Is there any chance ovie gets 1000 goals?

[super6646]

I think at this point it’s very likely he breaks 900, so what about 100 more for 1000?

I mean… I don’t think it’s likely, but if anyone could do it…

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[leafsfan5]

I think he calls it quits after he breaks the record

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

He'll break Gretzky's record and finish with over 900 goals that same season, but I don't see 1000 happening.

He'll be around 40 by the time he reaches 900, so he'd have to stick around until the age of 43-44 to sniff 1000 goals. Ovechkin mentioned that he wanted to play his final year of pro hockey back in Russia, and I think that's a greater incentive than chasing something that he may not be able to attain at that age.

If COVID and the lockouts never happened, it might not be out of question, which is crazy to think about.

 

[canuckking1]

900. He might have tried for 1000 if not for lockouts+Covid.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Posted the below in the milestone thread, voted yes.


Like I said it depends how long he’s willing to play here. He’s shown zero sign of slowing down and I don’t see any reason he can’t continue to rack up PP and EN goals into his 40s. He needs 200 more, let’s say he gets 30 more this year. 40 next year, 35 the year after, then 30, 25, 20 and 20 retiring at age 43. Not far fetched at all if he wants it, and frankly those are conservative estimates… But I doubt he’ll want to stay in NA that long to pad the new record. Probably leaves/retires at the end of the season he breaks the record during.

 

[Midnight Judges]

If he wants to stick around like Jagr did, he can. If he wants to play 1700 games, 1000 goals isn't totally out of reach.

 

[PuckG]

I voted yes, but more out of hope than anything else. It’ll be extremely tough as he continues to age.

 

[SwedishFire]

24/25 will be the season he breaks the record, he will be 40 years old. Doubt he even wants to play 3 more years.

Posted the below in the milestone thread, voted yes.


Like I said it depends how long he’s willing to play here. He’s shown zero sign of slowing down and I don’t see any reason he can’t continue to rack up PP and EN goals into his 40s. He needs 200 more, let’s say he gets 30 more this year. 40 next year, 35 the year after, then 30, 25, 20 and 20 retiring at age 43. Not far fetched at all if he wants it, and frankly those are conservative estimates… But I doubt he’ll want to stay in NA that long to pad the new record. Probably leaves/retires at the end of the season he breaks the record during.

He gets 40 this year, and my guess is he gets 40 next year. Then the third - his last, he needs 20 goals to 900, but my bet is 34 goals. Stops at 910ish goals...

 

[KoozNetsOff 92]

As already mentioned, if he wants to stick around then yes. But he wants to finish in Russia and has said many times he's not going to stick around just to compile as a 3rd liner. So it'll depend what level he's at at the end of his contract. If he's still ~30 goals he might stick around.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Depends how long he wants to keep playing

 

[Donner]

He retiring from the NHL and heading back to Russia the day after he breaks the record

 

[Toby91ca]

The only correct answer here is "yes" when you ask if there is a chance, if it was asked differently like, do you think he'll hit 1,000....entirely different question.

 

[Fig]

You didn't specifically say NHL goals, so the answer is yes.

But I agree with others he probably doesn't stick around long enough to reach 1000.

 

[Toby91ca]

You didn't specifically say NHL goals, so the answer is yes.

But I agree with others he probably doesn't stick around long enough to reach 1000.

Meaning you think he’ll continue to play in KHL after he retires from NHL

 

[BraveCanadian]

It all depends on how many empty net opportunities Washington can get over the next few years.

 

[FrankSidebottom]

Is it theoretically possible? Sure. Likely? No. But with Ovechkin you never know. If he were a stock there would be endless short squeeze lol. Never bet against Ovechkin’s stock rising

 

[DFC]

I don't know. He doesn't seem to be slowing down all that much, and the NHL in general is opening up, which helps. Ovie could probably score from the top of the circle well into his 40s, if he wants to stick around. All I know for sure is betting on him to decline sharply has made fools out of plenty of people so far.

If he plays 4 years after this one, I don't see how 1000 is out of the question.

Keep in mind, 4 years ago, a small minority of fans were beginning to believe he had a shot at Gretzky. It wasn't always considered realistic, or even plausible.

 

[Breakers]

He joked about literally retiring during the game he breaks the record.

He said like he would score, celebrate, then ditch his equipment on the ice and leave mid game.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Huge Ovi fan, I have been saying Ovi will break Gretzky’s goal record when everyone was saying no chance.

I’ll say he doesn’t hit 1k , as much as it sucks to admit he is slowing down and it’s only going to get worse . He will hit Gretzky mark in 2-3 years knock on wood. He would be a very bad shell of his former self if he chases 1k

 

[Zuluss]

Is there a chance? Yes, if Ovechkin is healthy and decides he wants to play in the NHL as long as he possibly can.
Will that happen? Most probably not, he will get to 900 goals and retire while still not a shadow of his former self.

 

[Mulletman]

Gordie Howe scored 177 NHL goals after turning 38. If Ovechkin does the same he'll hit 1000 goals. The key here is when will Ovechkin break Gretzky's record. If he keeps his current pace it will pretty much be 2 years from now. He still has a year and a half left on his contract at that point. Could probably play out his contract with 940+ goals. Hopefully Sergei is big and smart enough at that point to talk Ovechkin into staying for 1000 goals.

 

[bobholly39]

I voted yes even though I'd be shocked if it happened. I don't think he plays that long. But yes, there is a chance.

The most incredible thing about Ovi's career for me may be the following:

~3-4 years ago, on HF when you asked "will Ovechkin top Gretzky" people were like "no way, maybe there's a ~5% chance at most". And here we are, just a few short years later (despite covid shortened season), and I think now over 95% of people are convinced he'll top Gretzky.

He simply does not slow down...he's once again on pace for 50 goals and chasing for the rocket. Pretty incredible

 

[ricky0034]

he could probably do it if he wanted to

difficult to imagine him wanting to badly enough to keep playing into his 40s after already passing Gretzky just for that though

 

[um]

he could probably do it if he wanted to

difficult to imagine him wanting to badly enough to keep playing into his 40s after already passing Gretzky just for that though

I'm a believer in that some players like playing hockey.

 

[gtrower]

I think he could get there if he wanted to. But I don’t see that number being important enough to him for the effort.