Ovechkin milestone thread - 850 and Beyond!

[TJHKY]

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

That was a nice one. Vasy thought he was going low blocker but he went high glove.

With the curve that he has, he can get the puck right under the crossbar very quickly even from the blue paint just by snapping his wrist. The speed of his release is still ridiculous.

 

[Selanne00008]

+ an apple. The journey to 1500 points begins!

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

+ an apple. The journey to 1500 points begins!

If he averages 60 points per season for the remainder of his contract, he would clear 1,600 easily. I think it is a reasonable estimate, retiring with around 900 goals and 700+ assists.

 

[filinski77]

Gotta love that Ovechkins list of NHL records and accomplishments is so massive, that a 1,400 point milestone is nothing too special.

Congrats Ovi!

 

[authentic]

With the curve that he has, he can get the puck right under the crossbar very quickly even from the blue paint just by snapping his wrist. The speed of his release is still ridiculous.

That thing is downright illegal. Must be the secret to his success.

 

[TJHKY]

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Really want him to hit 50 this year. He needs seven goals in his last 12 games which is going to be tough unless he can get a hatty or a couple of multi-goal games in there.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Really want him to hit 50 this year. He needs seven goals in his last 12 games which is going to be tough unless he can get a hatty or a couple of multi-goal games in there.

2 2 goal games and 3 1 goal games gets him there.

2 of the remaining games are against the Leafs who seem to like playing high scoring games.

Mind you, the upcoming schedule is ridiculous. 9 games in the next 16 days. That's tough for any player, let alone a 36 year old.

 

[authentic]

With all the talk about him passing Gretzky which may or may not happen 3 or 4 seasons from now (I personally think it will) passing Gordie Howe next season will be a pretty big deal. I didn't think there would be an 800 goal scorer in this era, and starting your career at 20 and pulling that off at 37 is insanity.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Congrats to Ovie on reaching and surpassing the 1,400 point mark! The 21st player to do so.

With his assist, Ovie passes Mike Gartner for 82nd all time in Assists with 628.

His goal was even strength and his 485th of his career. Only15 to go to 500. Wow!

 

[amin723]

Really want him to hit 50 this year. He needs seven goals in his last 12 games which is going to be tough unless he can get a hatty or a couple of multi-goal games in there.

I think he needed the empty netter tonight.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

I think he needed the empty netter tonight.

Agreed. I was rooting for it. Dowd had to go and ruin it, but he did have his chance on the breakaway.

 

[SeanConn]

I think he needed the empty netter tonight.

coach should have been fired for him not being out there for the 4-2 empty net lead... jk, but seriously, he coulda been out there...

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

coach should have been fired for him not being out there for the 4-2 empty net lead... jk, but seriously, he coulda been out there...

They were trying to get Carlson to score a hat trick goal, which is totally fine and should take priority. Defensemen hat tricks are rare, I don’t think Carlson ever got one.

I think Ovi is due for another two goal game or even a hat trick. Caps have one more game against Arizona and Montreal.

 

[Firsov99]

They were trying to get Carlson to score a hat trick goal, which is totally fine and should take priority. Defensemen hat tricks are rare, I don’t think Carlson ever got one.

I think Ovi is due for another two goal game or even a hat trick. Caps have one more game against Arizona and Montreal.

Ovi needs a hatty (or at least a couple two-goal games) in order to get to 50. Only 12 games left, and 7 games to go.

 

[Roshi]

Ovi needs a hatty (or at least a couple two-goal games) in order to get to 50. Only 12 games left, and 7 games to go.

Or he could just keep the exact same pace he has done 68 games so far and score 7 one goal games

 

[Firsov99]

Agreed. I was rooting for it. Dowd had to go and ruin it, but he did have his chance on the breakaway.

Yeah, it was a good chance. I had a feeling that he would go to his backhand, when he was closing in, since he scored his last two shootout goals in this manner. Didn't work out unfortunately.

 

[BlueBaron]

Amazing. it will be fun watching the rest of his story unfold.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Yeah, it was a good chance. I had a feeling that he would go to his backhand, when he was closing in, since he scored his last two shootout goals in this manner. Didn't work out unfortunately.

The ice at Cap One is really crappy at this time of the year. Puck was bouncing all over the place on that breakaway chance.

I like his backhand move a lot because it’s unexpected, but on bad quality ice, I wish he simply rifled it top corner.

 

[Drakon]

2 2 goal games and 3 1 goal games gets him there.

2 of the remaining games are against the Leafs who seem to like playing high scoring games.

Mind you, the upcoming schedule is ridiculous. 9 games in the next 16 days. That's tough for any player, let alone a 36 year old.

If I were the NHLPA I'd be shitting bricks over the scheduling this year. I get that there was supposed to be an Olympics, but the Caps just had almost a week between games. They have had that size break a couple of times, and the league should've backfilled the schedule to eliminate all 3 games in 4 nights as soon as the Olympics was off.

 

[TJHKY]

Best of the best

 

[DRW895]

 

[andrjusha]

Really want him to hit 50 this year. He needs seven goals in his last 12 games which is going to be tough unless he can get a hatty or a couple of multi-goal games in there.

He has 7 in last 10 games, and none are multi-goal games,
he could just keep going as is OR get 2-3 goal games to get there faster

 

[andrjusha]

Too many milestones, Kuzy confused