Ovechkin becomes sixth member of 700/700 club

[Suntouchable13]

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

10-15 years from now: Gartner, Hull, and Matthews

 

[Herregud]

Interesting that he’s the only player with more goals than assists. I wonder what other players goal scoring totals would be if they focused on goal scoring as much as Ovi.

Either way, it’s an elite list. He’s one of the best of all time.

Common question asked by people who do not watch the players around Ovechkin routinely fail to convert easy chances for absolutely no reason at all. This was brutally exposed when Ovechkin couldn't find the back of the net in the first half of last season.

The extended health struggles of Backstrom and Oshie, Kuznetsov's mental issues which led to him basically giving up on the ice for most of half a decade... It's led to a weird situation where Tom Wilson has been the most reliable (combining availability and season-to-season consistency) secondary goal producer on the team. Offensive dynamo, Tom Wilson. And then Tom had an injury season.

Contrary to what a lot of people seem to think, Ovechkin does not, in fact, exist in some weird magical hockey bubble where the rest of the stuff going on with his team does not affect him.

 

[Madap]

You could also invert that statement and wonder how many assists Ovi would have if he had a pass-first mentality. I would imagine he’d be well over 1,000.

Either way, being the greatest goal scorer in the history of the sport is a far more prestigious accomplishment. He will hopefully retire as the sole member of the 900 goal club.

Yeah absolutely. He is a good passer and his assists totals would be much higher, but how much goal scoring would he sacrifice? Maybe he’s not close to Gretz.

I just find it interesting to think about when comparing the great scorers even though there’s no way to know for sure. He will go down as the greatest goal scorer but I don’t think he’s the best. Some people may not agree there’s a distinction.

 

[ForumNamePending]

Welcome to the club, Alex.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

 

[Planetov]

And the other team scored 22 more goals against.

It would appear you don’t understand how the plus/minus stat works.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Too bad he's not a good ol' Canadian boy. I've heard off and on he has been washed up for the last 6 seasons. Hope he gets 20 goals this season. Heh.