He’s gonna get it even he has to limp to get it, unless there’s a huge injury for him. Kinda like Karl Malone (always was surprised he didn’t just keep playing until he got that record).
Alexander Ovechkin scores 800! Chasing Gretzky’s 894 goal record
- Thread starter Patrick Kane
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Renegade47
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lemeiux woulda had a chance but he had injuries and cancer so he's essentially a what if.
lemeiux wasnt a slouch but he aint do
what wayne did
Even Wayne said Mario is better than him
LexDiamonds
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860
7 goals in 11 games this year.. Last year he had 8 in the first 46 games..
Does he break the record this year??
DetroitEWarren
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How do you score in this sport? What's the object of the game?
@Patrick Kane , I see your pic, do you play the sport?
I was talking to my dad about this last week. He's certain that he won't do it this year. But, damn if this man ain't on some old school 8 the Great shyt right now.
Patrick Kane
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That goal
Yeah I used to play growing up mostly triple A up to U17 but the game gets very competitive and expensive at that age and I didn’t really have the support system to keep going. Also got tired of dealing with cacs
Had to put hands on too many and almost caught a charge on one. I’ll still play a few times during winter with friendsBut it is a beautiful game - silky, smooth, extremely fast, highly skilled, filled with aggression but also very similar to soccer and basketball in a lot of ways, although it doesn’t look it.
You have three forwards (Right Wing / Centre / Left Wing) and two defenders (Left Defender / Right Defender) playing 5 x 5 (like basketball) on a 90 foot ice. So the ice is massive and its end to end just like both sports with minimal stoppages over 3 20 minute “periods” (instead of quarters or halves). You’re shooting on a net with a hockey stick (instead of your feet) against a goalie who is in a lot of padding because the puck (like the ball) is made of rubber and pretty hard. Most NHL goalies are extremely skilled and the nets are not big. Shots can come in at up to 90-100 mph. I remember blocking a few of those
The objective of the game is to score on the opposing teams goal/net. Like soccer, this is extremely hard because you have a goalie attempting to block your shot but also defenders using their stick (pause) and their body (body checks) to get you off the puck and prevent you from scoring. When you don’t have the puck and you’re on defense, now you’re doing the same, while trying to retrieve the puck. There are of course systems and much deeper nuances to the game like the role of each player and their positioning on the ice but that’s the gist of it .
Ovechkin who scored that goal is a Left Winger and the greatest goal scorer of all time. That goal he scored in that position is one of his “specialties” called a one timer. Almost like an alley oop really
his teammate passes him the puck and the instant the puck touches his stick, he’s already loaded up the shot to put the puck in the back of the net for the goal:
the timing of the shot is what makes it so cold, just like a Point guard times an alley oop for the slam
Patrick Kane
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I don’t think so either he’s gonna need 37 more to break it. I think he gets to 890 and smashes it next season and retires
Bro is on a mission
The Caps are having a resurgence. Haven’t seen them open up a season like this in years.
He has to be stopped!!!!!! 
He has to be stopped!!!!!!
those gawt damn russians
nah ovy is cool
history brehs we will prob never see this again
do you still feel this way?
Isn't doing it against goalies dressed like scarecrows either.
