys who would help you win more in a must win game 7.

OV is 8th to 15th all time depending on what you value and if you co sider current era stars a higer level than older /pre expansion

There arent 20 guys to help win a game 7 more than him for all time legends. And that is ignoring that in his prime he could be a guy to score and create to get to that game 6 or 7

I have him 10th all time personally even if he doesmt score another goal ever and he is the clear cut GOAT goal scorer for me already

 

[Barrie22]

He has only about 100 fewer assists than Malkin... while having more than 300 more goals.

And 300 more games.

 

[Ignatius]

That is due to games played/injuries for Malkin

Malkin: 1149 games : 499 goals, 804 assists = 36 goals and 57 assists per 82 for his career with majority of it being in low scoring period (2008-2018)

OV; 1428 games (counting tonight): 853 goals, 700 assists = 49 goals and 40 assist per 82 for his career with majority of it being in low scoring period (2008-2018)

OV is the greater player all time due to crazy 3-year peak+goal scoring prime & logenvity but Malkin is an all-time great hurt by injuries and low scoring league/linemates impacting his assist totals.

Malkin is pretty significantly a better overall passer+playmaker than OV just like OV is for goal scoring vs Malkin

They are the 2 clear cut best Russian careers in the NHL (old legends from Russia who came in late 20s and 30s not as good NHLers as these two)

G is the click-click and OV is the BOOM

 

[dirtydanglez]

And 300 more games.

yes, he was incredibly physical, incredibly productive, and incredibly durable.

 

[Russian_fanatic]

Correction 850/700 club

 

[ViD]

The only player with 700/700 and 3500+ hits

 

[Pablo El Perro]

I'm kind of shocked how few assists he has

It's interesting, given the others in the group.

 

[Randyne]

I'm kind of shocked how few assists he has

His one of the most secondary assistant is himself. About 100. All of them were not counted.