Ovechkin milestone thread - 850 and Beyond!

[SeanMoneyHands]

What's wrong with Ovy this year? No one on the Caps can dish the puck to him anymore? If not, then trade for a playmaking center just so Ovy can smash Gretzkys record.

 

[SherVaughn30]

What's wrong with Ovy this year? No one on the Caps can dish the puck to him anymore? If not, then trade for a playmaking center just so Ovy can smash Gretzkys record.

A lot of bad luck. He would have something like another 10 goals right now from a combination offside reviews and hitting posts/crossbar. Overall the Caps are the 3rd worst goal scoring team in the NHL. The Caps lack of generating enough offense is hurting OV as well.

 

[M2Beezy]

Man I love this player

 

[kugelbahn]

A lot of bad luck. He would have something like another 10 goals right now from a combination offside reviews and hitting posts/crossbar. Overall the Caps are the 3rd worst goal scoring team in the NHL. The Caps lack of generating enough offense is hurting OV as well.

I think it is combination of OV age finally catching up and Caps being bad offensive team. OV is 38. Caps are 2.38 G/GP this season, were 3.08 and 3.29 in previous seasons.

I do not think bad luck is a factor, eg he hit 3 posts + 1 crossbar, previous years it was 7+4 and 9+1

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Have not seen goals called off stats, but last year he got plenty of those too.

 

[george14]

A lot of bad luck. He would have something like another 10 goals right now from a combination offside reviews and hitting posts/crossbar. Overall the Caps are the 3rd worst goal scoring team in the NHL. The Caps lack of generating enough offense is hurting OV as well.

It’s a part of the game. While I agree Ovi has gotten some bad breaks, he has regressed mightily. Anyone watching Caps games can see that.

 

[TheGuiminator]

Well, it looks like Ovechkin will top Gretzky’s 9 goals as a 38 year old

 

[Video Nasty]

Well, it looks like Ovechkin will top Gretzky’s 9 goals as a 38 year old

Yeah, but adjusted goals between the two seasons means Ovechkin’s 9 are actually 3, or whatever nonsense people usually bring up when the shoe is on the other foot.

 

[Zuluss]

#832 is in
Here is for the remaining 63

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Ovi still gonna hit 30 goals this year

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Can’t wait for his Hero of the Soviet Union ceremony back home

 

[M2Beezy]

Man I love this player

 

[ViD]

Ovi still gonna hit 30 goals this year

As much as I’d like that, I think 20 would be good for this lackluster year

 

[hi]

Man I love this player

Wow another empty netter. No shame

 

[super6646]

I mean again his shot volume is there, pucks just aren't going in

 

[TJHKY]

 

[Zuluss]

I mean again his shot volume is there, pucks just aren't going in

Number of shots looks better than the shooting %, but that's the only good thing about this number.
The last time Ovechkin hit 50 goals (2 seasons ago), he was #2 in the league in shots.
Last season (when he had 42 goals), he was #12 in the league in shots.
This season, he is #28,
Someone needs to start feeding him the puck. The guy is 38, not 23, he cannot generate his scoring chances all by himself like he used to.

 

[Regal]

Number of shots looks better than the shooting %, but that's the only good thing about this number.
The last time Ovechkin hit 50 goals (2 seasons ago), he was #2 in the league in shots.
Last season (when he had 42 goals), he was #12 in the league in shots.
This season, he is #28,
Someone needs to start feeding him the puck. The guy is 38, not 23, he cannot generate his scoring chances all by himself like he used to.

Backstrom’s injury and Kuznetsov’s off-ice situation really hurts. But it’s hard to expect that shot volume at his age too. He’s still shooting enough to be a 30+ goalscorer. I imagine his shooting percentage will start to balance out a bit as the year goes on

 

[andrjusha]

1 more down, 62 to go...

 

[TheTotalPackage]

62 more goals seems so close, yet so far. It's weird.

 

[Crosby2010]

Here is my question. Did Ovechkin ever publicly say he wants to beat the record and play until he does? Because honestly, he looks to me like he could retire at any moment. I suspect Ovie doesn't like the idea of him scoring 20 goals a season in his remaining years. He might feel he has proven everything he has to, and in reality he has.

 

[Midnight Judges]

Here is my question. Did Ovechkin ever publicly say he wants to beat the record and play until he does? Because honestly, he looks to me like he could retire at any moment. I suspect Ovie doesn't like the idea of him scoring 20 goals a season in his remaining years. He might feel he has proven everything he has to, and in reality he has.

He has specifically said that he won't hang on just to linger at a lower level than his standards.

 

[Toby91ca]

Here is my question. Did Ovechkin ever publicly say he wants to beat the record and play until he does? Because honestly, he looks to me like he could retire at any moment. I suspect Ovie doesn't like the idea of him scoring 20 goals a season in his remaining years. He might feel he has proven everything he has to, and in reality he has.

Well, scoring 20 goals a year at 39, 40, 41 is pretty good still…my issue would be if he’s chipping away at like 10-15 a year or less

 

[wetcoast]

He has specifically said that he won't hang on just to linger at a lower level than his standards.

Maybe he retires after this season then?

But if course people can change their minds too.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

He just scored

Maybe he retires after this season then?

But if course people can change their minds too.

He not leaving all that money on the table.

 

[M2Beezy]

O baby!