Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Countdown to 894 (Continued)

Pretty sure the players aren’t the ones making the ovi lawn decorations

The organization needs to make sure this circus doesn't become a huge distraction. This is a good team and their thinking needs to be exclusively on winning the cup. Fortunately Carbury is an excellent coach.
 
I doubt teams, unless he's like 2 goals away are going to play him any different than normal. So, these next 8-10 games, I don't foresee him getting shadowed. But, when we get down to the final 6/7 games I can see some teams wanting to keep their goalie out of the history books. Edm and Ranford was the team when he broke Howe's point record. McLean and the Canucks when he broke the goals record.

I don't see what anyone is going to do differently. Everyone and their dog knows Ovie scores lots of goals. It's not as if opponents are fine with it or they're not trying or something.
 
Eminem would say: What the f*** is this shit?
Yeah, Matthews has a theoretical chance, but won't get there due to longitivity issues.

But the rest? Guys with .500 goals percentage halfway trough their careers should somehow play 1600 games and have a way higher percentage in their 30s?

Either basic math or common sense would absolutely speak against it.
 
Epic troll job. Point, really? Rantanen?
- Incorrect very easily researchable data (like Mcdavid single season goals PR)
- Including much talked-about players that are obviously not on track to contend for a goals record so far
- Aqueous descriptions of the players with little focus on their goal-scoring skills

It's not a troll job, but a barely edited ChatGPT answer.
 
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Speaking of ChatGPT. I asked AI for statistics on the drop-off in goals per game over a career, and here's Gretzky, Jagr and Ovechkin (as of 2023 in its data). I asked it to use their first 80+ game season and their last 70+ game season to keep it realistic:

Gretzky: 0.625 goals per game -> 0.33 gpg
Ovechkin: 0.64 gpg -> 0.55 gpg (2022-23. This is 0.65 this season)
Jagr: 0.44 gpg -> 0.33 gpg

And using Top 5 (Hull, Dionne), the average drop-off has been about 0.2 gpg compared to the player's first full season.

So if we assume a 1400 game career, here's what the AI would project to some active players, with a linear downwards trend in gpg according to the above:

Draisaitl: 490 goals
MacKinnon: 490 goals
McDavid: 518 goals
Matthews: 686 goals
 

The NHL has already planned everything. As soon as Ovechkin is four goals away from setting a new record—when he scores his 891st—a large caravan led by Wayne Gretzky will follow Ovechkin and the Capitals on their travels. Cameras will be added for game broadcasts, and as soon as the historic goal is scored, a seven-minute ceremony will begin. Wayne Gretzky and Commissioner Gary Bettman will be in attendance.
 
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