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 Adam
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Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Mike wrote on Fri, 29 April 2022 07:55 |
Despite his lofty totals, a couple of years ago I still thought he was unlikely to reach 894. But I didn’t expect another 50 goal season. When he potted his 50th this year I figured it’s now a foregone conclusion.
Well - looking at it again, he’s still 114 away. With 780 in 1274 games, that puts him at exactly 50 goals per 82GP over his career. So even at his career average of 50, he will need at least 3 more seasons.
Thing is, he has been incredibly durable. He’s only missed something like 45 games in his career and only 26 of those due to injury. That’s amazing for the way he plays.
Though 36 is not ancient by any stretch, you do start feeling things a bit more. And worse, those bumps and bruises start to take longer and longer to heal. He will miss his 3rd straight game tonight after getting hurt against the Leafs last week. If he starts to break down physically and starts missing more and more games, all of a sudden those 3 seasons needed become 4 or even 5.
I still don’t think there’s any chance he stops playing until he reaches it, even if he needs to play until he is 45. But there is still lots of work for him to do.
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I don't think he'll make it - but he's going to get closer than anyone who else. I think not even a great steroid program delays aging forever though, and I think he's likely to have some injuries over the next couple years. Paradoxically, I think any long playoff run is probably detrimental to his quest to top Gretzky in goals too. Means less rest and recovery time between seasons, and more chance of injury in games that don't count towards his goal totals.
If you're wondering, he's 16th all-time in playoff goals with 71. His next ties him with Marleau and Tikkanen for 14th. Gretzky of course tops that as well with 122 post-season tallies. Messier has 109, Kurri 106, Brett Hull has 103 and Glenn Anderson rounds out the top five with 93. I don't think OV will break in to that group. The only other active players in the top 50 are Crosby at 19th with 69, Malkin at 26th with 64 and Joe Pavelski at 31st with 61.
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