NHL Thread: ENTER NOW FOR ANNUAL LEAFS MELTDOWN

The final countdown and it's raining men

 

This is great and exactly the songs you'd expect hockey players to pick.

 

This is surprising.

 

You know you're hot when you shank a shot 10 feet wide and it goes off a defender into the net

 

I just learned you cant score a goal off a ref. Tim Peel got hit in the dick off a dump in and deflected in the net. He was standing in the corner. Unreal.

 

Imagine thinking Ovechkin isn't the greatest goal scorer in nhl history

 

I hope we get 44 year old Ovechkin hanging around just trying to break gretzky’s record

 

Both our hockey teams suck.

 

But we saw Tim Peel score a goal so that was worth the watch

 

Pettersson now with 32 points in 27 games (16 and 16). Next rookie contender has 19.

 

Unsustainable shooting percentage (28.1%). Only four players last year had greater than 20% that played full seasons and none of those were over 23%. Should level off.

Dahlin with 14 in 31 for those who were wondering (and he has an unsustainably low shooting percentage).

 

Gretzky had a career .601 GPG average to get to his 894 total. Ovechkin is currently at .612 GPG right now. If he were to pass Gretzky at his current pace he would need to play in 428 more games, which would be 5 more seasons after this. He'll obviously drop off in production but he just turned 33 in September. Depends on his drive and his health but he'll obviously still be able to shoot one-timers from the top of the circles on the PP.

As to the debate of who is the greater goal scorer between the two I think it's obvious it's Ovechkin given the different eras they played, the early to mid 80s were just a joke when it came to goaltending and defense.

 

So tough to compare them as goal scorers because Gretzky was a playmaker first. If he looked for the goal first like ovechkin what would that look like? I get why you are trying to make the comparison but I think it’s kind of like comparing a big man and a wing in basketball.

Ovechkin has to be compared to true goal scoring wingers. When factoring in eras and sustained success, it’s hard to argue any of the Brett hull/pavel bure types are better. Ovechkin to me is the best at what he does because of how sustained his success has been. If you take out sustainability and just look at dominance, I think you can make arguments for bure or mike bossy. So hard to look at guys from bossy’s era though and project how they would do in a different one.

 

Pettersson's just that much of a sniper

Spoiler

 

Dear lord, Philly

 

finding new ways to be terrible. Hakstol can't possibly survive this roadtrip.

 

Only good thing about the Blues season as been the new team puppy

 

Vasy making his return for the Lightning tonight as the Leafs come to town.

 

CAPS YEAR

 

Maybe they'd be in the market for like an Elias Lindholm or Jeff Skinner type player

 

He was ok

 

Watched most of that game. An average NHL goalie performance probably gives up 5.

 

For sure. Leafs were clearly the better team and the Lightning should've lost that game. It was probably the worst defensive effort of the season. Vasy should've been all 3 stars.

 

Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins: "The Sound A Knife Makes When It Scratches A Glass Bottle."

 

The Rangers have lost 6 games after leading by 2 or more. Now tied 3-3 with the Coyotes after being up 3-0.

 

Did lafreniere make the team?

 

Make it 7.

 

Another hat trick, he's fucking insane and I'm drunker than ihhh on a Tuesday

 

Russian gas, no brakes

 

I doubt that

To be honest, you could never hang with me. I would probably drive you to the er before I really get going.

 

Just kidding, I am not that bad anymore.

 

Holtby, you idiot.

 

Chabot is so friggin good

 

Your d drafting is not fair. Karlsson and Chabot in the middle of the first....fuck

 

Not to be an ass here but Chabot with karlsson on the same pairing would’ve been unreal.

 

Fucking idiot

 

Any chance Kaapo Kakko goes 1st OA over Hughes?

He has been playing C for his club team TPS Turku this season and producing as well.

Finland's NT is fucking loaded.