Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Passed some guy named Wayne, now NHL goalscoring leader (895 !!!)

[Master P]

I had to update the thread title twice today.

*so far

 

[David Suzuki]

He better not break it with an EN, that would be so LAME!

Rather he do it in an empty net at home than against a goalie on the road tell you the truth

 

[authentic]

It would only be appropriate. Gretzky would openly condone it with some dry remark about all goals counting the same

Plus Gretzky’s 50th in 39 was an empty netter

 

[Winston Wolf]

Chicago broadcast said that Ovechkin told the coaching staff not to put him out on empty nets when he's at 894.

 

[Bounces R Way]

 

[M2Beezy]

Imagine if he hadn't gotten injured.

I dont know, almost adds to the spectacular craziness of all this

 

[Hippasus]

My brain will not be able to process this, now, or in the future. Truly mythical.

 

[Demandedace]

As noted…no

1479 for Wayne
1486 for Ovi

 

[thekernel]

Rather he do it in an empty net at home than against a goalie on the road tell you the truth

Same. Can you imagine the hats...

 

[John Price]

 

[M2Beezy]

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Hey how do you make gifs now on the forum? Not the old way thru the insert image icon?

 

[Video Nasty]

He did it in one less game than Gretzky too, right?

No, Gretzky scored his 894th in his 1,479th game.

Ovechkin will be the de-facto quickest from 895 onwards, with each new goal.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Let Chicago tie it up, so he gets it in OT

 

[Team_Spirit]

Hell yeah buddy

 

[lucifer91]

Crowd sounded absolutely bonkers. I love it

 

[Monsieur Miz]

Hope he gets 900 before the season ends.

 

[Toby91ca]

Then why does everyone list it as one less game played?

Because they aren’t thinking

 

[Il Stugotz]

Gretzky still has 50 more NHL goals than Ovechkin

 

[Video Nasty]

Then why does everyone list it as one less game played?

False and lazy reporting in the excitement of following a chase in the moment.

 

[NYI365]

Incredible. My favorite player that I was fortunate to witness (I'm 30). Congratulations Ovi

 

[Jabba11]

I don't care about ENG or not. If he has a shot at it, do it.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Officially the greatest, all 894 coming in a single uniform!!!

 

[Hippasus]

John Walton; paraphrasing, 'For the kids.'

 

[Bounces R Way]

Hey how do you make gifs now on the forum? Not the old way thru the insert image icon?

you still can if you upload from your pc, just can't do it statically pointing to an img address

Been saving them as image as gif.gif and overwriting whichever one I was using last.

 

[Toby91ca]

Chicago broadcast said that Ovechkin told the coaching staff not to put him out on empty nets when he's at 894.

Looks like we’ll likely get confirmation of that tonight