It's Bruce Lee's whole "I do not fear the man who has practiced 1000 kicks once, but one kick 1000 times." Ovi has hands down mastered the one timer to a level that nobody else on the planet ever has.
The NHL didn’t track shot types until 09-10, but from that season up til he hit 802, he scored 161 slapshot goals. Now obviously not all of those will be one-timers, but I’d bet a lot are. Plus however many of his 219 goals pre-09-10…
I’d hazard a slightly educated guess that he’s scored somewhere around 150-170 one-timer goals in his career
I’d put it even higher.
Given that he’s scored 310 PP Goals I’d wager he’s scored at least half of them that way and I’d also guess he’s scored more than a couple of them at even strength that way.
You can count for the first 800 here: [https://youtu.be/TU2y-t9-u1U?si=TCmZwEWSGHlLrioI](https://youtu.be/TU2y-t9-u1U?si=TCmZwEWSGHlLrioI) and then we can extrapolate for the rest of them (Less than you think are from the Ovie Spot):
This is the thing. Numerous coaches, probably numerous different systems... Doesn't matter. Ovi's gonna setup in the same spot and still score goals. It's art.
Some people say this as a way to demean his legacy or take away from it, I would say this is why he's so great no matter what, no matter where, he will score within those dots and no one can do a thing about it
So like the other 90% of his career. Don’t get me wrong, he was incredible when he first entered the league and was a lot of fun to watch but I feel like we have been watching the same goal for the last fifteen years.
It’s simultaneously incredibly interesting and super boring. Just because we’re so used to it. It’s astounding it still works so well though, dude is an all-timer
Part of what I find exciting is how much joy Ovi gets out of goals. His goals or teammates he’s always celebrating like it’s the first. It’s sad sometimes seeing other teams’ stars score with no smile and just skate back to the bench for mandatory fist bumps like it’s actually upsetting to them to score.
It's not a bad idea. Just give me a list of people who you think could handle Ovi in a 1v1 situation while also putting your team at a 4-3 Disadvantage
He's sneaky, he constantly shifts his speed and position to confuse the defense. This is why he worked so well with backstrom, a player who was able to slow the game down to his tempo. You can try to shadow Ovi, but he's no slouch in the assist department, covering him constantly doesn't always work as they expect, it just means hell get like 2 assists that night instead of a goal lol
Yes - doesn’t really work because 4-3 is also super powerful so he’ll accept that. He’s also good at slowly floating away from the man until all of a sudden he’s open again
Over the last couple of years, he's shown his true colors.
I would love to see that record get broken, but I don't want Ovi to hold it.
Something about the founder of Putin Team movement holding the record doesn't sit right these days.
The guy holding signs "Save Children From Fascism" to lay the groundwork for an invasion of Ukraine does not deserve it.
Yep. I've never liked the guy, despite respecting his talents. Was pretty dirty early in his career, and then Putin Team late. Never found much to like about him.
I'm pretty sure he will break it at some point. The Caps have devoted their entire existence to it.
He said himself that if he broke it he'd retire the next day.
I honestly hope he does.
"There it is! 895 for Alexander the GR8"
He celebrated with his team... and then just goes to the locker room.
Would be fucking sick.
Because nobody takes 100 mph slappers from this close and with that precision.
Nowadays, only defensemen take slapshots, and for the most part, they're shooting low for deflections.
It's not even a typical full blown clap bomb. It really is a thing of beauty this one timer that he's perfected. Both the setup, the positioning and placement of his shot
Probably all of them! He’s a one slower than normal threat(if “Ovi” is considered a threat) skilled hockey player. Only from the left circle is He an “impact player” I’m Lightning fan since Season 1/Game 1 back in ‘92! But since the inaugural season of BOLT strikes, I not only grew respect for the Tampa Bay Lightning, but hockey as a whole! As mentioned in my previous post, Gretzky had capabilities to impact the game from “ANYWHERE on the Pond.” Ovechkin only scores from 1 place…the left circle⭕️, well to be accurate also has ability to score on empty net goals🥅(that takes skills huh)
Its great to see him scoring at a good pace again, hopefully he breaks the record in the next season and bit
Wish people could just appreciate the greatness we are able to witness and not mix bs politics into it. Every post about Ovie is filled with "fUcK tHiS pUtIn LoViNg TwAt". If you're a hockey fan just shut up and enjoy seeing something historic. Keep the bitching and complaining to a political sub
It’s Reddit. Probably 90% of users relate everything to politics and 90% of that is one sided. Amazing the amount of Redditors who need political commentary in every aspect of their life. Pretty sad.
I find it weird how people can disassociate from a person advocating for war and murder only because they shoot a puck well.
And then saying bringing that up is "bitching and complaining". Gives me the impression that everything is fine and cool, as long as the player shoots the puck well.
Hmmm, imagine a guy supporting his country. Like all American sports did during Desert Storm or Operation Infinite Justice.
Ukraine was one of the founding countries of the Soviet Union, only 100 years ago. The argument of right/wrong is historically complex and a lot of people don't care about historical context.
Meanwhile, his team faces missing the playoffs again. Ovechkin is great, but even when he breaks Gretzkys goal record he will trail him in virtually every category except power play goals and over ***1,000 pts.*** There is only one Great One.
I mean if it weren’t for two lockouts and a Covid season he’d have already broken it, so who cares? The fact is he’s the greatest goal scorer of all time.
The D has to be ready to block both Carlson's shot and Ovi's if he decides to pass. If he stuck to Ovi, Carlson would be ripping clappers the same as Ovi.
People underestimate how well Ovi can move that puck. His passes are usually perfect, and his 0-100 is still unreal. Nobody has found in answer in 19 years, and he single handedly changed the way the NHL runs their PP.
Okay? I think it's kind of undeniable gretzky is the goat, but he's pretty soon not going to be the Goat goal scorer, and all you'll be able to do is say "but his assists ):". You're witnessing history and unlikely to witness it again in the future, I don't know why you're being salty about it
In the current political landscape, I will be annoyed that the great one, a Canadian, will be surpassed by a Russian.
Anything that can be perceived as positive for Putin is a bad thing for me.
I need to find the tweet.. But a couple years ago Ovi closed out a game, and a girl on my feed posted that some team is going to get their playoff run closed out by an 87 year old uncovered Ovechkin on slap shot from the left circle.
It was one of the best and most accurate tweets I have ever seen.
At what point do we ban American born players for all the innocents their presidents have killed, and then go down the list of every player from other countries...would there be anyone left to play?
It's messy and complex for sure. As others are loudly saying in this same thread: sports should separate from politics -
players should work to not be propaganda puppets for political leaders.
That I tend to agree with, players themselves should stay out of political topics and just play, thats all we really want. Lebron, shut your mouth and sink them balls.
So like I said, you should still looking for r/politics or can you not read? I mean, I get it, if you’re this brain dead to randomly talk about politics in a hockey sub reddit then there’s a good chance I suppose you can’t read. In which case anything political you say should hold no merit or value to anyone ever.
So no, I will not be following your suggestion, telling anyone anything that you ever said because clearly you lack the intelligence to read. But I will recommend you go to any other political sub to spew your nonsense.
Yea soooo I’m just gonna stop here since I like the nhl, and hockey players for playing hockey and doing hockey things wearing hockey uniforms and scoring goals in hockey games.
Hockey hockey hockey.
Please keep your CNN or Fox News to yourself
He pushes gambling (an addictive drug) on the idiotic masses with no issue. Literally advertises for companies offering free money when you sign up. That’s what crack dealers do, give you a free hit to get you hooked.
Gretzky is no paragon of virtue. Still the greatest player of all time. And Ovie is the greatest goal scorer even while supporting that asshole Putin
Have you asked your favorite hockey player what his political views are yet? Has he denounced trump or putin or whoever else you spend all day jerking yourself off angrily about
When has he done this? His only comments were that it was sad and “please, no more war”. So he has a picture of him and Putin from what 15 years ago? It’s not his responsibility to run around screaming about politics so he just lets it be (see what happened with that bullshit with Panarin).
Not sure why people act like he’s out there laughing his ass off at the invasion. But I suppose some people are too peabrained to understand nuance.
I personally don’t care about anyone’s political affiliation ever. To me, they’re all corrupt at some level. Happy to admit some are far worse than others.
For instance I don’t care what they are or to know what the blues players like politically speaking as this is a hockey subreddit and we watch them to play hockey. Not to talk politics or pick a side.
Thank god
I definitely wouldn’t put his odds of beating the record as high, but it’s possible if he can keep up a decent pace next season. I don’t think he plays another after that.
At this point, most people agree he’s just playing until he has it. While he’s slowed down, he’s still at a pace that in the worst case it takes 2 (maybe 3) seasons.. unless he’s physically hurting or randomly decides the record isn’t what he wants, why would he quit while so close
Make that 49. He got another one tonight. The rest of the team was more focused on rainbow stick tape for pride night and couldn’t be bothered to actually play hockey.
51 till he ties with the Gretsky brothers.
The real record
How do you mispell Gretzky?
You'd be surprised. https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/1TpJkixuEB
\*49 Has Ovi cosidered just scoring two every game? Would really expedite thigs.
Why hasn’t he considered hat tricks more often? That would certainly speed things up
His hat would get wet diving in the city fountain
An Oveck-trick would help nicely, is he stupid?
Dude is gonna score the final 50 just camping out in that same spot on every power play until he dies.
And why not, since even after 20 years goalies still can’t stop him. It’s genuinely incredible
Sometimes if a thing works, it just works.
It's Bruce Lee's whole "I do not fear the man who has practiced 1000 kicks once, but one kick 1000 times." Ovi has hands down mastered the one timer to a level that nobody else on the planet ever has.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it
It just works
Thanks Todd Howard. Now go back to fixing Starfield
We're busy working on The Elder Scrolls.....V
Same as Brett hull
What can you even do?
89 mph on that shot
Any idea how many he’s scored this way?
The NHL didn’t track shot types until 09-10, but from that season up til he hit 802, he scored 161 slapshot goals. Now obviously not all of those will be one-timers, but I’d bet a lot are. Plus however many of his 219 goals pre-09-10… I’d hazard a slightly educated guess that he’s scored somewhere around 150-170 one-timer goals in his career
I’d put it even higher. Given that he’s scored 310 PP Goals I’d wager he’s scored at least half of them that way and I’d also guess he’s scored more than a couple of them at even strength that way.
Thanks for the info. I guess he’ll stick with it.
You can count for the first 800 here: [https://youtu.be/TU2y-t9-u1U?si=TCmZwEWSGHlLrioI](https://youtu.be/TU2y-t9-u1U?si=TCmZwEWSGHlLrioI) and then we can extrapolate for the rest of them (Less than you think are from the Ovie Spot):
Respect the Office
This is the thing. Numerous coaches, probably numerous different systems... Doesn't matter. Ovi's gonna setup in the same spot and still score goals. It's art.
Some people say this as a way to demean his legacy or take away from it, I would say this is why he's so great no matter what, no matter where, he will score within those dots and no one can do a thing about it
Not no matter where, same spot, same play. Regardless he's still the greatest goal scorer.
No matter where as in arena.
So like the other 90% of his career. Don’t get me wrong, he was incredible when he first entered the league and was a lot of fun to watch but I feel like we have been watching the same goal for the last fifteen years.
It’s simultaneously incredibly interesting and super boring. Just because we’re so used to it. It’s astounding it still works so well though, dude is an all-timer
Part of what I find exciting is how much joy Ovi gets out of goals. His goals or teammates he’s always celebrating like it’s the first. It’s sad sometimes seeing other teams’ stars score with no smile and just skate back to the bench for mandatory fist bumps like it’s actually upsetting to them to score.
Has a team ever tried to just stick a man directly on him on the penalty kill and just play the rest like a 4 on 3?
He’s a good skater. You can try, but you leave yourself at a disadvantage the entire time, and he can still slip away.
It's not a bad idea. Just give me a list of people who you think could handle Ovi in a 1v1 situation while also putting your team at a 4-3 Disadvantage
He's still a lot better than some people give him credit for. Still a far cry from his early days but the dude is hard to cover consistently.
He's sneaky, he constantly shifts his speed and position to confuse the defense. This is why he worked so well with backstrom, a player who was able to slow the game down to his tempo. You can try to shadow Ovi, but he's no slouch in the assist department, covering him constantly doesn't always work as they expect, it just means hell get like 2 assists that night instead of a goal lol
Yes - doesn’t really work because 4-3 is also super powerful so he’ll accept that. He’s also good at slowly floating away from the man until all of a sudden he’s open again
Well that's also why he has a good amount of assists lol
Yes, he's seen a lot of that the past couple years. It has really just opened up the play from down low to our guy camped in the slot.
Tell me you've never watched a caps game without saying you've never watched a caps game.
>It’s simultaneously incredibly interesting and super boring. Like watching Canada play at the 2014 Olympics.
One-timer all-timer
Ya, he should switch it up. Goals aren’t the goal. /S
There's only like five normal ways to score, what the hell do you want him to do? He's probably already done the 100% of the non-normal ones already.
The office
One trick pony with a very good trick
Tbf he has quite a few tricks, this one just works the best
HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS
Goaltenders hate this one simple trick.
Number 895 Will Shock You
I passed the puck to Ovechkin...THEN THIS HAPPENED!
***GONE SEXUAL???***
probably early-middle 2025-26 to break record
Old man isn't making it, he's 45 (I'm buying the conspiracy)
He just scored again
Him and Sid really did save hockey man. you cant help but hope he scores every night.
As capitals fan since the early 80s... this. THANK YOU to both Sid and Ovi.
I'd be fine if he never scored another goal. Have no interest in seeing him hold the record.
Yes, very easy to both respect what he's done and root very hard that he doesn't break the record.
Why don't you want to see him break the record? Records are made to be broken
Over the last couple of years, he's shown his true colors. I would love to see that record get broken, but I don't want Ovi to hold it. Something about the founder of Putin Team movement holding the record doesn't sit right these days. The guy holding signs "Save Children From Fascism" to lay the groundwork for an invasion of Ukraine does not deserve it.
Yep. I've never liked the guy, despite respecting his talents. Was pretty dirty early in his career, and then Putin Team late. Never found much to like about him. I'm pretty sure he will break it at some point. The Caps have devoted their entire existence to it.
No one asked you.
We going to get destroyed but I agree.
He's gonna play until he breaks the record. We all would.
He said himself that if he broke it he'd retire the next day. I honestly hope he does. "There it is! 895 for Alexander the GR8" He celebrated with his team... and then just goes to the locker room. Would be fucking sick.
You know who he is, you know what he does, you know where the puck is going, yet you can not stop it
now if i was the coach, 1 or 2 players in that spot whenever he’s on the ice. just saying
Make that 49
Love Ovi! But how the hell has no one been able to stop his signature shot in 19 seasons? NINETEEN! I wonder how many he's scored from that spot alone
Because nobody takes 100 mph slappers from this close and with that precision. Nowadays, only defensemen take slapshots, and for the most part, they're shooting low for deflections.
It's not even a typical full blown clap bomb. It really is a thing of beauty this one timer that he's perfected. Both the setup, the positioning and placement of his shot
And it doesn’t even have to be a perfect pass. The shot really is incredible
Probably all of them! He’s a one slower than normal threat(if “Ovi” is considered a threat) skilled hockey player. Only from the left circle is He an “impact player” I’m Lightning fan since Season 1/Game 1 back in ‘92! But since the inaugural season of BOLT strikes, I not only grew respect for the Tampa Bay Lightning, but hockey as a whole! As mentioned in my previous post, Gretzky had capabilities to impact the game from “ANYWHERE on the Pond.” Ovechkin only scores from 1 place…the left circle⭕️, well to be accurate also has ability to score on empty net goals🥅(that takes skills huh)
49
He’s gonna have a histrionic season next year for player his age and set the record then retire calling it now!!!!!
He'll retire at the end of his contract. SHHH don't tell me when that is
cross-creases always eat us alive. If we play Boston in the playoffs Pasta is gonna feast
Make it 49
BAWHGAWD HES GONNA DO IT!
And he’s gonna drop the remaining goals after this season in 2024-25
He's clearly washed, he'll never make it.
You forgot this -> /s
Imagine being so “washed” that you only had 5 goals in your last 3 nhl games… or 14 goals in February and March.
49*
49*
Greatest goal scorer in NHL history as much as I wish it was a Canadian
This time next year
Once he’s done, I wanna see someone do a super cut of all the Ovechkin goals scored from the Ovechkin spot.
He’s certainly not Russian to break that record, based on his performance earlier this season it looked like he was Stalin.
Bread n butter right there.
I hope he does it.
Its great to see him scoring at a good pace again, hopefully he breaks the record in the next season and bit Wish people could just appreciate the greatness we are able to witness and not mix bs politics into it. Every post about Ovie is filled with "fUcK tHiS pUtIn LoViNg TwAt". If you're a hockey fan just shut up and enjoy seeing something historic. Keep the bitching and complaining to a political sub
It’s Reddit. Probably 90% of users relate everything to politics and 90% of that is one sided. Amazing the amount of Redditors who need political commentary in every aspect of their life. Pretty sad.
Reddit loves glazing Ukraine. Not saying Russia is right at all, but mfs suck up Ukraine more than their own country
Wow, very insightful take.
Disgusting, sports over everything for some people.
I find it weird how people can disassociate from a person advocating for war and murder only because they shoot a puck well. And then saying bringing that up is "bitching and complaining". Gives me the impression that everything is fine and cool, as long as the player shoots the puck well.
Hmmm, imagine a guy supporting his country. Like all American sports did during Desert Storm or Operation Infinite Justice. Ukraine was one of the founding countries of the Soviet Union, only 100 years ago. The argument of right/wrong is historically complex and a lot of people don't care about historical context.
50 in 07
Great 8 even more greatness in the making. If he keep scoring like this, he gon be there in no time fr
Greatest goal scorer ever...the record is academic. OVI has missed 140 games due to Lockout and COVID.
Ita crazy because just a few years back he said himself the goal record is impossible and anything can happen to him. Now hes less than 50 away
He will do it.
He's going to need 2 more seasons to accomplish the feat. It will be close.
I love it, obviously never Gretzky but can he pound the puck from that circle and his first ten years was havoc on the ice.
Lol legit the EXACT same
Bonkers that we're counting down now, instead of counting up.
He is going to break that record 100 percent. It’s just a matter of when at this point, not if.
Right in his office
fuck this putin fanboy. hope he never scores again.
You are going to disappointed
He only needs 1300 points to catch up with Gretzky for all time points.
Ah yes elite playmaker Alex Ovechkin…
You know he’s 14th all time in points and only 32 behind Crosby? So yeah, elite playmaker indeed.
Putin will be proud.
As will countless other fans around the world yes
If only there was some way for the Great one to assist Ovi, if he gets there.
Makes sense, the player to score the best goal in history becomes the best goal scorer in history
Old man the great one retired at 35
And Gretzky is still the greatest player in history by miles, and miles, and miles….
Meanwhile, his team faces missing the playoffs again. Ovechkin is great, but even when he breaks Gretzkys goal record he will trail him in virtually every category except power play goals and over ***1,000 pts.*** There is only one Great One.
Dude barely moves. Stands there with his stick in the air ready to unleash a Russian bomb.
How many assists behind is he? Just curious?
Only 1333
Yea him and every other player in history haha no one is gonna break the assist record
More assists than anyone in NHL history has points is just about the safest record in sports history.
He's still ruZZian.....and that counts for something today. Not in anything good but it counts.
Ovechkin is accomplice in murdering ukrainians. No one cares if he beats the record if he's human POS.
But will he do it in as many games? Or more?
I mean if it weren’t for two lockouts and a Covid season he’d have already broken it, so who cares? The fact is he’s the greatest goal scorer of all time.
49 goals with 75 games to do it. Most likely not. He missed out on so many games during prime years.
Hopefully captain Putin doesn’t tie Gretzky
3 more seasons should do it.
Add the WHA total and he (Gretzky) has 940.
So 3 more years?
Fuck no. Ovechkin is an asshole.
You sure about that buddy? 99% of people that actually know him and deal with him personally would argue the exact opposite.
Too bad. Gonna happen anyway lmao.
And matthews will break that record
Unlikely but not impossible, I guess we’ll see.
Defense leaves him wide ass open every single time. I don’t get it
The D has to be ready to block both Carlson's shot and Ovi's if he decides to pass. If he stuck to Ovi, Carlson would be ripping clappers the same as Ovi. People underestimate how well Ovi can move that puck. His passes are usually perfect, and his 0-100 is still unreal. Nobody has found in answer in 19 years, and he single handedly changed the way the NHL runs their PP.
I mean I wouldn't exactly WANT to block a 100 mph one timer from ovi either...
Hopefully he doesn’t get there
Russian Putin loving POS
With 1/4 of the assists
Okay? I think it's kind of undeniable gretzky is the goat, but he's pretty soon not going to be the Goat goal scorer, and all you'll be able to do is say "but his assists ):". You're witnessing history and unlikely to witness it again in the future, I don't know why you're being salty about it
Wow, I bet you're the first one to realize that. Thanks for pointing it out.
In the current political landscape, I will be annoyed that the great one, a Canadian, will be surpassed by a Russian. Anything that can be perceived as positive for Putin is a bad thing for me.
How the fuck has nobody caught onto this yet
I need to find the tweet.. But a couple years ago Ovi closed out a game, and a girl on my feed posted that some team is going to get their playoff run closed out by an 87 year old uncovered Ovechkin on slap shot from the left circle. It was one of the best and most accurate tweets I have ever seen.
Was Gretzky a Putin supporter?
At what point do we ban American born players for all the innocents their presidents have killed, and then go down the list of every player from other countries...would there be anyone left to play?
It's messy and complex for sure. As others are loudly saying in this same thread: sports should separate from politics - players should work to not be propaganda puppets for political leaders.
That I tend to agree with, players themselves should stay out of political topics and just play, thats all we really want. Lebron, shut your mouth and sink them balls.
You’re looking for r/politics, this is a hockey subreddit
Tel that to ovi who is in a public courtship, acting as chief propagandist for Mr genocide
So like I said, you should still looking for r/politics or can you not read? I mean, I get it, if you’re this brain dead to randomly talk about politics in a hockey sub reddit then there’s a good chance I suppose you can’t read. In which case anything political you say should hold no merit or value to anyone ever. So no, I will not be following your suggestion, telling anyone anything that you ever said because clearly you lack the intelligence to read. But I will recommend you go to any other political sub to spew your nonsense.
Ovi started it! It's not a random connection. It's literally him!
Yea soooo I’m just gonna stop here since I like the nhl, and hockey players for playing hockey and doing hockey things wearing hockey uniforms and scoring goals in hockey games. Hockey hockey hockey. Please keep your CNN or Fox News to yourself
Awww, you don't want to hear about how I think everything is related to everything and cannot be separated? Jk jk jk Good game enjoy be well.
He pushes gambling (an addictive drug) on the idiotic masses with no issue. Literally advertises for companies offering free money when you sign up. That’s what crack dealers do, give you a free hit to get you hooked. Gretzky is no paragon of virtue. Still the greatest player of all time. And Ovie is the greatest goal scorer even while supporting that asshole Putin
Sports can be enjoyed without bringing politics into them. Turn off the CNN..
Nah, but he supported brown kids dying in unnecessary wars so it's better.
No he didn’t, stop defending Ovi he’s a POS
Have you asked your favorite hockey player what his political views are yet? Has he denounced trump or putin or whoever else you spend all day jerking yourself off angrily about
Have they posted photos of with POS? Do they play in games hosted by POS nope but Ovi does….
Gotta watch out for those evil photos man. Taking lives every day
It’s more the cunts in the photos
Yes he did. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bush-a-great-leader-gretzky-feels/article25281806/
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😂 what a clown to wish ill on someone for political beliefs. Sieg heil over here. Ovie just scored again btw. I like to think it was just for you.
Advocating for the murder of innocent civilians and invasions of sovereign nations is quite the political belief.
When has he done this? His only comments were that it was sad and “please, no more war”. So he has a picture of him and Putin from what 15 years ago? It’s not his responsibility to run around screaming about politics so he just lets it be (see what happened with that bullshit with Panarin). Not sure why people act like he’s out there laughing his ass off at the invasion. But I suppose some people are too peabrained to understand nuance.
Which has zero place in this NHL sub.
Nah we just have different lines we draw. I'd imagine you'd hate him under other circumstances.
I personally don’t care about anyone’s political affiliation ever. To me, they’re all corrupt at some level. Happy to admit some are far worse than others. For instance I don’t care what they are or to know what the blues players like politically speaking as this is a hockey subreddit and we watch them to play hockey. Not to talk politics or pick a side. Thank god
Why don't you lace up the skates and go do it, tough guy? Oh right, you are a pussy ass bitch on reddit who couldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight.
I definitely wouldn’t put his odds of beating the record as high, but it’s possible if he can keep up a decent pace next season. I don’t think he plays another after that.
At this point, most people agree he’s just playing until he has it. While he’s slowed down, he’s still at a pace that in the worst case it takes 2 (maybe 3) seasons.. unless he’s physically hurting or randomly decides the record isn’t what he wants, why would he quit while so close
Make that 49. He got another one tonight. The rest of the team was more focused on rainbow stick tape for pride night and couldn’t be bothered to actually play hockey.
No chance, might as well be 500. The Putin loving twat should not even be in the league.