Race for the Rocket Richard 2021 - Part II

[Eternal Leaf]

Lmao no its not. He mostly flubs or fans on them.

At least 5-10 of his goals this season have been one-timers.

He just scored one a few days ago.

That "weakness" is long gone man and at this point his shot arsenal is perfect.

 

[Garthinater]

He should have won the Rocket in addition to the Calder in his rookie year. 2 goals shy of Crosby that season. With very poor utilization by Babcock.

*4 goals shy.

 

[cipher]

Highest Goals/GP rate since Lemieux in 2000-2001.

Through 47 games, the center is scoring at a rate of 0.809 goals per game, which would be the best in the NHL since 2000-01, when Mario Lemieux averaged 0.814 for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Alex Ovechkin averaged 0.793 for the Washington Capitals in 2007-08.

Matthews scores 38th goal to help Maple Leafs top Canucks

 

[saffronleaf]

*4 goals shy.

damn, just checked, you are correct.

 

[Peiskos]

Matthews is just a generational goal scorer.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

He should have won the Rocket in addition to the Calder in his rookie year. 2 goals shy of Crosby that season. With very poor utilization by Babcock.

*4 goals shy.

And in 7 more games than Crosby played.

 

[lovemyleafs]

Generational scorer. Generational player. Put some respect on his name and give credit where it's due.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

And in 7 more games than Crosby played.

Yes, but it was still in his rookie season. So impressive as f***, even though he never did reach Crosby's level that year.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Yes, but it was still in his rookie season. So impressive as f***, even though he never did reach Crosby's level that year.

Oh no doubt it was impressive. All I'm saying is it wasn't as "close" as some make it out to be when you factor in that Crosby missed 7 games.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Lmao no its not. He mostly flubs or fans on them.

Well it’s apparent you haven’t watched the leafs for the past two seasons

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

That would be amazing. Hopefully you top it off with a Stanley Cup!

I lost everything, my wife included.

But I will be a rock bottom riser. Every day is a new day.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Oh no doubt it was impressive. All I'm saying is it wasn't as "close" as some make it out to be when you factor in that Crosby missed 7 games.

Wasn't it? Who had more actual time played?

 

[Deadly Dogma]

I lost everything, my wife included.

But I will be a rock bottom riser. Every day is a new day.

I am sorry to hear that, I have been in some dark situations in my life but my curiosity for tomorrow always kept me going. I can say that things will get better, you just need to persevere through the hard spots.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Matthews Has the rocket wrapped up, the only question left is will he hit 40?

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

Matthews Has the rocket wrapped up, the only question left is will he hit 40?

Dunno, if there's one guy that can score 9 goals in 7 games (besides Matthews ) it's McDavid.

 

[Holymakinaw]

Dunno, if there's one guy that can score 9 goals in 7 games (besides Matthews ) it's McDavid.

If McDavid WERE to go on a tear and score 9 more goals in his last 7 games, he'd have what Matthews now has..........38 goals.

Matthews would then need to score just 1 goal in his last 5 games to win the Rocket.

Dang. That's quite a lead young Auston has. Even McDavid won't be able to catch him.

 

[Raging Bull]

Caufield officially enters the race.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Crazy to think he is having a better scoring season than Ovechkin has ever achieved.

 

[Sypher04]

Lmao no its not. He mostly flubs or fans on them.

That's simply not accurate

 

[Sypher04]

Oh no doubt it was impressive. All I'm saying is it wasn't as "close" as some make it out to be when you factor in that Crosby missed 7 games.

Crosby still played 45 minutes more that season than Matthews did, while also being on his team's #1 pp which Matthews was not. If anything, it was closer than it appeared

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

I am sorry to hear that, I have been in some dark situations in my life but my curiosity for tomorrow always kept me going. I can say that things will get better, you just need to persevere through the hard spots.

"curiosity for tomorrow" is a great way of putting things.

I think life is kind of like a series of thinking "what happens next?"

 

[authentic]

Crosby still played 45 minutes more that season than Matthews did, while also being on his team's #1 pp which Matthews was not. If anything, it was closer than it appeared

That's the last person you'll convince.

 

[authentic]

If McDavid WERE to go on a tear and score 9 more goals in his last 7 games, he'd have what Matthews now has..........38 goals.

Matthews would then need to score just 1 goal in his last 5 games to win the Rocket.

Dang. That's quite a lead young Auston has. Even McDavid won't be able to catch him.

Plus Matthews missed 4 games and couldn't shoot the puck in 13 others. It's not even remotely close.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Wasn't it? Who had more actual time played?

Crosby still played 45 minutes more that season than Matthews did, while also being on his team's #1 pp which Matthews was not. If anything, it was closer than it appeared

I'm talking about actual raw stats that determines who wins the Rocket. You're talking about hypothetical scenarios where Babcock suddenly played Matthews differently.

Crosby finished with 4 more goals while playing 7 games less. If he hadn't missed those 7 games, he likely would have increased the gap because Sullivan would have continued to play him as much as he did in those 75 games.

We're not talking about a hypothetical scenario in which both Babcock and Sullivan would have played both guys the exact same minutes so we could see who would have won the Rocket if they played identical minutes. We're talking about a scenario that *did* happen and how that would have affected the gap in actual goal totals if Crosby hadn't missed 7 games.

 

[leafsfan5]

Auston during the first 18 games: 18 goals
Auston in his last 17 games: 17 goals

That middle stretch of 12 games coincides with his wrist injury against Calgary on Feburary 24th. If he didn't hurt his wrist we could have seen a 50 goal in 56 game season