Ovechkin milestone thread - 850 and Beyond!

[vippe]

The absolute goat - goalscoring machine

Every extra year for an athlete at this age is like five. It’s going to be even more difficult for him to keep up. And, I think, it simply would be the right thing for him to do — retire after his current contract ends next year.

He will have accomplished everything by then. There will be nothing else to play for.

What if he actually enjoys playing hockey and wants to play? ;P

 

[RedRocking]

Ovi is now Marc-Andre Fleury goals away from breaking Gretzky’s record.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Gretzky played in 1487 games to score 894. OV is 866 at 1443 games. It's not completely out of the realm that OV scores another 28 goals in his next 44 games! That would be a .63 pace. OV's 13 in 17 so far, has him at a .76 goals per game pace!

 

[Video Nasty]

Gretzky played in 1487 games to score 894. OV is 866 at 1443 games.

I keep seeing this, so it needs a minor correction.

Gretzky scored his 894th goal in his 1479th game. He went without a goal in the final 8 games of his career. Ovechkin will need 28 goals within his next 35 games to get to 894 faster.

I guess for what it’s worth, Gretzky scored his 866th goal in his 1346th game.

Ovechkin will of course default to quickest to 895+ by virtue of owning the record.

 

[Xelebes]

Currently on pace for 52 goals this season.

 

[User9992]

Currently on pace for 52 goals this season.

More than 60 actually.

 

[Xelebes]

More than 60 actually.

I'm basing this number off of Ovechkin's history, not the raw number.

 

[User9992]

I'm basing this number off of Ovechkin's history, not the raw number.

I thought the pace doesn't include history but how many goal(s) scored per game projected to full 82 games season.

 

[Xelebes]

I thought the pace doesn't include history but how many goal(s) scored per game projected to full 82 games season.

History tells us the shape of the pace to expect. He has almost twenty seasons to look up so that is a significant number of datums to compare it with.

 

[pezpunk]

I'm basing this number off of Ovechkin's history, not the raw number.

this is a really really REALLY misguided way to measure it. That's the nicest way i can put it.

The goals Ovechkin scored 20 years ago have no bearing on what he's going to do this season.

Look at his output this season, or go back however far you want last season, but pretending Ovechkin of 15-20 years ago has anything to do with what he's doing now is just garbage data.

 

[Xelebes]

this is a really really REALLY misguided way to measure it. That's the nicest way i can put it.

The goals Ovechkin scored 20 years ago have no bearing on what he's going to do this season.

Look at his output this season, or go back however far you want last season, but pretending Ovechkin of 15-20 years ago has anything to do with what he's doing now is just garbage data.

We can compare what he did last year with what he did 20 years ago.

The number does have some spread though. The mean is to expect 52 goals but it can anywhere be between 38 and 69 goals.