Ovechkin's Joke of 700 Goals

[NFL-Solomon]

Look, I'm not saying Ovenchicken sucks, or that he isn't any good. He's just not the Superstar people make him out to be.
If you get twice as many chances to do something, you should have twice as many susccesses, not 1.05.

 

[DevilishWon]

Haven't seen a thread this good since Pastafazul stopped posting on the main page.

 

[NFL-Solomon]

Does anyone else feel the need to point out that shots on goal are a good thing, even when they don't go in?

Rebounds.

Offensive zone faceoffs.

Wearing down goalies.

Not a turn over.

Or maybe the NHL should just give the team with the higher shooting % the win (in the bank maybe?) instead of total goals.

#forumsheep #forumpigeons

Where do you get the idea, they aren't

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Where do you get the idea, they aren't

Decades of watching hockey?

Decades of playing hockey?

Common sense?

 

[BGDave]

 

[puckhead]

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Wow, totally funny that none of these guy's shooting percentage seems to be affected by that:
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Adam Henrique > Crosby.

got it.

 

[naslundfan19]

There already was a thread for OV. Just saying.


And hellloooo swamp.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Adam Henrique > Crosby.

got it.

I don't think that's what he was saying. Come on!

Clearly he meant that Jiri Hudler >> Kucherov >>>>> Crosby

 

[dash]

I don't think that's what he was saying. Come on!

Clearly he meant that Jiri Hudler >> Kucherov >>>>> Crosby

Crosby is so jealous of Hudler that he stole his shoes...

 

[DragonfromTO]

Shots aren't like baseball ABs, you don't get them just for being in the lineup.

 

[esls79]

OP speaking Words of Wisdom on us!

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Adam Henrique > Crosby.

got it.

YOUNG CROSBY > Adam Henrique > Crosby

 

[DragonfromTO]

OP speaking Words of Wisdom on us!

So frolicsome worsted

 

[blindbaby]

So frolicsome worsted

Never been a better time to commemorate to alimony.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Look, I'm not saying Ovenchicken sucks, or that he isn't any good. He's just not the Superstar people make him out to be.
If you get twice as many chances to do something, you should have twice as many susccesses, not 1.05.

Look, we're not saying your take sucks, or that it isn't any good.

Wait...that's exactly what we're saying.

This isn't basketball where you are almost certainly giving up possession with a missed shot. And your team isn't getting a shot virtually every time you get possession. Getting a shot means you're doing something right.

 

[BGDave]

OP speaking Words of Wisdom on us!

he probably shoulda Let It Be

 

[dash]

he probably shoulda Let It Be

Ob-la-di ob-la-da OV scores goal
La La La red light goes on.

 

[thedddd]

I need a win in the bank.

 

[Mofo]

Wow 700 goals! Only 7 other players have scored that many, so that's a big deal, no?
The answer in this case, IS "no".

Ovary scored 700 goals on 5,520 shots a 12.7% shooting %

Let's look at the other 7, shall we?

Name Total Goals - Total Shots - Shooting% ~ Approximate number of shots for 700th goal*
W. Gretzky 894 - 5088 - 17.6 ~ 3977
G. Howe 801 - ? - ? ~ **
J. Jagr 766 - 5637 - 13.6 ~ 5151
Brett Hull 747 - 4876 - 15.2 ~ 4569
M. Dionne 731 - 5363 - 13.6 ~ 5135
P. Espisito 717 - 5166 - 13.9 ~ 5043
M. Gartner 708 - 5090 - 13.9 ~ 5032

*- Since there is no database showing on what shot number the 700th goal was scored, this is derived from shot totals and shooting %, tho in all likelyhood, it would be lower due to the fact that shooting % usually noticibly dips near retirement
** - No reliable totals exist for Howe's Shooting % or Shot total that can be cross referenced with other databases.

SO, ... as we can see, and as I have been telling the Hockey world since 2009, Ovechkin's seeming skill in scoring goals is nothing more than a byproduct of him shoveling a dumptruck's worth of pucks at the net.

He is already 3rd in shots taken but only 8th in goals.
He is the owner of 7 of the top 30 seasons with the most shots yet only 1 of the top 30 seasons with most goals scored, and that one from shoveling a mind boggling 446 pucks at the net.

He leads all active players in shots, besting the number 2 Patrick Marleau (who just became a Penguin) by 1,257 shots, DESPITE Marleau being in the league EIGHT MORE YEARS.

Ovechgoon is simply not a sniper, but a machine gunner.

LOL. Are you still doing this? If goals were so automatic, then why haven’t thousands of other players hit 700+ : goals, just on volume alone? There’s no vaunted “shooting %” trophy, Sol.

Meanwhile, Pissburgh fans are counting down Sidney Crosby’s chase to 2 million tampons. What a great difference in franchise player history: the Capitals get one of the greatest goal-scorers in history, who in his later years, chased down Wayne Gretzky’s career goal record, at a great pace. The Penguins get Ron Francis 2.0, who in his later years, struggles to avoid concussions.

 

[Comeds]

Look, I'm not saying Ovenchicken sucks, or that he isn't any good. He's just not the Superstar people make him out to be.
If you get twice as many chances to do something, you should have twice as many susccesses, not 1.05.

One would figure with your 6 posts in this thread, one would at least be decent. Alas, that is not the case.