Will Ovechkin hit 20 goals this season?

[avgard]

i see before like forever since he having total free shootline in pp. noboty standing infront . they every team leaving him total alone always and he shooting shooting shooting lookin very amateurs. this command by league headquarter? at empty net possybillity he only being at ice and noboty else trying emptyNets if attaching they only feeding greyhere. he will stay very long at league. his team suffering till he hitting 1000. any ol pa makin goals feedet like tjiss

sir avgard jockeyprofessor

 

[tapi]

There is nothing to suggest so far in his game that he will exceed 15 goals this year. Should be in the KHL come next fall, as it seems unlikely he is willing to continue in the NHL with limited ice time.

 

[MacMacandBarbie]

Ovechkin has been sniffing Gretzky's jock strap for years. It's all he's been obsessed about these past few years. Tough to score goals with a stick and puck when his nose is buried in Gretzky's ass trying to prove he's better.

How did he get his jockstrap? Does Gretz have them for sale on an OF or something?

 

[YippieKaey]

Thats exactly what happened after about 1/3 of last season and Ovis scoring dropped off completely on the PP, if that would been done constantly Ovi would have been much less effective. A shame it was tried 15 years too late.

The amount of times Ovi has been allowed to onetime into an empty net is absurd, let any one else shoot instead, it could not have been worse and also forced the Caps to change their PP strategy.

But I insist that its some kind of gentlemans agreement not to do it. Jagr was shadowed by Pandolfo and NJ even 5 vs 5 and that pretty much eliminated Jagr from the game, but it was not exactly a strategy that was popular or fun for the game.

Lol.

Yeah, I always felt someone should just run a diamond PK against them and stick the right guy right on Ovie within a sticks length and actively take away that part of the ice and let them play 4-on-3 with 70% of the O-zone instead.

Yeah. You think that was never tried? You think like 60-70 NHL coaches never thought of this?

 

[lokomotiv15]

Lol.



Yeah. You think that was never tried? You think like 60-70 NHL coaches never thought of this?

Give me an example of two that you know ran a diamond against the Caps PP and had one guy overload the left wall the whole time. I’m sure a lot more than 70 have thought of it, do the math.
Who has tried it that you can confirm?

 

[tom_servo]

Give me an example of two that you know ran a diamond against the Caps PP and had one guy overload the left wall the whole time. I’m sure a lot more than 70 have thought of it, do the math.
Who has tried it that you can confirm?

"The Avs appeared to be the most committed to the shadow, over a number of power plays. Overall, in 102 seconds in a shadow, Ovechkin only managed to get one shot off, a one-timer where Nathan MacKinnon didn’t quite guard him closely enough. In that time, however, Oshie registered three dangerous one-timers from the slot. He was unlucky not to score."

Special Teams Spotlight: Shadowing Ovechkin — Special Teams Project

Several teams have attempted to shadow Alex Ovechkin on the power play this year. What has that looked like?

www.nhlspecialteams.com

 

[coooldude]

"The Avs appeared to be the most committed to the shadow, over a number of power plays. Overall, in 102 seconds in a shadow, Ovechkin only managed to get one shot off, a one-timer where Nathan MacKinnon didn’t quite guard him closely enough. In that time, however, Oshie registered three dangerous one-timers from the slot. He was unlucky not to score."

Special Teams Spotlight: Shadowing Ovechkin — Special Teams Project

Several teams have attempted to shadow Alex Ovechkin on the power play this year. What has that looked like?

www.nhlspecialteams.com

Great find, from 2016 no less, and I found the following sentence even more telling: "In nine seconds of formation time where Ovechkin wasn’t subjected to a shadow, he registered two one-timers, and Oshie had another one. So either way, the Avs appeared to lose. I’m really not sure this is the answer to the Caps’ power play"

So even when teams were shadowing him, all it took was a tiny window and he gets his dangerous shot off. And even in 2016, there were many teams who tried, and three specifically highlighted. So yes, we are not somehow inventing amazing new tactics to counteract the Ovie Spot on HFBoards in 2023.

 

[jigglysquishy]

Finally broke the cold streak. 46 periods in a row.

 

[hockeykicker]

thanks to the Columbus goalie's moronic penalty

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Let’s all celebrate. The old timer finally scored one.

 

[george14]

Ovi on pace for 16. Baby steps.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Let’s all celebrate. The old timer finally scored one.

An OT winner too, for your viewing pleasure

 

[ViD]

Let’s all celebrate. The old timer finally scored one.

The Jackets always happy to help….

 

[CokenoPepsi]

It's a power play goal!

And this one will last a lifetime!

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

An OT winner too, for your viewing pleasure

Thankfully I’m not a fan of the Caps. Just happy to see they allowed the dude to finally score.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Thankfully I’m not a fan of the Caps. Just happy to see they allowed the dude to finally score.

The Caps keep on winning and the standings look like this by P%. I'll let you find where your team is there

 

[Fantomas]

Ovy has been playing really well the past few games. I think he's gonna be just fine.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

The Caps keep on winning and the standings look like this by P%. I'll let you find where your team is there

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Isn’t this a thread on Ovechkin and his 2 5 on 5 goals?

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Isn’t this a thread on Ovechkin and his 2 5 on 5 goals?

Yup, buckle up for the ride, the Russian Machine is back in service

 

[Sykur]

So that's what it takes for him to score now? In overtime? On the PP?

The interesting thing is he did it with a wrist shot. Not his patented one-timer. So that suggests that he is extremely unsure of his game these days, and he desperately wanted this one to go in. Because a flubbed setup would almost certainly spell washed-up. He held the puck, made sure it was there, and then snapped it toward the net. Good goal, but not a vintage Ovi goal. A nervous and uncertain goal.

Maybe he goes on a heater after this. He's known to score in bunches. But this goal did not scream OVI'S BACK. It quietly whispered: ....finally.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Yup, buckle up for the ride, the Russian Machine is back in service

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

So that's what it takes for him to score now? In overtime? On the PP?

The interesting thing is he did it with a wrist shot. Not his patented one-timer. So that suggests that he is extremely unsure of his game these days, and he desperately wanted this one to go in. Because a flubbed setup would almost certainly spell washed-up. He held the puck, made sure it was there, and then snapped it toward the net. Good goal, but not a vintage Ovi goal. A nervous and uncertain goal.

Maybe he goes on a heater after this. He's known to score in bunches. But this goal did not scream OVI'S BACK. It quietly whispered: ....finally.

Tell me you didn't watch the game without telling me you didn't watch the game. He could've had 2 more easily.

 

[Sykur]

Tell me you didn't watch the game without telling me you didn't watch the game. He could've had 2 more easily.

Exactly -- he didn't.

So tell me that last goal was not full of nerves and dripping sweat mixed with media hot takes that he's no longer an elite shooter.

 

[lokomotiv15]

"The Avs appeared to be the most committed to the shadow, over a number of power plays. Overall, in 102 seconds in a shadow, Ovechkin only managed to get one shot off, a one-timer where Nathan MacKinnon didn’t quite guard him closely enough. In that time, however, Oshie registered three dangerous one-timers from the slot. He was unlucky not to score."

Special Teams Spotlight: Shadowing Ovechkin — Special Teams Project

Several teams have attempted to shadow Alex Ovechkin on the power play this year. What has that looked like?

www.nhlspecialteams.com

Well I’ll eat my hat then, good find. Been curious about that for years.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Exactly -- he didn't.

So tell me that last goal was not full of nerves and dripping sweat mixed with media hot takes that he's no longer an elite shooter.

I don't know, are you in his head?

If you were one of the very best in the world at what you do for 20 years, would you let 2-3 months of poor performance completely deflate you? He was making great plays all night long, didn't look nervous to me.