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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Ovi's milestone march continues. He'll soon become the highest scoring Russian of all time.
I think Ovi comes to within 100 goals of Gretzky's mark of 894 which in today's NHL is almost unthinkable. Couple that with the two lockouts he sat through and who knows? He may have nipped at Gretz's heels.
Savor this fellas, because after he retires we'll have to sit through McSavior's milestones ugh.
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I reckon he would have been good for an extra 40 in the first lockout year (even Crosby, a lesser goal scorer, scored 39 in his rookie campaign), and his pace in the shortened season suggested he would have scored 22 more goals then. So he's probably short about 60 goals of where he would have been barring the lockouts.
That would put him at about 540 goals at the age of 30. Assuming he plays 8 more years averaging 40 goals per year (which I think he can do - he can crack 50 for each of the next 3 at any rate, then tail off down to 30ish by his age 36 season) that would take him to 860 goals.
If he Jagr'd it and squeezed in a couple of 20 goal seasons by 40 then, yup, he had a shot to break Wayne's record.
All to say that, if the stars align in his favour, he could maybe do it. But the lockout years definitely hurt.
Whatever he ends up with, it's been a treat to watch him.