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Mods feel free to merge into one of the other dozen Ovechkin History threads if appropriate.
Asking specifically for this age range, not necessarily every post-35 season (i.e., no season in the 40s included). It's a pretty specific question granted, but chosen because (topically) it's Ovechkin age 39 season and (generally) it reflects a period when you expect players to rapidly decline and potentially elect to retire but where the extent to which they keep playing doesn't feel like they are doing so merely for the sake of doing so. So an interesting barometer of longevity so to speak.
For 2020-21 through 2024-25 Ovechkin has 331 GP, 184 Goals (cumulative rank of 7th in NHL), 335 points (cumulative rank of 31st in NHL). 1.012 PPG (cumulative rank of 25th in NHL with players with a minimum of 100 GP in that time period) with a few games left in the 2024-25 season as of today), -20
"Feels" like 2nd to Howe seems about right. Crosby could (likely will?) pass depending on how his next two seasons go.
Asking specifically for this age range, not necessarily every post-35 season (i.e., no season in the 40s included). It's a pretty specific question granted, but chosen because (topically) it's Ovechkin age 39 season and (generally) it reflects a period when you expect players to rapidly decline and potentially elect to retire but where the extent to which they keep playing doesn't feel like they are doing so merely for the sake of doing so. So an interesting barometer of longevity so to speak.
For 2020-21 through 2024-25 Ovechkin has 331 GP, 184 Goals (cumulative rank of 7th in NHL), 335 points (cumulative rank of 31st in NHL). 1.012 PPG (cumulative rank of 25th in NHL with players with a minimum of 100 GP in that time period) with a few games left in the 2024-25 season as of today), -20
"Feels" like 2nd to Howe seems about right. Crosby could (likely will?) pass depending on how his next two seasons go.