Where Does Auston Matthews Rank For You As A Goal Scorer All Time?

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One of the best in his Era is the way I think you have to view it with how much the game changes over the years.

Putting players like Lemieux, Bure and Hull in today's NHL with no red line rule,3 on 3 overtime and having today sticks technology would be interesting to see their stats.
While I agree, my guess is that the massive goaltenders and their equipment might cancel a lot of those things out.
 

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While I agree, my guess is that the massive goaltenders and their equipment might cancel a lot of those things out.
Luckily goalie pads were narrowed in width and height, some of the cheaters removed, shoulder pads and chest protectors now have to fit your body size, so they’ve shrunk.

Probably one of the reasons goal scoring has been increasing the last 7-8 years.
 

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Is this not universally recognized as a mistake yet or what
I said it then and maintain it now, if I was choosing a d-man as a shooter, it’d be a MacInnis and he’s going first with instruction to bomb a close range slapshot at Dom’s chest / head to try and scare the bejeezus out of him for those that follow.
 
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I said it then and maintain it now, if I was choosing a d-man as a shooter, it’d be a MacInnis and he’s going first with instruction to bomb a close range slapshot at Dom’s chest / head to try and scare the bejeezus out of him for those that follow.
Nice, the old Bobby Hull tactic back in the day, on his first couple of shifts.
 
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I said it then and maintain it now, if I was choosing a d-man as a shooter, it’d be a MacInnis and he’s going first with instruction to bomb a close range slapshot at Dom’s chest / head to try and scare the bejeezus out of him for those that follow.
Might as well just have him take off his skate and try to stab him at that point
 
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I wouldn't rank any current player on an "all time" list.

He's stil playing.

This is a useless conversation to me, and yet I'm giving my opinion on it I guess.

He's pretty good at scoring goals is all I know. So are other players currently playing but yeah I guess I'd have to say that Matthews is kinda nuts with the goal scoring.............

But let's talk about this in ten years if we're still alive.
 

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How can he be the greatest of all time when 3 contemporary players scored better than his best multiple times each I wonder.. I mean don’t get me wrong he is arguably top 5 and definitely top 10 but I don’t get the criteria that ranks him #1.
haven't you heard? lemieux and gretzky were too good so they dont count
 

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When we look at the stats, he is ahead of Ovechkin in everything, except career length and gross totals. Auston has higher peak level, better consistency, and most importantly, higher scoring when adjusted to games played and TOI.

Also, what is often forgotten in the conversation, he has been in another league as compared to Ovi in 5v5 scoring. This speaks both to Auston's more well-rounded game and Ovi's reliance (but also skill) on scoring from the point on the PP.

Now, obviously in terms of career vs career comparison Ovi leads due to his long successful career, but Matthews has literally been the better scorer ever since his entry to the league in terms of pure performance. Rookie-to-date Matthews has outperfomed even the best 7 year stretch Ovi ever had. That should speak for itself.

So I would put Matthews even now in the top 5, due to his historical level of performance, which has only been bested by Gretzky and Mario in the semi-modern history.
 
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How can he be the greatest of all time when 3 contemporary players scored better than his best multiple times each I wonder.. I mean don’t get me wrong he is arguably top 5 and definitely top 10 but I don’t get the criteria that ranks him #1.

Bossy is an interesting argument for many reasons as the best goal scorer of all time. Among what has been said here already, he had a career shooting percentage of somewhere around 24%

A 24% career shooting percentage?!
 
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Bossy is an interesting argument for many reasons as the best goal scorer of all time. Among what has been said here already, he had a career shooting percentage of somewhere around 24%

A 24% career shooting percentage?!

That’s is ridiculous but how does it compare to Gretzky’s shooting percentage during the same timeframe? I imagine it would be pretty close. Maybe there’s another player who had an even higher shooting percentage. But that does sound crazy though.
 

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That’s is ridiculous but how does it compare to Gretzky’s shooting percentage during the same timeframe? I imagine it would be pretty close. Maybe there’s another player who had an even higher shooting percentage. But that does sound crazy though.

Gretzky started around a similar shooting percentage as Ovechkin and Matthews, then hit 20%, 24% and finally 26% then went back down to Ovechkin/matthews 16-18%

I don’t know if anyone has a career shooting percentage higher than Bossy. He peaked at 24% I was exaggerating off of memory it looks like he is 21% for his career
 

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That’s is ridiculous but how does it compare to Gretzky’s shooting percentage during the same timeframe? I imagine it would be pretty close. Maybe there’s another player who had an even higher shooting percentage. But that does sound crazy though.
Yes, it's close. Bossy shot 21.2% over his entire ten year career, Gretzky shot 20.6% over his first ten years. Over the eight years they overlapped (1980 to 1987), Gretzky was slightly ahead (21.0% - 20.5%).

During Bossy's career, there were 11 players who scored 100+ goals with >20% shooting percentage. (The leader was Charlie Simmer, who shot 23.3% during that span).

For some context - during Bossy's career, 40 players scored 100+ goals on >18% shooting. From 2006 to today, there were only two players who did that (Draisaitl and, surprisingly, Alex Tanguay).
 
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Luckily I saw all of their careers and on eye test, Lemieux always struck me as the best. Eye test is nothing more than that.....completely unreliable but I can say if you asked me to pick one guy, do or die, to score, I'd go Lemieux.
Yea, I'd pick 66 easily as well. Mario made it look easy and effortless and times LMAO.
 

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Yes, it's close. Bossy shot 21.2% over his entire ten year career, Gretzky shot 20.6% over his first ten years. Over the eight years they overlapped (1980 to 1987), Gretzky was slightly ahead (21.0% - 20.5%).

During Bossy's career, there were 11 players who scored 100+ goals with >20% shooting percentage. (The leader was Charlie Simmer, who shot 23.3% during that span).

For some context - during Bossy's career, 40 players scored 100+ goals on >18% shooting. From 2006 to today, there were only two players who did that (Draisaitl and, surprisingly, Alex Tanguay).

Yeah that’s a whopping difference and tells you all you need to know about the relative difficulty of scoring.
 

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What era is this that you think Matthews is hands down the best goal scorer of exactly?

The current one where he has more goals than anyone since his career began, with fewer games played and less powerplay time than all the other top scorers.

What era is this that you think Matthews is hands down the best goal scorer of exactly?

The current one where he has more goals than anyone since his career began, with fewer games played and less powerplay time than all the other top scorers.
 
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