Greatest Goal Scorer of All Time

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if I remember correctly, OV would have had the most consecutive 30 goal seasons until the wuhan shortened season stopped that

[richkrt99]

Congrats Great 8 on another milestone.


40 goals this season ties Ovi with Gretzky with TWELVE season with 40 goals


Ovi has eight (50) goal seasons (so far), Gretzky and Bossy have 9.  I'd like Ovi to get 50 this year, but I don't think it happens.


Ovi has 16 (30) goal seasons trailing only Gartner with 17


Ovi has 17 (20) goal seasons.  There are 10 players with 17, three players with 19, and Gordie with 22.  I expect with four season after this one, Ovi will likely reach the 19....20...21 mark, but doubtful he plays 22 seasons to get a chance to tie Gordie with 22


Ovi has suffered two shortened seasons of 48 and 45 games.  He did manage 32 and 24 goals (but cost him chance at both 40 and 50 and a 30) in those two seasons


Despite his age, Ovi seems to be able to continue to score at a great pace.  I expect he will slow some, but I think he will catch Gretzky if he manages to play through the end of his contract (4 more years) without major injury.


Ovi currently has 770, Gretzky has 894.  125 to go Ovi.  That's about 30 goals per season...lots of records/milestones to tumble with those numbers.


Personally, I'd like Ovi to achieve two more 50's, one more 40 and two more 30's to stand alone with all those records.  I don't see him getting two 50's but time will tell. 


Go Ovi.

[BlackIce]

Congrats Great 8 on another milestone.


40 goals this season ties Ovi with Gretzky with TWELVE season with 40 goals


Ovi has eight (50) goal seasons (so far), Gretzky and Bossy have 9.  I'd like Ovi to get 50 this year, but I don't think it happens.


Ovi has 16 (30) goal seasons trailing only Gartner with 17


Ovi has 17 (20) goal seasons.  There are 10 players with 17, three players with 19, and Gordie with 22.  I expect with four season after this one, Ovi will likely reach the 19....20...21 mark, but doubtful he plays 22 seasons to get a chance to tie Gordie with 22


Ovi has suffered two shortened seasons of 48 and 45 games.  He did manage 32 and 24 goals (but cost him chance at both 40 and 50 and a 30) in those two seasons


Despite his age, Ovi seems to be able to continue to score at a great pace.  I expect he will slow some, but I think he will catch Gretzky if he manages to play through the end of his contract (4 more years) without major injury.


Ovi currently has 770, Gretzky has 894.  125 to go Ovi.  That's about 30 goals per season...lots of records/milestones to tumble with those numbers.


Personally, I'd like Ovi to achieve two more 50's, one more 40 and two more 30's to stand alone with all those records.  I don't see him getting two 50's but time will tell. 


Go Ovi.

FWIW, I think Ovie gets to 50 this year only if he can get a hat trick or two 2-goal games in the remainder of the season.  I don't think he'll quite make it picking off goals one at a time.


"Without serious injury" goes without saying.  A Hagelin can happen to anyone, any time.  What a durn shame for him.

[richkrt99]

Well....I figure it's about time to revive this thread.


Ovi reaches another milestone with 800 and approaches yet another record to break.  One goal needed to tie Gordie Howe for 2nd place in goals.
Playing tonight vs Detroit seems like a good time to do that, and Ovi hasn't scored a goal in the last 2 games.  What, he gets a hattie and thinks he can not score for a few games?  What a slacker.

Ovie (1307) has currently played 180 fewer games that Gretzky (1487), and 460 less than Mr. Hockey (1767).  Both Wayne (2857) and Gordie (1850) have more points than Ovi (1445) will ever reach.

Ovi's lifetime GPG is .612 so at that rate he needs roughly 155 games to eclips the Great One for most goals all time with 895.  I expect Ovie won't score at .612 GPG, but to reach the goal record with fewer games played than The Great One, Ovi needs to score 95 goals in the next 179 games so - .531 GPG pace.

Go Ovi

[richkrt99]

And then there was one....


Ovi surpassed Mr. Hockey with goals 801 & 802 in Caps home game vs Winnipeg, Dec 23, 2022 for 2nd place all time.


It would be nice if Ovi got 50 this year.  He has been shorted at least three seasons - he should have the record for the most 50 goal seasons already.