Alex Ovechkin hits 700 career NHL goals!

[Vijo Morganstein]

90s nostalgia out in full force in this thread

 

[shtorm2005]

Backstrom gets him the puck and does the center drive to the net thing. As Backstrom turns his head to see where Ov went with the puck, Ovechkin shoots the puck between Backstrom's legs and top shelf for a goal. Brilliant

 

[Acallabeth]

Because it only takes a few seconds to get the defenseman you want out against the opposing star forward and because Bourque, Lidstrom, and Leetch never played 27 minutes a night?

Yeah, I think we see defensemen just going for a change after the puck is dropped all the time
Are you implying that Gretzky played against great defensemen in their primes every shift all his career?

Just one of the first videos to pop out on Youtube:



Young Wayne playing awesome hockey, a must watch for everyone who thinks he was just IQ and nothing else. It's a bit hard to figure out all defensemen who were on the ice when Gretzky scored, but recognizable ones are:
Jimmy Watson
Blake Wesley?
Thomas Eriksson (was this his only NHL game that season?)
Jack McIlhargey
Terry Murray

Some decent players, but kinda not prime Lidstrom or Leetch material, you know. Look at how funny Peeters looks with his small equipment and obsolete technique. The guy won the Vezina next year, with .903 sv%.

I'm not taking anything from Gretzky. He had those 50+ point leads on everyone else for reasons. But this above is how 50 goal seasons turned into 80 goal seasons. Claiming that Gretzky played against stronger defense than today's players is laughable.

 

[txpd]

Jack McIlhargey? Ugh

 

[JasonRoseEh]

The Caps top line is going off tonight. He might still add.

It's probably the best game they've played in the last 20, if not all year long. Honestly the line hasn't been great so far this season which is crazy based on the Capitals result, once it gets humming so will the PP and boom.

 

[txpd]

It's probably the best game they've played in the last 20, if not all year long. Honestly the line hasn't been great so far this season which is crazy based on the Capitals result, once it gets humming so will the PP and boom.

I don't agree with that. Besides Ovechkin's line is always a work in progress. There is a shelf life for each set of games with Backstrom and then with Kuznetsov. Kuzy went stale while Backstrom was out and they were forced to stick with it. Ov had 9 shots on goal a couple of games back.

 

[SEALBound]

Rank	Player	Years	G
1.	Wayne Gretzky*	1979-99	894
2.	Gordie Howe*	1946-80	801
3.	Jaromir Jagr	1990-18	766
4.	Brett Hull*	1986-06	741
5.	Marcel Dionne*	1971-89	731
6.	Phil Esposito*	1963-81	717
7.	Mike Gartner*	1979-98	708
8.	Mark Messier*	1979-04	694
9.	Steve Yzerman*	1983-06	692
10.	Mario Lemieux*	1984-06	690
11.	Teemu Selanne*	1992-14	684
12.	Alex Ovechkin	2005-20	680

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For reference.

 

[Sentinel]

Young Wayne playing awesome hockey, a must watch for everyone who thinks he was just IQ and nothing else. It's a bit hard to figure out all defensemen who were on the ice when Gretzky scored, but recognizable ones are:
Jimmy Watson
Blake Wesley?
Thomas Eriksson (was this his only NHL game that season?)
Jack McIlhargey
Terry Murray

Some decent players, but kinda not prime Lidstrom or Leetch material, you know. Look at how funny Peeters looks with his small equipment and obsolete technique. The guy won the Vezina next year, with .903 sv%.

I'm not taking anything from Gretzky. He had those 50+ point leads on everyone else for reasons. But this above is how 50 goal seasons turned into 80 goal seasons. Claiming that Gretzky played against stronger defense than today's players is laughable.

I can get you the videos where Ovechkin, Kane, and McDavid make today's defensemen look like pylons and Luongo, Price, and Bobrovsky like idiots. Pavel Datsyuk was great at that. This doesn't mean anything. Gretzky just did it more often than anybody... because he was, well, Gretzky.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

681 scored against Boston!

 

[ottawa]

Seems like he'll barely hit 700 this season the way he's going.

 

[Mike8]

The only time Selanne is late is when he gets a speeding ticket.

Had Selanne entered the league at 18, he might have ended up with more career goals (probably would have), but he also might have burned out wayyyy earlier, so who the hell knows. He certainly wouldn't have scored 76 goals as a rookie, which continues to stand as one of the most "unbreakable" records in the history league. Selanne's rookie season is a big part of what makes him such a legend... how many all time greats set career highs in goals and points as rookies, then never matched those totals again, but were not considered a bust in the slightest? Maybe no one.

The biggest "what if" with Selanne isn't what if he started earlier, but rather, what if he didn't sever his achilles tendon in his second season...

Still, it's mind blowing to think Ovechkin is going to be blowing by Selanne's career goal total of 684 in just a few more games, with seemingly LOTS of gas left in the tank, while Selanne at 684 goals was pretty much running on empty. Ovechkin's greatness cannot be underscored in the slightest...

Interestingly, Selanne scored 232 goals after turning 35. If, let's say, Ovechkin finishes this season with 700 goals, then scored at the same pace as Selanne post-35, Ovechkin would retire with 932 goals.

Now, Selanne's late career resurgence was incredibly unique, but Ovechkin seems to be in a position to pull it off.

 

[Khomutov]

Seems like he'll barely hit 700 this season the way he's going.

We will see, but he is still on pace for 50, so could end up with 708.

 

[Sam Spade]

Seems like he'll barely hit 700 this season the way he's going.

Yeah cause if he "barely hits 700" this season that is ONLY a 42 goal season. What a bum.

 

[JasonRoseEh]

I can get you the videos where Ovechkin, Kane, and McDavid make today's defensemen look like pylons and Luongo, Price, and Bobrovsky like idiots. Pavel Datsyuk was great at that. This doesn't mean anything. Gretzky just did it more often than anybody... because he was, well, Gretzky.

There's making defensemen look like pylons and defensemen actually being career pylons which were far more abundant in Gretzky's era.

 

[1dreamof1cup]

If Mario and Ovy played in the same era, we'd barely talk about ovy.

 

[Zuluss]

If Mario and Ovy played in the same era, we'd barely talk about ovy.

I think we would have still talked about OV as the guy who would have stolen all Mario's goal-scoring titles but one

% leads over #10 in goals:
Ovechkin: 63-61-52-52-50-44-43-30-26-24-15-6
Lemieux 85-47-46-29-28-19-5-4

 

[Fazkovsky]

He is the best goalscorer ever

Case closed

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Ovechkin has tied Selanne for 11th all-time (684).

 

[Hasa92]

Geez, when I'm old, I hope I never turn out like these boomers.

 

[Frosty415]

Ovechkin has tied Selanne for 11th all-time (684).

G.O.A.T

 

[filinski77]

Pretty crazy that with 11 more goals, Ovi will jump from T-11th all time in goals to 8th all time

 

[Confused Turnip]

Added two more tonight (so far) passing Teemu for sole 11th. 4 goals to tie Mario for 10th now, 5 to pass him. Will be a big milestone.

 

[Firsov99]

687 and 688 so far tonight.

12 more to go...

 

[DeluzioN]

Whenever Ovi is having a slump someone just needs to start a hf thread asking if hes having a down season so he surges to #1 lol

 

[Nsjohnson]

Whenever Ovi is having a slump someone just needs to start a hf thread asking if hes having a down season so he surges to #1 lol

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