Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Countdown to 894

[Demandedace]

This just reminded me of that moropanov poster

God, I love when that guy starts spewing his vitriol around. He truly despises Ovi and says the most insane nonsense to try to make him seem like a bad player/goalscorer

 

[Ovi895]

Unpopular opinion but have a feeling Caps current existence relies only on providing Alex decent roster so the record can be broken, everything else is irrelevant for the next 3 years...

And then they will have more to show for it than all but 3 teams over the next 3 years... possibly more than all but one team if the same team wins the next 3 cups

 

[gtrower]

Unpopular opinion but have a feeling Caps current existence relies only on providing Alex decent roster so the record can be broken, everything else is irrelevant for the next 3 years...

This is a weird time to have that opinion. We’re less than a month removed from the Caps selling half the roster to stock draft picks. Carlson and Backstrom missed half the season. Ovi is the only reason the Caps aren’t 1OA hunting.

 

[shtorm2005]

Unpopular opinion but have a feeling Caps current existence relies only on providing Alex decent roster so the record can be broken, everything else is irrelevant for the next 3 years...

Nope, Ovy will score on a rebuilding team too. Decent roster is to make him happy in his last years with the Caps.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

I think it was back in 2011 when some sports writer said that Ovechkin and the Caps would both be better off, if OV just goes back to KHL.

It was 2014. May 29 is “Adam Proteau Day” for all those who celebrate.

Alex Ovechkin to KHL would be blessing in disguise for Capitals

At first blush, the idea of Alex Ovechkin leaving the NHL to go play in the Kontinental League seems screwy. Unfortunately, after nine NHL seasons, Ovechkin has failed to live up to expectations – if not as an individual, then certainly as the driver of a team. And to Adam Proteau, a Russian...

thehockeynews.com

 

[BallardEra]

It was 2014. May 29 is “Adam Proteau Day” for all those who celebrate.

Alex Ovechkin to KHL would be blessing in disguise for Capitals

At first blush, the idea of Alex Ovechkin leaving the NHL to go play in the Kontinental League seems screwy. Unfortunately, after nine NHL seasons, Ovechkin has failed to live up to expectations – if not as an individual, then certainly as the driver of a team. And to Adam Proteau, a Russian...

thehockeynews.com

Ovie was at 422 career goals when that nonsense was written.

 

[Voight]

I think it was back in 2011 when some sports writer said that Ovechkin and the Caps would both be better off, if OV just goes back to KHL.

They were out in full force post 2012 lockout too when the Caps had another couple post season failures.

 

[BallardEra]

8 in 8 games to hit 50 will be tough. He'll need a couple of multi goal games or a hat-trick to get some breathing room.

 

[andrjusha]

Ovi is still a consistent 50 goals scoring machine, he scored

52 in last 82,
102 in last 164,
155 in last 246,
205 In last 328,
254 in last 410,
...
501 in last 820 games

Things beyond his control like war, injuries, family tragedy, league scoring levels, age, coaches , linemates, etc do not affect his 50-goal scoring pace.

 

[ovikovy817]

LEGEND!

 

[BallardEra]

@Mulletman was definitely ahead of his time:

Ovechkin is now halfway to Gretzky!

 

[Selanne00008]

@Mulletman was definitely ahead of his time:

Ovechkin is now halfway to Gretzky!

Man, the definitive hot takes in there are AWEsome. We need a 'purge' day on hf boards. 24 hours, every thread is unlocked and you can straight up unload on the poorest of poor takes.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Ovechkin scored his 750th goal on December 4, 2021.

He scored 30 goals in 52 games and 42 goals in 68 games for a total of 72 goals in 120 games (0.6 goals per game, a 49.2 goal per 82 game pace) since that date.

He is 72 goals away from tying Wayne Gretzky's career total.

 

[Accelleratii]

That's not the majority of his goals or anywhere close.

You're right. I also didn't say that.

 

[Fantomas]

It was 2014. May 29 is “Adam Proteau Day” for all those who celebrate.

Alex Ovechkin to KHL would be blessing in disguise for Capitals

At first blush, the idea of Alex Ovechkin leaving the NHL to go play in the Kontinental League seems screwy. Unfortunately, after nine NHL seasons, Ovechkin has failed to live up to expectations – if not as an individual, then certainly as the driver of a team. And to Adam Proteau, a Russian...

thehockeynews.com

This kind of anti-Russian bigotry really came full force in 2014.

This guy and another notorious one Michael Russo among the biggest haters around.

 

[Selanne00008]

Ovechkin scored his 750th goal on December 4, 2021.

He scored 30 goals in 52 games and 42 goals in 68 games for a total of 72 goals in 120 games (0.6 goals per game, a 49.2 goal per 82 game pace) since that date.

He is 72 goals away from tying Wayne Gretzky's career total.

Pretty cool that that is also his career pace for GPG. His pace in his late 30s is where he has been at throughout his entire career as well. No signs of slowing down and extremely consistent. Every year it seems has been between .55 and .64 GPG/

 

[CanadienShark]

Man, the definitive hot takes in there are AWEsome. We need a 'purge' day on hf boards. 24 hours, every thread is unlocked and you can straight up unload on the poorest of poor takes.

Does HFBoards have a suggestion box?

 

[Zine]

This kind of anti-Russian bigotry really came full force in 2014.

This guy and another notorious one Michael Russo among the biggest haters around.

It's because anything anti-Russian sells. Putin is the readymade bad guy for everything. Just look at Chicago and Minnesota using Russia as the excuse for not doing the Pride jersey thing......who cares if its not truthful.

Kaprizov should publicly tell Russo to go pound sand. Ovechkin/the Caps did as such to Malamud, and rightfully so. The Caps showed there's no tolerance in and around the organization for such things.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Pretty cool that that is also his career pace for GPG. His pace in his late 30s is where he has been at throughout his entire career as well. No signs of slowing down and extremely consistent. Every year it seems has been between .55 and .64 GPG/

Yep, kind of an interesting arc. Came in a young guy in a high-scoring, powerplay heavy era. Hit his "prime" in a very low scoring era to maintain his pace (while winning 7 rockets in 8 seasons), and then his "decline" has coincided with an uptick in league scoring to keep him at a similar pace even as he's dipped in the Rocket race.

 

[COHawk]

@Mulletman was definitely ahead of his time:

Ovechkin is now halfway to Gretzky!

I really love some of the posts in there:

"LOL. 600 max and even that is unlikely."

 

[SkinsFan09]

Unpopular opinion but have a feeling Caps current existence relies only on providing Alex decent roster so the record can be broken, everything else is irrelevant for the next 3 years...

Not true at all. He has told ownership he wants to be competitive for one more Cup chance and their moves at the deadline show they aren't going to needlessly throw away future opportunity for a few meaningless wins here and there. Brian MacLellan played it correctly this year - they missed the most games to injury in the NHL and trading away picks would have been pointless.

A few years ago somebody showed where it was about 33 percent of them or so.

Way less. Through 644 goals, only 92 were PP one timers from the left dot, under 15%.

 

[Midnight Judges]

That's just a bomb right there.

 

[kugelbahn]

Way less. Through 644 goals, only 92 were PP one timers from the left dot, under 15%.

Probably even less now that Caps PP struggles in general.

 

[BallardEra]

Some of my fave one timers:

 

[BallardEra]