Crosby is gunning for the Rocket.

[Grifter3511]

Can he be the Goot? ( greatest of our time )

I prefer Goog, myself. Greatest of our Generation.

 

[Three On Zero]

I prefer Goog, myself. Greatest of our Generation.

Sold

 

[SEALBound]

Is this accurate, Crosby is leading the league in even-strength points (second in even-strength goals)? Old man is tearing it up to start this season.

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Sid has been a 5v5 beast this year.

Imagine if Sid, Malkin, Letang, and Karlsson figured out the powerplay...

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Is this accurate, Crosby is leading the league in even-strength points (second in even-strength goals)? Old man is tearing it up to start this season.

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Just think where he'd be if the Pens had an even halfway functional PP compared to whatever the f*** it is Reirden has them doing.

 

[ijuka]

I mean, in the part of their response that you didn't bold, they seem to agree with you? (Otherwise they wouldn't have specified "of my generation").

Goat means "greatest of all time".

So, if the person didn't mean to say that he's the greatest of all time, he probably shouldn't have said that he's the greatest of all time. Just my opinion, of course.


On Crosby, I think that he's building some strong chemistry with Karlsson. Would be cool to see him hit 50 goals, even at this point in his career. Although that'll still be a long shot.

 

[jcs0218]

Craig Button says Crosby is the 5th best player of all-time.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Crosby is the epitome of talent.

 

[Bowski]

I'm aware of what you point out (and I agree with you). Their elaboration (that you ignored) was helpful in determining their actual intent.

Perhaps you are both missing the poster's actual intent.
The (36 year-old) Kid is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock above all others.

 

[Joe MacMillan]

Goat means "greatest of all time".

In the context the word was used it clearly means "the best of his generation." Words do not carry a universal meaning that can be defined objectively, but they have the meaning each person intends to attach to them. If he meant "the greatest of all time," then the following sentence would have been pointless and meaningless.

 

[PaulD]

13 Players on pace for 50 plus goals.

Some of them on pace for 60 ....including Sid. 87 is just amazing.

Pasternac will win Art Ross and Rocket.

 

[dr robbie]

Sid the baby goat has matured into an adult GOAT.

 

[BallardEra]

Pasternac will win Art Ross and Rocket.

Interesting prediction.

 

[SomeDude]

Imagine how many more goals/points he could have if the Pens' PP was competent.

 

[Toby91ca]

13 Players on pace for 50 plus goals.

Some of them on pace for 60 ....including Sid. 87 is just amazing.

Pasternac will win Art Ross and Rocket.

Pasternac?

 

[Mrfenn92]

Stud enough said

 

[PaulD]

Interesting prediction.

early , but taking a stab
Bruins games I've watched he is dominating out there......and making it look far too easy

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

It would be sweet if he can add another rocket and maybe a hart

 

[PaulD]

Imagine how many more goals/points he could have if the Pens' PP was competent.

Sullivan thinks it is.
lol

Pasternac?

Whoops .... Pastrnak

 

[Incognito]

I feel like people still don't fully realize how good of a goal scorer Crosby is in his own right. If he hadn't lost so much of his prime to injuries, he'd have basically been a lock for at least 700 goals in his career.

 

[Lebowski]

I feel like people still don't fully realize how good of a goal scorer Crosby is in his own right. If he hadn't lost so much of his prime to injuries, he'd have basically been a lock for at least 700 goals in his career.

It's particularly impressive considering he doesn't necessarily have a shot that allows him to score consistently from long range and he has never been put as a go-to shooting option on the PP.

 

[Jabba11]

Jeez Louise, I didn't think my statement would create such reaction. To the other poster's defense, I did use the term GOAT a bit lightly there but my point was that Sid the Kid is the best hockey player of my generation. For me, he has been the greatest hockey player to win it all both at international and club level. A leader and a true team player both on and off the ice (team friendly contract to insure the organization can sign the other key players; his commitment towards youth hockey etc).

 

[Hockey Outsider]

After many years, the "Secondary Sid" argument seems to have finally stopped.

In the regular season, Crosby currently ranks 13th all-time in primary points (goals plus primary assists), compared to 23rd in secondary assists.

In the playoffs, he's currently 7th in primary points, compared to 13th (tied) in secondary assists.

And in total, if I've calculated this correctly, he just became one of only 12 players in NHL history with 1,300 primary points (RS and PO combined). He ranks 17th in second assists (combined RS and PO).

No matter how you look at it, if secondary assists were dropped (which, by the way, doesn't have a valid statistical basis), Crosby would look better, not worse.

Also - there are more than 90 players with 800+ primary points (RS and PO combined). Crosby has the 8th highest PPG pace. All seven of the players ahead of him spent most/all of their career in a higher scoring era. And although it's true that PPG can favour younger players and/or smaller sample sizes, assuming he stays healthy this year, he'll have played more games than all of the others except Gretzky. (The players ahead on this list are Gretzky, Lemieux, Bossy, Dionne, Esposito, Stastny, and Hawerchuk).

 

[GrumpyKoala]

I mean, in the part of their response that you didn't bold, they seem to agree with you? (Otherwise they wouldn't have specified "of my generation").

Then its settled: He the Gomt

 

[HabsQC]

Showing OV how to age like fine wine

 

[BallardEra]

Showing OV how to age like fine wine

Pretty sure Ovechkin had a scorching start to his age 36 season as well.