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It's like Emmitt Smith getting the rushing record . Yeah he had the record but we would all rather have Walter Payton for our dream team. Yeah ovi has the record but we all want to be a Gretzky not an ovi. Just saying.
He breaking that record vs the Jets! The team hes scored the most goals against
I was at the game for my birthday and it was by far the greatest birthday I’ve ever had
The reality is, he's the greatest goal scorer of all time and that's no disrespect to anyone else.
It won't shock me if he scores 894 against the Oilers and 895 against the Kings. 900 Against the Canucks. 😉
Haters. Ovi is the best. Deal with it
000-100 goals | 167 games
100-200 goals | 129 games
200-300 goals | 177 games
300-400 goals | 161 games
400-500 goals | 167 games
500-600 goals | 189 games
600-700 goals | 154 games
700-800 goals | 161 games
he'll top out around 940. he's a beast. physically reminds me of jagr a bit.
Ovi can slam a revolving door..
🤣🤣"When does he do it and how does he do it against the Canucks?"🤣🤣
The fact that 802 was a no look empty netter made it more than an average empty netter.
Ovi is amazing to watch. Hate when he scores against the Stars. Gretzky should bet on Ovi. (Or does/did he only bet on his own teams?)
He’s the second most electrifying player in my lifetime ONLY behind his idol, Pavel Bure.
I just saw him put a young buck over the boards. He's not slowing down.
Ovechkin will be the only player in the 900 Goal Club
Love your videos, my dude. It's amazing to me that at his age he's a plug and play 50ish goal guy. Like you mentioned, the question isn't if, but when. And then the tangent question is does he score 895 and scoot off to Russia
I feel like people are constantly under appreciating how much he’s been scoring in his mid-late 30’s. Like it’s pretty outrageous he’s even still up in the running for being the best in the league when he’s literally past the age where most players retire.
I think if OV keeps his conditioning regimen and barring serious injury, he could play till he's 44-5, realistically his scoring pace will likely drop around age 40, but to me 1,000 goals is a distinct possibility. As for 99's record, Shannon's right, just a matter of when.
Good for him, I guess. Wish he was a better ambassador but you can’t have it all
Him scoring goals again in the screaming eagle jersey is too good
Gretzky would be too slow in todays era wouldn’t be good. Also wouldn’t have UFC fighters to protect him either. Bigger goalies, better goalies. Teams defend now.
I have TONS of respect for Ovi, however I feel we do a disservice to Gordie Howe by ignoring his WHA goals. Howe's professional hockey total is 975 goals, and I don't think Ovi will beat that.
Yes!! And I've been saying it for 3+ years now, Ovechkin will not only pass Gretzky in all time goals, I believe he will also be the ONLY NHL player ever to score 900+ goals. He hasn't missed a beat in 18 seasons/800+ goals and there's nothing to indicate the next 100 will be any different. It's a relatively small drop in the bucket left to go for him. If he stays healthy/major injury free he passes Gretzky. He scores a lot of his goals in clusters, can sometimes go several games without, then go several games with even with multi goal games
With all of the injuries that the Caps have had this year, 22 goals in 36 games really isn't too shabby.
How many do you think he would have if there weren't lockout or covid seasons would he already have the record
Add to Ovi's great goal scoring his strong physical play…he is an amazing hockey specimen.
THG, Shannon, I apologize. There's an old story of a man visiting a village. As he is being shown around they come upon two men arguing. His host tells him they have come upon the mayor and the village idiot who are really going at it. The visitor watches them for a short time and asks, 'which one is which'. Today that is me.
Remember: The Russian Machine Never Breaks. That is all.
Gretzky has the empty-net goal record with 56. Ovechkin is second.
Glad to see Ovi getting closer to Gretzky’s record. Gretzky fanboys have been coming out of the woodwork big time in the last few months to discredit ovechkin in every way. Looking forward to their continued salt and crying in when Ovi scores goal 895
Oviiiii is the 🐐🐐🐐
Yeah, still, it's more impressive that Gretzky has more assists than anyone else has total points, …while also leading the NHL in goals 🤣🤣🤣✌️
How about who's gonna be the only other player than Gretzky to hit 2000 points?? 🤣🤣
I remember when Ovi had a "slump" from 2010-13, all the analysts were saying he washed up. Pierre McGuire famously said he wouldn't score 50 goals gain.
Since then Ovi has had 6x 50 goal seasons and a 49 goal season.
One thing that goes unoticed about Ovi is if he will probably end his career #1 hits all time, #1 shots all time, and Top 10 in points all time.
All that and missed so many games to lockouts and COVID. he would probably be around 900 at this point and we would be talking about him getting 1000 goals
Gretzky reached 802 goals in only 1,117 games. Ovechkin took 1,305 games to reach 802 goals. Almost 200 games longer for Ovi than it took Gretzky. And Gretzky did it almost as an afterthought, as he was, “a playmaker, not a goal scorer,” (LOL).
its scary to think those 3 years he only got 30 in if you add another 15 to hes at 850ish
I was always told athletes dont get better with age. hmmm.
I’ll take Ovie over Crosby. Crosby isn’t in the top 10 of any NHL statistical category. Ovie is number 2 in Goals. He’s also a nicer guy (from personal experience)
I'm kinda late for that conversation but still want to discuss the topic that Ovi "lost" a lot of goals because of lockouts and covid and all that stuff.
You can look at it differently.
19-year-old Ovechkin arrives in the NHL in 2004-05 without a whole year with Datsyuk, Markov, Afinogenov, Chubarov and Rosa and a championship with Dynamo in Russia, which definitely taught him something. He also arrives after a disastrous World Cup for russian national team and relegation in the first round of the Russia's Super League play-offs with Dynamo (0 + 0 in 3 matches).
Let's imagine there was no lockout (and, let's say, it is not even expected), so the NHL is still a league where New Jersey and Tampa Bay defensive hockey wins, where goaltending equipment has not yet been reduced by 11 percent, where there is a pass rule through two lines. League scoring average of 2.57 goals per game, 2-1 score is fabulous luck; in the 05-06 season, the performance was already over 3 goals per game.
This is also the league of Kasparaitis, Darian Hatchers and Scott Stevens, who had a rest after an injury (he retired in the summer of 2005). Old guys like Renick, Nolan, Amonte and others are in fashion, not high speed freight trains like Ovi.
This is the league where Ovechkin will not have an advantage over 80% of the players, because he did not miss the whole season due to the lockout, he calmly trained and played at home and was prepared.
This is the league where Atlantas 2001 draft #1 Kovalchuk scored 29 goals in his rookie season, 2002 draft #1 Rick Nash under 20 for Columbus, and Eric Staal only 11 goals. Kovalchuk and Iginla, who split Maurice Richard Trophy in 2003-04, each scored 41 goals. And Ovechkin, who scored only against the Denmark at the 2004 World Cup, will still score 40? Come on!
Lockout 12-13 is generally the best thing that could happen to Ovechkin. The 2010-11 and 11-12 seasons are very average for him – in terms of points, the 11-12 season is generally the weakest. He loses games, he is scolded, he is angry, and the decline is obvious. And here in the NHL there is a pause for six months, he spends it in his hometown, there is no stress, he enjoys hockey, and upon his return he has a Hart, several Richard Trophies and several fifty-goals seasons in a row. Yes, he did not score 10-12 goals that season, but how many later he acquired after such holidays.
The same with the covid pause. Yes, Ovi was fine then, but at the age of 36 to get the opportunity to be with his family, relax and completely recover from injuries is not as bad as it seems.
TLDR: Ovechkin lost a certain number of games, but whether he lost a certain number of goals because of this is a question.
Well, English is not my native but i hope you understand what I'm saying.
Could he reach great one this year if he scores a goal a game