Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Countdown to 894 (Continued)

[BallardEra]

OV could probably last another 2-3 season and try to make it to 1000 goals

He won't want to play for another 2-3 years based on what crumbs he's dropped here and there.

 

[User9992]

He won't want to play for another 2-3 years based on what crumbs he's dropped here and there.

I doubt he will even play in Russia when his contract expires next year... He will either retire in Washington or play 1 symbolic game in Dinamo jersey & retires there.

Malkin said he won't play in Russia & prefers retiring in Pittsburg.

 

[Video Nasty]

Since Matthews entered the league, he has scored 30 more goals than Ovechkin. (391 goals to 361)

Age 18-27 seasons for Matthews and age 31-39 seasons for Ovechkin.

Prime Matthews vs Back 9 of career Ovechkin.

Prior to the season, I was fairly optimistic on Matthews’s chances at being a real threat to whatever Ovechkin’s final tally ends up being, but that was before Ovechkin soaked back 10 more goals on his lead while being 12 years older. It’s also starting to look like that he might end up with 940+, if he truly retires at the end of 2025-2026. If he plays longer than expected, forget it. 1000 would push it out of reach for a very long time.

Matthews needed to have 440 at the end of this season and Ovechkin needed to be at about 875 for this to be semi-feasible. It’s not out of the realm that Ovechkin hits 900 and Matthews fails to notch his 400th. A 500 goal deficit on a forward moving target seems like it can’t be made up.

Even if overall scoring hasn’t plateaued or god forbid, continues to start ticking down again, Ovechkin seems safe and will probably hold this record for as long as Howe and Gretzky did, combined.

 

[crazy8888]

Prior to the season, I was fairly optimistic on Matthews’s chances at being a real threat to whatever Ovechkin’s final tally ends up being, but that was before Ovechkin soaked back 10 more goals on his lead while being 12 years older. It’s also starting to look like that he might end up with 940+, if he truly retires at the end of 2025-2026. If he plays longer than expected, forget it. 1000 would push it out of reach for a very long time.

Matthews needed to have 440 at the end of this season and Ovechkin needed to be at about 875 for this to be semi-feasible. It’s not out of the realm that Ovechkin hits 900 and Matthews fails to notch his 400th. A 500 goal deficit on a forward moving target seems like it can’t be made up.

Even if overall scoring hasn’t plateaued or god forbid, continues to start ticking down again, Ovechkin seems safe and will probably hold this record for as long as Howe and Gretzky did, combined.

If 10 more goals makes any kind of difference, then logically by your projections Matthews is going to miss him by what 50-100 goals at most? Realistically, at the end that difference is going to be much higher. 10 goals here and there are really not going to matter.

 

[pezpunk]

I hope Ovi continues this way... Hope to see a hatty from him this season!

He already has a hatty this season.