I grew up (and still are) a big Essendon Bombers fan in the AFL (Australian Rules Football).
We had a player who I consider to be possible the greatest player of all time. He played when I was between 10-27ish. So my hero.
When he stopped playing there was a massive hole in the team for me. Just watching him play was my favourite thing about watching footy. Win or lose, I got to watch Hirdy play.
I have the feeling that will happen again for me when this great man finishes up.
Enjoy every moment.
To wit, tonight when he laces up against the Carolina Hurricanes in search of his eighth 50 goal campaign, Ovi will be participating in his 1080th (!) game. So 1079 games played in his career gives us a dividing line with 540 games on one side of it, and 539 games on the other. Ovechkin potted 328 goals in his first 540 games. How many has he scored in the 539 that have come since? You guessed it: 328. That’s just preposterous.
Fiddy for posterity. RH trivia 10 years from now, which D did he truck after he got fiddy.
Fiddy for posterity. RH trivia 10 years from now, which D did he truck after he got fiddy.
Fiddy for posterity. RH trivia 10 years from now, which D did he truck after he got fiddy.
“Many more years to go”
The strongest indicator yet of his future.
He’s my favorite athlete of all time and it’s gonna be basically impossible for someone to knock him down to second place in my heart. I can’t even imagine what better than Ovechkin for me would look like.
You're assuming this is his last 50 goal year. I don't buy that.He now has the record for most seasons between his 1st and last 50 goal year (first was 2006).