2025-2026 NHL Offseason

F Me In The Brain

Wobbie said:

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.

Agree with this.  About 60 percent of people are awful.  
  

mrussel1

F Me In The Brain said:

Wobbie said:

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.

Agree with this.  About 60 percent of people are awful.  
  

Maybe, but do 60% of professional athletes publicly advocate for war criminals and murderers of his own people?  I hope that's a smaller number than 60%.  

#PutinTeam was literally started by Ovi.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PutinTeam

CROJAM95

Few years back, regret not going yesterday

Congrats!!!

tempo_n_groove

Ovechkin is a sniper.  Think Brett Hull back in the day.

Got to watch the history yesterday.  Wanted to go to the game but not for $1000!!!

Gretzky and Lemieux are still the two best goal scorers/hockey players I've ever seen play. Ovechkin isn't in that conversation yet. That Mt Rushmore is still Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr and Howe.

tempo_n_groove

CROJAM95 said:

Few years back, regret not going yesterday

Congrats!!!

Seeing someone in a Manhasset shirt cracks me up.  Locals only on that one!

mrussel1

tempo_n_groove said:

Ovechkin is a sniper.  Think Brett Hull back in the day.

Got to watch the history yesterday.  Wanted to go to the game but not for $1000!!!

Gretzky and Lemieux are still the two best goal scorers/hockey players I've ever seen play. Ovechkin isn't in that conversation yet. That Mt Rushmore is still Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr and Howe.

This is right-on.  

Gern Blansten

mrussel1 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Ovechkin is a sniper.  Think Brett Hull back in the day.

Got to watch the history yesterday.  Wanted to go to the game but not for $1000!!!

Gretzky and Lemieux are still the two best goal scorers/hockey players I've ever seen play. Ovechkin isn't in that conversation yet. That Mt Rushmore is still Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr and Howe.

This is right-on.  

yep...Gretzky would have had a lot more goals if he also didn't lead the league in total assists. His total points record might be impossible to hit.

Johnny Abruzzo

Gretzky's real unbreakable records are the assists. Absolutely mind boggling. His goals record didn't look as "unbreakable" - he wasn't that far past Gordie Howe.

Anyway, I never saw anyone better than Lemieux. He was even getting standing ovations from Flyers fans.

MayDay10

Gretzky fell off a cliff a bit with his back problems.  It also cost him a bit of longevity if he wanted it.  

mrussel1

Gern Blansten said:

mrussel1 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Ovechkin is a sniper.  Think Brett Hull back in the day.

Got to watch the history yesterday.  Wanted to go to the game but not for $1000!!!

Gretzky and Lemieux are still the two best goal scorers/hockey players I've ever seen play. Ovechkin isn't in that conversation yet. That Mt Rushmore is still Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr and Howe.

This is right-on.  

yep...Gretzky would have had a lot more goals if he also didn't lead the league in total assists. His total points record might be impossible to hit.

If I'm not mistaken, Gretzky has like NINE 100 assist seasons.  I think four other guys have done it once, two of them last year (Kuch and MacKinnon).  That is absurd.  No one is coming close this year.  

cutz

tempo_n_groove said:

Ovechkin is a sniper.  Think Brett Hull back in the day.

Got to watch the history yesterday.  Wanted to go to the game but not for $1000!!!

Gretzky and Lemieux are still the two best goal scorers/hockey players I've ever seen play. Ovechkin isn't in that conversation yet. That Mt Rushmore is still Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr and Howe.

Did you see Mike Bossy?

Get_Right

cutz said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Ovechkin is a sniper.  Think Brett Hull back in the day.

Got to watch the history yesterday.  Wanted to go to the game but not for $1000!!!

Gretzky and Lemieux are still the two best goal scorers/hockey players I've ever seen play. Ovechkin isn't in that conversation yet. That Mt Rushmore is still Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr and Howe.

Did you see Mike Bossy?

I was going to say that and Guy Lafleur over Bobby Orr. And maybe one or two of those Penguins.

MayDay10

I guess.  As far as goal scorers
Gretzky, ovechkin,  bossy, lemieux, howe, both hulls, Maurice Richard, Esposito, selanne.   Austin Matthew's is trending strong.

cutz

MayDay10 said:

I guess.  As far as goal scorers
Gretzky, ovechkin,  bossy, lemieux, howe, both hulls, Maurice Richard, Esposito, selanne.   Austin Matthew's is trending strong.

Jari Kurri? 

Mike Bossy career was cut short, big time due to injuries. Think he had back problems? He may have been the best goal scorer of all time when you take in consideration how many games he played and the number of goals he scored. 

tempo_n_groove

cutz said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Ovechkin is a sniper.  Think Brett Hull back in the day.

Got to watch the history yesterday.  Wanted to go to the game but not for $1000!!!

Gretzky and Lemieux are still the two best goal scorers/hockey players I've ever seen play. Ovechkin isn't in that conversation yet. That Mt Rushmore is still Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr and Howe.

Did you see Mike Bossy?

Bossy was great too but not on the same plane as Lemieux and Gretzky.  He did accomplish something that I think is an absolute stud of a stat.

50 goals in 50 games.  I got to hold that 50th puck too, thats another story.

So You had The Rocket Richard do it, Bossy, Gretzky 3 times, Lemieux and Hull twice. Orr and Howe never got to do that.

For straight up Goal Scorers I would have to ponder that one.

cutz

tempo_n_groove said:

cutz said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Ovechkin is a sniper.  Think Brett Hull back in the day.

Got to watch the history yesterday.  Wanted to go to the game but not for $1000!!!

Gretzky and Lemieux are still the two best goal scorers/hockey players I've ever seen play. Ovechkin isn't in that conversation yet. That Mt Rushmore is still Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr and Howe.

Did you see Mike Bossy?

Bossy was great too but not on the same plane as Lemieux and Gretzky.  He did accomplish something that I think is an absolute stud of a stat.

50 goals in 50 games.  I got to hold that 50th puck too, thats another story.

So You had The Rocket Richard do it, Bossy, Gretzky 3 times, Lemieux and Hull twice. Orr and Howe never got to do that.

For straight up Goal Scorers I would have to ponder that one.

For just a straight up goal scorer Mike Bossy should be considered as one of the very best? He had 573 goals in only 752 games played.  He was only able to play in 10 seasons. 

erebus

Here's a more detailed breakdown: 

• Mike Bossy: Holds the NHL record for most goals per game, averaging 0.762 goals per game in his career. 
• Mario Lemieux: Ranked second with 0.754 goals per game. 
• Cy Denneny: Ranked third with 0.751 goals per game. 
• Other notable players in goals per game:
  • Babe Dye: 0.746 
  • Auston Matthews: 0.639 
  • Pavel Bure: 0.623 
  • Alex Ovechkin: 0.602 
  • Wayne Gretzky: 0.601 
  • Brett Hull: 0.584

Johnny Abruzzo

Guys who play longer will slip out of their prime and naturally their stats per game will slip. 

Wobbie

Until just now, I had not heard the canucks came from 3 goals down the final 60 seconds and won lat night in OT. Previously, teams had been 0-21,000+ in that situation.

mrussel1

Wobbie said:

Until just now, I had not heard the canucks came from 3 goals down the final 60 seconds and won lat night in OT. Previously, teams had been 0-21,000+ in that situation.

Holy crap!  I turned that game off early.  Was half watching it.