Will Matthews score more than Ovechkin by the end of his career?

[Dead Coyote]

Matthews is currently scoring at a higher pace than Ovechkin's career G/GP (.622 vs .610) and has shown he can potentially hit higher than 40g per season. Is there a chance that he has the longevity to reach Ovie after another 10 seasons?

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[Despote]

No chance. Even league scoring going up isn't going to help him enough.

Even if he keeps up the goals per game, he's not durable enough to pull it off. And having a recurring wrist injury doesn't help him here.

 

[NyQuil]

No

 

[Akrapovince]

How many lockouts or Covid-like seasons will Matthews have to go through?

Goals per game isn’t enough, he has to play in the games and score in them.

 

[Stealth1616]

Is this a serious thread ?

 

[Madap]

Nope. He’s probably closer than people will admit in terms of goal scoring ability, but career wise he has no shot. He’s not near durable enough compared to ovechkin.

Also you should probably be comparing Ovechkin’s gpg at the same age as Matthews instead of career.

 

[PaulD]

No.

Not too many absolutes. But this is one.

OVs durability is off the charts

 

[Fatass]

No way; no chance; no how.

 

[Despote]

Nope. He’s probably closer than people will admit in terms of goal scoring ability, but career wise he has no shot. He’s not near durable enough compared to ovechkin.

Also you should probably be comparing Ovechkin’s gpg at the same age as Matthews instead of career.

Also Ovechkin is pretty much the only high end goal scorer in NHL history that was almost as good at scoring goals in his 30s as he was in his 20s. Nobody can be projected to age like that and Matthews is already past the statistical peak age for goals.

 

[Voight]

Its doubtful. Not a lot of players have aged as well as Ovy has not to mention the guy is an absolute machine who's missed only a handful of games due too injury.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

As long as he has Marner attached to him, then he has a legit shot to come close (within a couple hundred goals) but won't score more.

 

[MardyBum]

Just off the top of the head, if he scores 40 on average for a decade that takes him to 36 years old, he'll be at 699 goals.

If he scores 50 on average over a decade he'll be at 799, 4th place and still behind Ovechkin.

I doubt he'll get there. Could definitely be top 10 when his career is done, maybe top 5 if he stays healthy and can play long

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

You sit here and promise me he plays the amount of games that Ovechkin has played in his career, I would say maybe.

Believe AM already has a couple seasons where he matched or exceeded Ovechkins peak. Issue is like others have said that Matthews simply isn’t as durable as Ovechkin. Will he be able to score 50 in his 30’s. Probably not.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Ovie is a freak athlete and freak of nature. I have a hard time seeing anyone pass him (whether it's for 1st or 2nd) for a while.

 

[Peasy]

No.

Ovie is a one of a kinda freak of nature. His durability is insane.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Unlikely, he is just playing in a higher scoring era right now, but Ovechkin's longevity is insane. Matthews has 2 Rockets and turns 26 during Training Camp. Ovechkin won the Rocket 9 times. I don't see Matthews hitting that number.

 

[Halakitlikethat]

It’s not a knock on Matthews at all but there is 0 chance. The fact that Ovi has stayed as healthy as he has especially later in his career is unbelievable. The guy is not human.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Nope. He’s probably closer than people will admit in terms of goal scoring ability, but career wise he has no shot. He’s not near durable enough compared to ovechkin.

Also you should probably be comparing Ovechkin’s gpg at the same age as Matthews instead of career.

Matthews is literally a goal or 2 off at the same age.

Matthews has 299 goals Ovechkin had 300 or 301

So It's very close

 

[Despote]

Matthews is literally a goal or 2 off at the same age.

Matthews has 299 goals Ovechkin had 300 or 301

So It's very close

It's 6 seasons to 7 though, so it's different. Matthews obviously will always get the benefit of starting at 19, but if anything it shows Ovechkin was already able to make that difference up.

 

[PensandCaps]

He has a shot. If he stays healthy he will rack up multiple 50-60 goal seasons.

 

[Mr Positive]

I say yes. But he would need some luck

Didn't someone on here post that ages aligned Matthews is only 7 back?

 

[CanadienShark]

Nope.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Is this a serious thread ?

See post two above

Holy moly he already has 299 and will turn 26 in a few weeks.

Wow, this is entering “‘Of course not’ ‘but maybe’” territory.

 

[PensandCaps]

It's 6 seasons to 7 though, so it's different. Matthews obviously will always get the benefit of starting at 19, but if anything it shows Ovechkin was already able to make that difference up.

In terms of games played, they're basically even though, so its not like Ovi was way outscoring Matthews through his first 481 games. 299 to 305 goals.

 

[CanadienShark]

You sit here and promise me he plays the amount of games that Ovechkin has played in his career, I would say maybe.

Believe AM already has a couple seasons where he matched or exceeded Ovechkins peak. Issue is like others have said that Matthews simply isn’t as durable as Ovechkin. Will he be able to score 50 in his 30’s. Probably not.

Huh? In what season has Matthews exceeded Ovechkin's peak? Let alone a couple seasons. Peak Ovechkin is closer to peak McDavid than Matthews.