2025-2026 NHL Offseason

SPEEDY MCCREADY

pjhawks

Ovechkin ties Gretzky.  Never thought anyone would catch Gretzky’s goals.  He’s had an amazing season 

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pjhawks said:

Ovechkin ties Gretzky.  Never thought anyone would catch Gretzky’s goals.  He’s had an amazing season 

Never ever thought anyone would match Gretzky. 

I still don't think anyone will ever match Nolan Ryan's 5000+ strikeouts. 

deb1211

Great night to be a Caps fan

May 30th

Ovechkin is awesome!!

mrussel1

I hate that Putin sympathizer.  Fuck him.  

F Me In The Brain

Don't like Ovi but never thought he would be able to do this.  Impressive.

josevolution

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/fbi-director-kash-patel-celebrates-alex-ovechkins-historic-night-alongside-wayne-gretzky-huge-props.amp

Never thought goat would be so intertwined in the MAGA sphere 

nicknyr15

Congrats to number 8. What a phenomenal player. 

Wobbie

mrussel1 said:

I hate that Putin sympathizer.  Fuck him.  

that’s a turnoff to me, too. then again, he passed a trump sympathizer. maybe fuck ‘em both?

MayDay10

Being a 1980s hockey fan, i absolutely did not want a Russian taking the goal scoring record home.  A putin fan nonetheless.  

This year it became clear it was inevitable.  Gretzky also exposed himself as a MAGA so there is that too.

I brought my kid to a capitals game last year so he can say that he saw ovechkin.  I was blown away about how his entire game, including warmups was a slow practice of lazy energy consumption.  His entire game was just getting into scoring areas and skating as little as possible.  If Washington wasn't so good this year, i think I would be much more critical of the pursuit.  

Wobbie

MayDay10 said:

I brought my kid to a capitals game last year so he can say that he saw ovechkin.  I was blown away about how his entire game, including warmups was a slow practice of lazy energy consumption.  His entire game was just getting into scoring areas and skating as little as possible.  If Washington wasn't so good this year, i think I would be much more critical of the pursuit.  

interesting observation. I guess you do what you gotta do when you’re 39. would you say he’s just cherry picking out there?

SVRDhand13

MayDay10 said:

Being a 1980s hockey fan, i absolutely did not want a Russian taking the goal scoring record home.  A putin fan nonetheless.  

This year it became clear it was inevitable.  Gretzky also exposed himself as a MAGA so there is that too.

I brought my kid to a capitals game last year so he can say that he saw ovechkin.  I was blown away about how his entire game, including warmups was a slow practice of lazy energy consumption.  His entire game was just getting into scoring areas and skating as little as possible.  If Washington wasn't so good this year, i think I would be much more critical of the pursuit.  

He's third in goals this year so it's clearly working

eeriepadave

I like both of them as players. Obviously not so much their political views. I remember when Alex and  Sidney came up, everyone was so hyped on Crosby. I was more of an Ovechkin fan. 

MayDay10

Wobbie said:

MayDay10 said:

I brought my kid to a capitals game last year so he can say that he saw ovechkin.  I was blown away about how his entire game, including warmups was a slow practice of lazy energy consumption.  His entire game was just getting into scoring areas and skating as little as possible.  If Washington wasn't so good this year, i think I would be much more critical of the pursuit.  

interesting observation. I guess you do what you gotta do when you’re 39. would you say he’s just cherry picking out there?

I don't think it was so much cherry picking.  Maybe just knowing limitations and playing only to his strength? 
In warmups, he was on 1 knee like 80% of the time, and just a few times would grab a puck and come in and shoot.

If Washington was a bad team again, I'd probably accuse them of just padding ovi and existing to compile his goals.  That isn't the case at all though and it isnt easy to top a conference and not easy to produce as much as ovechkin has this year.

mrussel1

MayDay10 said:

Being a 1980s hockey fan, i absolutely did not want a Russian taking the goal scoring record home.  A putin fan nonetheless.  

This year it became clear it was inevitable.  Gretzky also exposed himself as a MAGA so there is that too.

I brought my kid to a capitals game last year so he can say that he saw ovechkin.  I was blown away about how his entire game, including warmups was a slow practice of lazy energy consumption.  His entire game was just getting into scoring areas and skating as little as possible.  If Washington wasn't so good this year, i think I would be much more critical of the pursuit.  

I used to attend a lot of games even I first moved to Virginia and lived in NOVA. He never back checked and always hung out at the top waiting for the breakaway. This was 15 years when he was a young player and I didn’t hate him because of Putin. But he was a cherry picker from day one. 

pjhawks

mrussel1 said:

MayDay10 said:

Being a 1980s hockey fan, i absolutely did not want a Russian taking the goal scoring record home.  A putin fan nonetheless.  

This year it became clear it was inevitable.  Gretzky also exposed himself as a MAGA so there is that too.

I brought my kid to a capitals game last year so he can say that he saw ovechkin.  I was blown away about how his entire game, including warmups was a slow practice of lazy energy consumption.  His entire game was just getting into scoring areas and skating as little as possible.  If Washington wasn't so good this year, i think I would be much more critical of the pursuit.  

I used to attend a lot of games even I first moved to Virginia and lived in NOVA. He never back checked and always hung out at the top waiting for the breakaway. This was 15 years when he was a young player and I didn’t hate him because of Putin. But he was a cherry picker from day one. 

44 percent of his goals have come from the right or left face off circle area.  He owns that area.  Damn impressive.  If cherry picking leads to so many goals maybe more guys should do it 😎🏒🥅

mrussel1

pjhawks said:

mrussel1 said:

MayDay10 said:

Being a 1980s hockey fan, i absolutely did not want a Russian taking the goal scoring record home.  A putin fan nonetheless.  

This year it became clear it was inevitable.  Gretzky also exposed himself as a MAGA so there is that too.

I brought my kid to a capitals game last year so he can say that he saw ovechkin.  I was blown away about how his entire game, including warmups was a slow practice of lazy energy consumption.  His entire game was just getting into scoring areas and skating as little as possible.  If Washington wasn't so good this year, i think I would be much more critical of the pursuit.  

I used to attend a lot of games even I first moved to Virginia and lived in NOVA. He never back checked and always hung out at the top waiting for the breakaway. This was 15 years when he was a young player and I didn’t hate him because of Putin. But he was a cherry picker from day one. 

44 percent of his goals have come from the right or left face off circle area.  He owns that area.  Damn impressive.  If cherry picking leads to so many goals maybe more guys should do it 😎🏒🥅

I think most of us prefer forwards who play 2-way. 

But I don’t understand why it are saying it’s impressive that almost half come from the circles. That’s all about the PP design. I’m not arguing that he doesn’t have a great shot. I just think he’s an awful person.

Wobbie

mrussel1 said:

pjhawks said:

mrussel1 said:

MayDay10 said:

Being a 1980s hockey fan, i absolutely did not want a Russian taking the goal scoring record home.  A putin fan nonetheless.  

This year it became clear it was inevitable.  Gretzky also exposed himself as a MAGA so there is that too.

I brought my kid to a capitals game last year so he can say that he saw ovechkin.  I was blown away about how his entire game, including warmups was a slow practice of lazy energy consumption.  His entire game was just getting into scoring areas and skating as little as possible.  If Washington wasn't so good this year, i think I would be much more critical of the pursuit.  

I used to attend a lot of games even I first moved to Virginia and lived in NOVA. He never back checked and always hung out at the top waiting for the breakaway. This was 15 years when he was a young player and I didn’t hate him because of Putin. But he was a cherry picker from day one. 

44 percent of his goals have come from the right or left face off circle area.  He owns that area.  Damn impressive.  If cherry picking leads to so many goals maybe more guys should do it 😎🏒🥅

I just think he’s an awful person.

there are a lot of awful people in professional sports, although probably no greater percentage than society as a whole.

AdmiredClone

Think of it this way - it someone started in the league today and had 20 consecutive 40 goal seasons they'd still be 95 goals short of the record.  It's pretty incredible.