2019-20 Rocket Thread: Ovechkin, Pastrnak, Matthews, etc ...

[Frosty415]

I love Ovi but in theory he can only regress going forward.

yet he continues to impress me.

I see another 45-50 goal season for OV this year

 

[that is unfortunate]

Pastrnak doesn't see the ice when the opposing goalie is pulled and Ovechkin saves his best for when the goalie is pulled, never seen someone try so hard to get an empty netter.

I really don't see the point of this thread, Ovechkin just got a hattrick with 2 empty netters and is still 4 goals behind with Pastrnak having 2 games in hand.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Pastrnak doesn't see the ice when the opposing goalie is pulled and Ovechkin saves his best for when the goalie is pulled, never seen someone try so hard to get an empty netter.

I really don't see the point of this thread, Ovechkin just got a hattrick with 2 empty netters and is still 4 goals behind with Pastrnak having 2 games in hand.

Ovechkin has scored about 400 5 on 5 goals. He's pretty good with a goalie in net, obviously.

Besides, don't you want a Player to try hard to score a goal to ensure your team a victory?

 

[hockeyes]

Pastrnak has the hot stick but he's done some stat padding himself, 10 goals vs bottom 10 teams, mostly on the bottom 5 end so let's not cry too hard about a few empty nets.

 

[Demandedace]

Pastrnak doesn't see the ice when the opposing goalie is pulled and Ovechkin saves his best for when the goalie is pulled, never seen someone try so hard to get an empty netter.

I really don't see the point of this thread, Ovechkin just got a hattrick with 2 empty netters and is still 4 goals behind with Pastrnak having 2 games in hand.

Lmao what a joke, you don’t have any idea what you are talking about

 

[filinski77]

I predict that someone will win the Rocket this year.

Huge if true

 

[Zuluss]

If I were to bet $1000 on OV winning the Rocket this year, the players I would be most worried about would be Draisaitl, then McDavid and Matthews, probably MacKinnon too. It is good to see that Ovechkin has grabbed a small lead over them.

Pastrnak still seems like one of the long list of hot goal-scorers who were giving OV a run for his money in December, but were nowhere close in April.

 

[shtorm2005]

At this stage of career, I doubt Ovy competes with his peers... His only competition is Gretzky from now.

 

[Madifer]

OV gets 50+ but doesnt win the rocket this year or ever again.

 

[moropanov]

Ovechkin is bad player getting gifted goals total joke

 

[ricky0034]

probably

but just because he'll probably still lose to the guy that's won 6 of the last 7 rockets when it's all said and done doesn't really take away from the great season Pastrnak has had thus far

 

[alphabetical]

I predict that someone will win the Rocket this year.

That is a bold prediction. What kind of odds do you want for that one?

 

[FrozenJagrt]

Ovechkin is bad player getting gifted goals total joke

You really need to let it go. I don't know what Ovechkin did to you, but you have to get over it.

 

[Sam Spade]

Pastrnak doesn't see the ice when the opposing goalie is pulled

You are wrong but it's not a big deal.

 

[Nsjohnson]

There's already a Rocket thread.

 

[beowulf]

From the title I knew who made this thread. The season is long and only a little over a 1/4 done so ya Ovi has won nothing at this point.

 

[Nsjohnson]

Night's not done, but this needs to be bumped.

Pasta Sauce is leading with 24 goals in 26 games. Trending for 75.

Ovechkin now has 20 goals in 28 games. Trending for 59.

McJesus as of right now has 19 while playing the Nucks in 28 games. Trending for 55.

Marchand has 18 goals in 26 games. Trending for 58.

Mack has 17 goals in 26 games. Trending for 54.

 

[almo8989]

The thing with Ovechkin is that he's always pretty consistent throughout the whole year in most of his seasons. He'll have a ton of one goal games and then sprinkle in the odd hat track and 2 goal games. Almost every season we see guys get super hot and get a ton of goals early on and then they tail off as the season goes on and they don't score at the same clip. Ovechkin just continues to score here and there for the whole season and ends up winning the Rocket.

 

[CDJ]

Pastrnak has the hot stick but he's done some stat padding himself, 10 goals vs bottom 10 teams, mostly on the bottom 5 end so let's not cry too hard about a few empty nets.

Well at least there was a goalie on the ice....


I think there’s a difference.....


(To be clear Ovy is obvs the best scorer of the generation, no debate to be had)

Will be a fun race. Hopefully Pasta stays healthy. If he does he could push 55-60. I keep expecting him to cool off but it just doesn’t seem like it will happen, even his assists are preposterous (like yesterday’s)

 

[shtorm2005]

never seen someone try so hard to get an empty netter.

Then, you clearly don't watch him. He tries that hard on every goal.

 

[Sergei DRW]

The only people Ovie is competing right now are the all-time greats. He has the chance to surpass both Mario and Steve Yzerman this year in total goals scored in a career.

 

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

Why can't Pasta win it? Draisaitl would've won it last year by a few goals if it weren't for empty netters.

 

[Hustlr]

As I said in the thread at the start of the year, it would be unwise to bet against OV.

 

[Wounded]

With so many emptynetters for Ovechkin, Pastrnak will have really hard time to win the Rocket.

 

[The Panther]

What's Pastrnak's history of scoring goals? I mean, did he previously score quite consistently, or was he one of these guys who looks like a 50-goal scorer for thirty games here or there, and then looks average otherwise?

We know Ovechkin is consistent and keep it up for 82 games. I'm not sure if Pasta has convinced me he can do that yet.