Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Countdown to 894

[User9992]

And Ovie isn't an anomaly?

I mean Howe played into his 50's and aged the best out of all players in entire NHL history. He aged even better than Jagr who played in NHL until he was like 44-45.

Gordie Howe was a true anomaly!

 

[Hockey Outsider]

How?

The awards voters were confused about which position he played, so some of them voted for him at LW (where he played most of his career), and some voted for him at RW (which is where coach Adam Oates made him play that season).

It was 2013, the year he won the Hart. 133 people (correctly) voted for him at RW. 45 people (incorrectly) voted for him at LW. One person apparently didn't vote for him at all. Had everyone voted for Ovechkin at the correct position, Taylor Hall would have picked up a 2nd team all-star nod. I remember the NHL quietly released the voting results right before the Canada Day / 4th of July long weekend. I think they were embarrassed by the result.

I don't think it's really a career accomplishment for Ovechkin. It just means the voters didn't follow the Capitals closely enough to realize that Ovechkin changed positions.

 

[Mulletman]

Off topic but, out of all of them, I have to say most impressed with Stamkos. You knew that OV and Sid would deliver.

I think many will be impressed with Stamkos moving forward. Wouldn't surprise me if Stamkos ended his career with 1500+ points.

 

[ViD]

I doubt it. Gordie Howe was an anomaly. Ovi would be lucky to age like Jagr or even Selanne.

The level of competition was also much lower allowing him to play successfully at that age

 

[HFpapi]

Witnessing 800 goals in this day and age is insane. We are witnessing so much historic talent at the same time right now.

Also, to echo previous sentiments, not giving this its own thread is genuinely insane. 3rd player to ever score 800 and it gets tacked onto a milestone thread that was already 90 pages long? Truly crazy. What is thread worthy if not this, mods?

 

[norrisnick]

The awards voters were confused about which position he played, so some of them voted for him at LW (where he played most of his career), and some voted for him at RW (which is where coach Adam Oates made him play that season).

It was 2013, the year he won the Hart. 133 people (correctly) voted for him at RW. 45 people (incorrectly) voted for him at LW. One person apparently didn't vote for him at all. Had everyone voted for Ovechkin at the correct position, Taylor Hall would have picked up a 2nd team all-star nod. I remember the NHL quietly released the voting results right before the Canada Day / 4th of July long weekend. I think they were embarrassed by the result.

I don't think it's really a career accomplishment for Ovechkin. It just means the voters didn't follow the Capitals closely enough to realize that Ovechkin changed positions.

It should just be C, W, D, G.

RD and LD isn't differentiated. Why should RW/LW?

 

[Frosty415]

Not having longevity is generally outside of a players control. Their body breaks down, injuries take their toll or players lack fitness.

The fact that Ovi has remained as steady of a scorer for as long as he has cements him as the greatest scorer to ever play the game. If your debate rests on coulda's and woulda's you've already lost.

Ovi will stand alone at the top of the goalscorers peak soon. The only way to beat him, is to beat him.

This, it's still funny seeing the haters trying to diminish what OV has done

 

[DFC]

I think it's time to call Ovy the best goal-scorer of all time, honestly. I think it's getting harder and harder to argue against it, especially considering how he is doing it across different eras.

 

[Voight]

Hat trick to get 800 in typical Ovy fashion.

Really gonna miss this guy when he retires.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Also, to echo previous sentiments, not giving this its own thread is genuinely insane. 3rd player to ever score 800 and it gets tacked onto a milestone thread that was already 90 pages long? Truly crazy. What is thread worthy if not this, mods?

I personally like it all in one place. It's a lot easier for those of us with not much time throughout the week to find all the relevant discussions. Having a separate thread for 800, then a separate thread tomorrow for when he ties Howe, and then an additional thread 3 days from now when he beats Howe, is just messy and potentially easy to miss.

 

[Lshap]

Witnessing 800 goals in this day and age is insane. We are witnessing so much historic talent at the same time right now.

Also, to echo previous sentiments, not giving this its own thread is genuinely insane. 3rd player to ever score 800 and it gets tacked onto a milestone thread that was already 90 pages long? Truly crazy. What is thread worthy if not this, mods?

I sincerely don't understand your objection. This isn't a generic goal-scoring thread. It's a thread dedicated to one thing: Alex Ovechkin's pursuit of the all-time scoring record. It's been tracking the story of Ovi's progress from about 750 goals to the celebration as he passes 800.

I agree – we're witnessing history. IMO, the point of this thread is to pay tribute to it.

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

800 goals in 1305 games, that is exactly 50 goals/82 game pace which is one he has maintained for 18 years.

That is absolutely ridiculous. A 50 goal season average lol.

 

[hyduK]

Greatest goal scorer of all time, greatest player of this generation.

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

Congrats to Ovy, that's one hell of an accomplishment in today's game.

 

[Neil Racki]

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Quite old graphic but still relevant

He eligible as both LW & RW in 2012-13 season

This picture is ridiculous. This man was created in a russian test tube there's no other explanation

 

[stanleycaps18]

This is ridiculous, all 800!

 

[ranold26]

Watching that 800 goals video...... it's mind-blowing to say the least.
Standing OVIation.

 

[DFC]

Okay so... Ovy's probably gonna score 50 again, or close to it. It seems like he could play into his 40s.

At what point does 1000 become realistic?

 

[YippieKaey]

Most NHL goal scoring titles with 9
Most goals for a single team
Most goals scored on the road in a career
Most career go-ahead goals – 270
Most career overtime goals – 25
Most career power play goals – 292
Most career game-opening goals – 136
Most career tied-the-game goals – 140
Most consecutive 30-goal seasons – 15 (tied with Mike Gartner and Jaromír Jágr)
Most career 40-goal seasons – 12 (tied with Wayne Gretzky)
Most career 45-goal seasons – 12
Most career 50-goal seasons – 9 (tied with Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky)
Most points scored by a left wing in a career
Most goals scored by a left wing in a career
Most goals scored by a left wing in a career (playoffs, tied with Esa Tikkanen)
Most goals scored by a left wing in a season
Most points scored by a left wing rookie
Most shots on goal by a left wing in a season
Most shots on goal by a rookie in a season
Fastest overtime goal – 6 seconds on 15 December 2006 versus Atlanta Thrashers (tied with Mats Sundin and David Legwand)
Only player to be named to the NHL first All-Star team in each of his first five seasons
Only player to be named to both the NHL First and second All-Star teams in the same season (2012–13)
Most career shots by a forward

I love Ovi, but my second favourite player all time is Tikkanen so this is absolutely lovely haha

 

[Kranix]

I loved him doing it on Captain Serious' home ice and having Captain Serious' fans throwing hats for an opposing player.

 

[Neil Racki]

This is ridiculous, all 800!

In the summertime around the DMV when sports are dead our local sports network will play all his goals ... nice surprise when your sitting at the bar and youve been watching antique car auctions and then the "All Goals Scored by Ovechkin" comes on. Its about 2 hours of Ovie scoring goals.



^^ cool 2 min goal montage ESPN put out today

 

[YippieKaey]

40 would be good,
45 would be great,
50 would be PERFECT!



I doubt it. Gordie Howe was an anomaly. Ovi would be lucky to age like Jagr or even Selanne.

Hate to tell you this but he already has

 

[NJDevilsFan21]

He shut up all those "4 EN goals in a row" people real fast! Congrats to OV!!

 

[tfwnogf]

thanks to last night, Ovechkin has no seasons under 20 goals, only other player I can think of who did the same is Mike Bossy