Ovechkin milestone thread - 850 and Beyond!
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Ovi passed Bourque for 12th all time in points today, hes on a pace for his best season in 15!! years, while also playing much less per game, 17:30, only season i saw was 15/16 18:22 that was close, others over 20 min, just adds to legendary season. This is fun!!, enjoy the ride guys, a thing like this hasnt happened since Wayne overtook Howe, so it could be 50 years before a similiar thing in reg season, or 100 years, its that rare
oh and one thing more, Ovi seems also to be a showman, not shying at all, so the focus on him actually seem to make him better! Hes enjoying this, while with a lot of others, ive often heard i just want to get it done get over it.
Ps. One more goal and he moves in to 2nd place with 20+ goals seasons, he already has most 30 40 and 50(tied)!
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BallardEra
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It was fun to watch. No need to hate on Gretzky.
before ovechkin got injured he was on pace for 68 goals, 45 assist, and 113 points in 82 games at 39 years old compare that to Matthew last season 69 goals, 38 assist, 107 points in 81 games at 26 years old. its crazy that a 39 year old ovechkin is doing that against a prime Matthews.
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It seems like had he not missed all those games he would’ve been neck to neck with Drai for the Rocket and almost around 10 goals until the record
You could say the otherway around, there was some swede who almost got his toe cut off when he was "initiated" by the older guys on the team, the customs back then, and the pampering and the easy travelling and so forth today, modern ammenities, its about the difference of staying at a 5 star hotell in vegas vs a hostel in rural mississippi
and if your that young how would you know? you are just assuming, well evrybodys ignorant when they are young, i thought i knew more than my parents when i grew up. now i know thry were right evrytime, and i was just a fool
19 games is small sample size though,
his last 41 games is 64 goals/season pace
last 59 games 58 goals/season pace
last 82 games is 45 goals (includes 9 and 8 games dry stretches, presumably injured)
around 55 goals pace is amazing and more accurate for comparison purposes IMO
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he's been playing at the same level he was before he got injured since he's been back so we can't count out that he wouldn't have stuck to that pace.
trellaine201
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Great feat for sure BUT comparing hockey then to now is like comparing apples to oranges. Great feat thoughj for sure if he does it.
yes, there is some probability to have such pace for full season, but 21.6% shooting percentage with 17:40 average TOI behind it s a bit overwhelming
Im not saying his shooting percentage will stay up (won't say it won't though you never know) but his goals totals could still be high.yes, there is some probability to have such pace for full season, but 21.6% shooting percentage with 17:40 average TOI behind it s a bit overwhelming
CpatainCanuck
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Here's my take from 9 [edit: 10] years ago. I wasn't exactly wrong. Ovechkin has great longevity, emphasized by this amazingly productive start to a season at age 39 that is better than any stretch of Selanne after age 37.
if he didn't get injured and did get 70 goals this season he would have 923 at the end and lets say he would have got atleast 40 next season that puts him at 963 just leaves with 37 goals with more year of playing which would have been very possible.
realistically he is on pace for 55 in 66 games and lets say he gets at least 40 next season that puts him at 947 he would have to play one more season and get 53 goals not saying that wouldn't happen but the probability is low so he would have to play 2 more to get 1000.
Possible, but only if he decides to play 2 extra years and hangs them at ripe age 42.
Not sure motivation will be strong enough unless Caps resurgence continues till end of next season and fam approves. With Caps sucking last year he firmly said thats it after 40.
gonna have to stay cup contenders if they wanna keep him that long. which is possible with our good mix of veteran and young players.
yeah, they are now tied for first in goals for and fifth in goals against and have good reserves in minors, but small sample size again
honestly if he played the all of last season how he did after all star break he would have got he was on pace to get 60 and if he would have got 60 ( just add 29 goals that puts him at 891) then 70 that puts him at 961 this season leaving him with 39 goal left to get 1000 and he probably would have at least got 40 goals his last season he would have been able to get 1000 or more.
what was up with ovechkin during his 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons?
I think 2 events: disaster at 2010 Olympics for Russia which hit him personally and 2010 playoffs fiasco for Caps which lead to coaches OV experiments by latter days Boudreau and Hunter, etc
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When Ovy breaks Gretzky's record, will he then be equal to Sid for who had he better career?
Sid has more cups but Ovy is going to be the all time leader in goals in NHL history.
Sid has more cups but Ovy is going to be the all time leader in goals in NHL history.
Will he also break RS+PO goal record? Wayne is at 1016, Ovechkin now at 944, i actually
beginning to believe he very realisticly can do it, before this season i would have said clearly no.
But the way Capitals is this season compared to last?
I think they could sweep the Rangers now. They could reach Conferance Finals realisticly, then its like 18 games and Ovi 12-13 goals more in the PO, why not?
who would have thought that at the end of last season? but now it seems plausible
beginning to believe he very realisticly can do it, before this season i would have said clearly no.
But the way Capitals is this season compared to last?
I think they could sweep the Rangers now. They could reach Conferance Finals realisticly, then its like 18 games and Ovi 12-13 goals more in the PO, why not?
who would have thought that at the end of last season? but now it seems plausible
