Gniwder
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Ovechkin lead the league in goals in 2018.Interesting list.
BUT, last two Stanley Cup winners didn't need a Top10 scorer.
Ovechkin lead the league in goals in 2018.Interesting list.
BUT, last two Stanley Cup winners didn't need a Top10 scorer.
Holmstrom is a major fail for Ras ceiling!No...it’s ****ing not.
You need to disassociate when Holmstrom was drafted and what he produced. Holmstrom is not the norm for when he was drafted. He’s not the norm for even a top 10 pick. He’s top 5 in his draft class in games played, with Ryan Smyth, Daniel Alfredsson, Patrik Elias, and Ed Jovanovski. He’s top 7 in his draft class in points, with Alfredsson, Elias, Smyth, Milan Hejduk, Steve Sullivan and Chris Drury.
The player you’re describing is literally a top 10 performer from his draft class.
Only 337 players since 1917 have played 1000+ games. And separately, only 479 players have scored 500+ points. Holmstrom did both. That’s a list that consists of only 247 names. You’re not talking about an average NHL career; you’re talking about a career that every single draft prospect hopes they could replicate.
Hopefully now you can see how misguided your assumption is. But knowing your tendencies, I’m sure there’s a “but what about” already being cooked up.
Wonder if Rasmussen finishes his NHL career with 243 goals, 500+ points and 4 Cups.
Different time , different players. Ever since Homer retired wings tried to get his replacement. Finally Rasmussen can do that job. Rasmussen is more skilled and faster, bigger size. Rasmussen doesn't surround as good players as Homer had.Wonder if Rasmussen finishes his NHL career with 243 goals, 500+ points and 4 Cups.
What? Wasn’t Pastranak taken at like 19?
Edit: And now you know way more about arena air horns than you cared to know.
If he finished with those exact totals, it wouldn't make comparisons to Holmstrom less absurd.
Not hating on anyone using Homer as a base to build off of in regards to net front and o zone puck handling impacts, but dang, I like to compare Ras to Fil, and it'd be crazy if I didn't acknowledge the glaring differences between them.