Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Countdown to 894 (Continued)

[Alexander the Gr8]

A Secretary of Defense away from the record.

 

[BallardEra]

Wonder if he does it this year or not

6 goals with 11 games left.

Some soft teams in there including Sabres, Bruins, Hawks and Pens.

 

[andrjusha]

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Imagine he gets his last goal on the last regular season game this season and wins the cup

Some Hollywood types of shit

 

[Sol]

mods please put the current goal count in the title and update it regularly so we can see how close he is.

 

[Mr Nogatco]

6 goals with 11 games left.

Some soft teams in there including Sabres, Bruins, Hawks and Pens.

yeah but you know once he's within striking distance you'll start seeing some heroic defensive efforts to avoid being on that highlight reel as 894 or 895

 

[GlitchMarner]

Can't argue with that, but his game overall was poop. They did give him the 3rd star, though.

He's 39 years old and he suffered a serious leg injury during the season. Do you seriously expect him to play like McDavid or prime Lindros or something?

He uses his offensive IQ and shooting skills to score goals and still comes up clutch. Most 39 year olds can't even play in the NHL.

 

[GlitchMarner]

6 goals with 11 games left.

Some soft teams in there including Sabres, Bruins, Hawks and Pens.

I'm convinced he's going to pull it off this season now. The Jets are hard to score against and that was an important game (two best teams in the League going at it) and he potted a big goal. There's no reason to think he can't score six in 11 when he faces those teams in that stretch. He may score four or five in those games alone.

 

[SkinsFan09]

Can't argue with that, but his game overall was poop. They did give him the 3rd star, though.

Almost 40 coming off a leg fracture and people judge him like he's 26 and should be driving possession for three periods.

 

[Dingo]

He's 39 years old and he suffered a serious leg injury during the season. Do you seriously expect him to play like McDavid or prime Lindros or something?

He uses his offensive IQ and shooting skills to score goals and still comes up clutch. Most 39 year olds can't even play in the NHL.

no poop.

He is currently #2 in NHL history for points per game as a 39yr old. A hair behind some guy named Gordie Howe...

There are three other 39 year old skaters this year - Burns, Perry and Suter. None of them will come close to 40pts this year.

Also, none of those guys broke their legs this year.

 

[abax44]

He's 39 years old and he suffered a serious leg injury during the season. Do you seriously expect him to play like McDavid or prime Lindros or something?

He uses his offensive IQ and shooting skills to score goals and still comes up clutch. Most 39 year olds can't even play in the NHL.

Almost 40 coming off a leg fracture and people judge him like he's 26 and should be driving possession for three periods.

Sweet Jesus, you guys are touchy. Is this the reply every time someone doesn't fellate the guy in here?

I never mentioned McDavid or Lindros or any expectations.

He's the greatest goal scorer in the history of the game. He scored tonight despite playing like poop. Both things can be true. Chill.

 

[Shonky]

What a beast, never seen anything like him

 

[Thechozen1]

I’ll say OVI breaks the record at home against Chicago.

Spencer Knight will be in goal.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

The way the Bruins season has gone I’ll predict it’ll happen against them

 

[nabby12]

Likely when Ovie gets within 3 goals of breaking the record, Gretzky will start being in the building for every game, just as Howe did for him.

 

[Hammman]

Likely when Ovie gets within 3 goals of breaking the record, Gretzky will start being in the building for every game, just as Howe did for him.

It'll be 5 goals for Gretzky and Bettman, they announced it earlier.

 

[CostaRica]

What an amazing player, Caps and Ovy the best story in the current hockey season. Washington fans are blessed!

 

[Stammertime91]

As someone that has watched Ovechkin abuse Tampa for damn near two decades, im in awe this guy fractured his leg at 39 and would've probably hit 50 goals again while chasing a record he still likely breaks.

Definitely one of the players that I've hated seeing Tampa play against, but will miss when he retires.

 

[kugelbahn]

36 goals in 55 games

is 36 goals a big number you might ask

36 goals is 5th best career result of both
top-5-all-time-great contenders Crosby and McDavid

 

[TheBeard]

It'll be 5 goals for Gretzky and Bettman, they announced it earlier.

Not elaborating but I’m curious what the reaction to Wayne will be in the Canadian cities.

 

[ViD]

Not elaborating but I’m curious what the reaction to Wayne will be in the Canadian cities.

No more Canadian games for Washington this season

 

[Mr Nogatco]

Not elaborating but I’m curious what the reaction to Wayne will be in the Canadian cities.

You won’t get to find out until next season, if he doesn’t break it this year. The Caps’ last game vs a Canadian team was tonight vs the Jets.

Looks like they’ll probably face Montreal rd 1 but 99 won’t be traveling for the playoffs

 

[trick9]

It'll be 5 goals for Gretzky and Bettman, they announced it earlier.

Lots of former players going to be following those games live too. I think Nicklas Backstrom, Alexander Semin and Ilya Kovalchuk already mentioned that they are going to be there following him when he gets close.

 

[BallardEra]

The ultimate troll job would be Gretzky inviting Trump to the games as well.

 

[BallardEra]

Most NHL goals from age 30 season and on:

Howe - 415
Ovechkin - 414
Esposito - 409
Bucyk - 374
Selanne - 338
Brett Hull - 328
Dionne - 321
Messier - 314
Jagr - 306
Gartner - 304