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Playoff scoring is irrelevant to this record and thread.
Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Countdown to 894 (892 and counting)
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Playoff scoring is irrelevant to this record and thread.
COHawk
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Someone pointed out earlier in the thread that Gretz went scoreless in his last 8 games, so he actually scored 894 in his 1,479th game. Still crazy impressive its close either way.
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Your point makes a lot of sense. But I think there will be nothing left for him to prove once he eclipses Gretzky's goal record. The other won't matter anymore. The only reason these Gretzky records even stand anymore is due to Lemieux getting cancer and a broken back along with Ovechkin's own work stoppages. Oh and a 20 year career of having Hall Of Very Good Nick Backstrom as your best teammate. Versus like the 10 HHOFers Gretzky had.
This should have happened some time ago
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COHawk
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I love how HYPED he still gets every time he scores.
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I thought he might notch one or two more after his first period PP goal in Boston, possibly setting things up nicely for Friday night. Blame that party animal Ryan Leonard.
Can't agree, during the majority of Gretzky's career there was only 21 teams and still 16 playoff spots. You'd have the the 6th worst(or worse) team in the playoffs. In the '88 playoffs you had the 2nd worst team(behind 3rd worst by 7 points and only ahead of worst by 1 point) in the playoffs. Top teams were pretty much guaranteed to play at least 2 rounds.
What a slaughter it would be if Washington or Winnipeg played the Blackhawks in the first round. That routinely happened.
Most Europeans hate Ovechkin. No matter what.
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COHawk
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The Lemieux "what if" scenarios are always interesting to think about. He scored at a goals/game rate of .75 throughout his career. If he played as many games as Gretzky that would equal 1,121 goals. With expected drop off as he aged, it is not really that crazy to think he could have been able to reach 1,000 goals with a healthy career. Oh what could have been.
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Most Europeans don’t even follow hockey, so I doubt that they even know who Ovechkin is.
ovikovy817
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I liked Joe B's call on that one. That's why he has to be there LIVE for 894 and 895
leafsfan5
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Even if he was a one trick pony, it's the greatest trick in hockey history lmao. It's not even a burn
Like saying Steph curry is a one trick pony
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Lemieux had HOFers too: Jagr/Coffey/Francis/Murphy/Recchi
Lemieux GPG =.57 w/o HOFers:
Lemieux GPG =.85 with HOFers:
229 assists out of 510 goals = 45%
At #3 in hits all time, and #9 in assists during his career, and top 5 all time in adjusted points, it is factually incorrect to say he’s a one trick pony or one dimensional or “shoot-only” or anything like that.
And yes, it definitely is often intended as an insult and a slander.
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Imagine where the Caps would be if they didn't sacrifice this season for Ovi record shenanigans. Who knows, they might've even topped the league!
They could've had class, they could've been a contender! They could've been somebodies. Instead of bums. Which is what they are, let's face it.
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The common criticism is that Ovi could’ve had much more assists if he didn’t shoot each puck coming his way. Ovi shooting the puck from his office is just a winning play. It’s really just that Ovi has a signature play unlike most players. If Ovi was getting 40~ assists a season and played Crosby level defense that label wouldn’t exist.
Sure, Ovie could have had many more assists if he didn’t focus on scoring but that would probably be bad for the team. He came to a lottery team and they’ve won the second most games in the entire league during his career despite him likely being the only hall of famer.
As for Crosby level defense, I don’t think there is any meaningful distinction there.
Ovechkin’s physicality, OTOH, actually exists, with evidence.
He is a bit of a one trick pony in recent years. Sadly this is how many younger fans will remember him, or use against him to negate his accomplishments even though he's still an elite goalscorer.
It's one of the pitfalls of playing for 20 years.
But for the majority of his career he was a multi-faceted offensive machine.
It's one of the pitfalls of playing for 20 years.
But for the majority of his career he was a multi-faceted offensive machine.
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One trick pony ? Have you seen his goals this year ? He barely scored from his “office”, there’s been a lot of tip ins, tap ins, shots from high slot, he’s done it all this year
TheLegend27
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Backstrom is really a borderline hall of famer, he could get in eventually. If Ovi was a puck carrier until 2018ish, there would be no such thing as a one trick poney, but something happened after 2010. He stopped carrying the puck as much, and his ability to drive his line declined. This is evidenced by the fact that Ovi never broke 50 assists after 2011.
It’s hard to value Ovi’s physicality on defense compared to Crosby’s puck winning ability, defensive zone board grinding, takeaways, and defensive awareness. The guys who are top 10 in hits are usually not top 10 players so it’s impressive on Ovi’s part.
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