Congratulations Phil Kessel, #30 all time leafs Goal scoring.(update-jumps to #29)

[conway902]

Kessel moves into top 30 all time in leafs goal scoring

#25 Borje Salming 148G
#26 Darcy Tucker 148G
#27 Doug Gilmour 131G
#28 Nick Metz 131G
#29 Phil Kessel 128G
#30Gordie Drillon 127G

(updated-makes the jump to #29)

With a healthy year he should end up in the top 25

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[Maplestory*]

Wow that's nice. How many seasons to pass Mats Sundin?

 

[mpleafan]

Well, we'rr still paying Darcy Tucker so he could always move up. :Sarcasm:

 

[Paris in Flames]

Man I miss Darcy Tucker :'(

 

[Primary Assist]

Wow, I'm amazed Tucker has more than Gilmour for us. I know Tucker spent more time with us, but still.

 

[Confucius]

Already, crap it just seems like 5 years of years ago that we got him

 

[TML 13]

Sundin has 420G, for those curious.

 

[mikebel111*]

Congrats to phil.
But he is still one dimensional














Sarcasm

 

[Schenn]

It would be cool to keep this thread going for the next 8 1/2 years.

 

[hockeygeek]

I call dibs on tomorrow nights congadulatory thread when Phil moves into 29th all time

 

[The Brightside]

It would be cool to keep this thread going for the next 8 1/2 years.

9 1/2 years atleast

edit : my mistake you are right but it would need him to score 45 goals or more each season to make it close to Sundin

 

[Eyedea]

Wow, I'm amazed Tucker has more than Gilmour for us. I know Tucker spent more time with us, but still.

Gilmour is also 9th in assists while only playing ~5 seasons.

I noticed Kessel is in 10th for game winning goals too.

 

[Avec Fromage*]

If he pots 30 this year and averages 30 for the following eight years, it will put him at 382.* Sundin is at 420. I went with a low estimate, but he could easily hold the record at the end of his career.

*At the age of ~35.

 

[phillycheesekessel]

Darryl Sittler sits at number one with 389Gs

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

Darryl Sittler sits at number one with 389Gs

Nope.

 

[Timmy Brent*]

Wow that's nice. How many seasons to pass Mats Sundin?

aware

 

[Leafblooded]

Sundin has 420G, for those curious.

Four-twenty! Mans a legend

 

[BonMorrison]

So he'll be in the top 25 by the time this season is over then. Nice.

 

[geary17]

Sundin has 420, so if Phil has 126 that would mean he'd have to average ~38 goals a year over the next 8 seasons to get there in the same amount of years as Mats.

This is a lot of time we're talking about here. Either way though Sundin was a player that would carry a team on his back, was incredibly strong on the puck, would score huge overtime goals and play a really solid 2-way game, all while wearing the C. Kessel might just edge him in goals. I think Kessel's playmaking ability could help him put up some higher point totals over the course of his career, but Sundin's intangibles make it so Phil would basically have to be a perennial 40 goal, 90 point gut to truly surpass him as the greatest Leaf forward.

 

[Loosie]

Kessel started this year with 119 goals as a Leaf. He has this year plus 8 more years on his extension. Sundin has 420 goals.

That leaves Kessel 9 years to score 301 goals. Or 33.4 goals/season. As long as there are no injuries or lockouts I say Kessel passes Sundin before his contract is over.

 

[Loosie]

Wow, I'm amazed Tucker has more than Gilmour for us. I know Tucker spent more time with us, but still.

Tucker was not a horrible player, his last season or two were forgettable. Tucker has 531 games as a Leaf vs. Gilmour's 393

 

[Sokil]

Wow, I'm amazed Tucker has more than Gilmour for us. I know Tucker spent more time with us, but still.

why is this surprising? gilmour was barely a leaf

 

[The Podium]

If Kessel can average 35 goals a season he passes Sundin before the contract is over which is the exact same duration that Sundin spent as a Leaf. However assists and points probably wont be close.

 

[Loosie]

If Kessel can average 35 goals a season he passes Sundin before the contract is over which is the exact same duration that Sundin spent as a Leaf. However assists and points probably wont be close.

All 3 categories are possible.

Kessel started the season needing 301G 426A 720P to catch Sundin. Averaging this over 9 seasons gives you 33.4 GPS 47.3 APS 80 PPS. Kessel is getting better right now, he's also had more assists than goal the last two season (an equal in both the season before that). If he hasn't passed Sundin by the end of his current contract he'll be very very close.

 

[The Missing Piece]

Just so we don't get publicly embarrassed can we get a mod to fix spelling in title please.