Player Discussion Alexander Ovechkin (Vol. 2)

[seventieslord]

Ovie is my hero:

I was there, and it was even funnier than it sounds.

 

[BallardEra]

Goals since Ovechkin entered the league in 2005:

1) Ovechkin - 650 (GP 1063)
2) Crosby - 436 (GP 922)
3) E. Staal - 401 (GP 1072)
4) Marleau - 395 (GP 1077)
5) Malkin - 388 (GP 839)

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

I was looking at other Washington Capital LWs in a trip down memory lane.

Ovechkin has:

650 goals Next best: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (great player in his day) 195
1192 points Next best: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 554
5134 shots Next best: Kelly Miller 1330
243 PPGs Next best: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 49
105 GWG Next best: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 33

Utter dominance. Lol.

 

[Silky mitts]

This will likely be his 5th season as leagues only 50 goal scorer

 

[BallardEra]

Found it interesting how quickly this topic was locked 4-5 years ago. Since then Ovechkin has scored 226 goals. If he scores another 226 from now until he retires, that brings him to 879 career goals:

Will Ovechkin catch Gretzky in career goals?

 

[Raikkonen]

Found it interesting how quickly this topic was locked 4-5 years ago. Since then Ovechkin has scored 226 goals. If he scores another 226 from now until he retires, that brings him to 879 career goals:

Will Ovechkin catch Gretzky in career goals?

This discussion arised lately, last 1-2 years, and I mean from the media. Canadian media!

That is already a sign of something unthinkable.

I believe SC win and the birth of his son made him a threat to Gretzky's record more than anything.

Ovi can just enjoy the ride. Nobody even try to hit him lately, very rarely, so he can conserve some energy and score for several more years at a high pace. Every 50G season makes the probability of unthinkable higher and he has to ask himself if he's going for that, one day.

He just needs to finish this season strong and play at around that pace next year. That will propel him at the point of around ~2 seasons till catching Howe. Then he will realize 1) his friends Backstrom and Kuzy are still there 2) he has still something in the tank.

3) he goes for Howe with 35-40G pace... and THERE suddenly he's very close

So basically he should just try to win a cup this and next season (easily doable, I mean mentally TRYING).

And then all bets are off.

 

[Raikkonen]

Also, what could Ovi do after retirement? I doubt he can do something better than beating that record. So maybe 1-2-3 more years when it's hard for his body will be smart investment

 

[Raikkonen]

Also... imagine the moment his contract ends. And he's being at around 760-770 goals. There is no f***ing chance he doesn't sign an extension. Win-win for everyone.

PS: This current year is HUGE in this scheme.

 

[NobodyBeatsTheWiz]

In my NHL 19 career mode, he retired at age 43 with 1070. So there's that.

And that was all simming!

 

[Raikkonen]

Who should have win a cup last tear by EA sim?

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

In my NHL 19 career mode, he retired at age 43 with 1070. So there's that.

And that was all simming!

Funny...

 

[txpd]

This discussion arised lately, last 1-2 years, and I mean from the media. Canadian media!.

They wrote him off after the 33 goal season. He came back from the dead and won a cup and then upped his game again. I think there are some Canadian hockey media that are totally gobsmacked by it

 

[BallardEra]

They wrote him off after the 33 goal season. He came back from the dead and won a cup and then upped his game again. I think there are some Canadian hockey media that are totally gobsmacked by it

A lot of these writers grudgingly had to give him his due but make no mistake, deep down they still hate him.

 

[txpd]

A lot of these writers grudgingly had to give him his due but make no mistake, deep down they still hate him.

Oh, no question that they hate him. They just cant deny him now. It gets worse with every passing year. If Ov doesn't have show any decline next season, Katie bar the door.

Remember this was supposed to be the year Laine left him in the dust. Whatever happened to that guy?

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I welcome their hate. Embrace it. And FWIW, I doubt it was just the Canadian media that wrote him off after a few mediocre seasons.

Hell, some of our own posters here were doing it.

 

[kicksavedave]

I welcome their hate. Embrace it. And FWIW, I doubt it was just the Canadian media that wrote him off after a few mediocre seasons.

Hell, some of our own posters here were doing it.

I personally wrote off his playoff leadership but he sure proved me wrong, and I'm ecstatic about that.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I personally wrote off his playoff leadership but he sure proved me wrong, and I'm ecstatic about that.

I definitely felt at my lowest moment like he would never Captain a winner. We’re human after all.

 

[kicksavedave]

I definitely felt at my lowest moment like he would never Captain a winner. We’re human after all.

Well, we're Caps fans after all. Suffering and hopelessness was part of our DNA, until this:

 

[Silky mitts]

A lot of these writers grudgingly had to give him his due but make no mistake, deep down they still hate him.

I think it's an older demographic thing, most people under 60 are fans, I follow 2 Pittsburgh based hockey writers and this is the pinned tweet for 1

I assume this % has gone up, too

 

[kicksavedave]

I think it's an older demographic thing, most people under 60 are fans, I follow 2 Pittsburgh based hockey writers and this is the pinned tweet for 1

I assume this % has gone up, too

Holy crap this is awesome. Wish I'd known this in 2016, I'd have spared some crapping on Ovi in 2017

 

[Raikkonen]

That f***er Sidney Crosby is not that bad in the end...

 

[txpd]

I think it's an older demographic thing, most people under 60 are fans, I follow 2 Pittsburgh based hockey writers and this is the pinned tweet for 1

I assume this % has gone up, too

Yea, Ov never produces in the playoffs.

 

[ovikovy817]

With his 5 shots game tonight, he's now 4 all time in that category. 2 more shots than Esposito.

 

[txpd]

Holy crap this is awesome. Wish I'd known this in 2016, I'd have spared some crapping on Ovi in 2017

Perception is reality. If you watched the continued growth in Ovechkin's overall game(including leadership) under Trotz and see another step forward this season, you have to consider how this will effect his game as he ages. My view is that he will continue to grow and adapt. His stature and leadership will continue to grow.

The idea that he is selfish sits next to the idea that he is going to quit and go to the KHL and coast.

 

[Capitals40]

In my NHL 19 career mode, he retired at age 43 with 1070. So there's that.

And that was all simming!

I doubt it..still think he will go back to Moscow and play for Dynamo to end his career..after his current contract is over.