Phil Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 In today’s game with today’s goalies, this is one of the most remarkable achievements I’ve ever witnessed. He legitimately can score 80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieNextel305 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) Simply incredible. And not one empty net goal. So all of his goals against a goalie. By the way, added another one. 51 on the year. Crazy. Edited February 22 by RichieNextel305 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Nobody touches him. He just does what he wants. A player like that has carte blanche in today's game. He should score 75. He's absolutely the perfect goal scoring machine for basketballized hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Very on brand for the Leafs that he scores 80 and the team misses the playoffs... And then fans will whine that he didn't win the Hart. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieNextel305 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 40 minutes ago, Pete said: Very on brand for the Leafs that he scores 80 and the team misses the playoffs... And then fans will whine that he didn't win the Hart. Oh the Twitter debates are already at a historically hysterical level between them and other teams fans who claim MacKinnon or Kucherov should win. I can’t imagine those debates slowing down the rest of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Panarin should win the Hart. But yeah, this is amazing accomplishment. Ovechkin will pass Gretzky at some point in the next couple of years. Matthews could definitely be the next guy that gets in the vicinity of Gretzky's and Ovechkin's insane career goal totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 41 minutes ago, RichieNextel305 said: Oh the Twitter debates are already at a historically hysterical level between them and other teams fans who claim MacKinnon or Kucherov should win. I can’t imagine those debates slowing down the rest of the year. In my mind you shouldn't win an MVP if your team misses the playoffs, and the fact that he plays on an absolutely loaded line, never mind loaded team from an offensive standpoint, needs to be taken into consideration. Same with McKinnon. McDavid basically does it with Leon and a bunch of no ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Given Edmonton's insane winning streak and turnaround, I'll be surprised if they don't give the Hart to McDavid at this point. Not that I think he's a look, I just think that's probably what's going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 They're not going to miss the playoffs. We should be worried they drop to a WC and absolutely wax us in R1. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 1 hour ago, Dunny said: They're not going to miss the playoffs. We should be worried they drop to a WC and absolutely wax us in R1. I'm not worried about getting waxed by that shit show. The next stretch games will say a lot as they've simply beaten bad teams on this run. Vegas, Colorado, Vegas, Arizona, Rangers, Bruins, Buffalo, Bruins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Goaltending still very much an issue with that team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieNextel305 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) 3 hours ago, Pete said: In my mind you shouldn't win an MVP if your team misses the playoffs, and the fact that he plays on an absolutely loaded line, never mind loaded team from an offensive standpoint, needs to be taken into consideration. Same with McKinnon. McDavid basically does it with Leon and a bunch of no ones. I always go back to baseball and the uproar when A-Rod won the award in 2003 on a horrendous Texas team. And I can’t disagree, as much of a fan as I was of him. The award is for most valuable. If your team isn’t winning games, no matter how big of a stat compiler as you are, you’re not that valuable. That said, can’t the same be said for Kucherov? He’s putting up wild numbers but Tampa is worse off than Toronto is right now. If the season ended today, I would be looking at MacKinnon as MVP. Edited February 22 by RichieNextel305 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Really, just look at highlights from the 80s and, to some extent, the 90s, and there are tons of goals that would be deemed soft today. Wayne, Mario and Brett would never have the stats they had back then today. That makes Matthews season all the more amazing. BTW, I'm done with the best American-born stats. Back when there were few American players, it seemed relevant. Not now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 1 minute ago, Sod16 said: Really, just look at highlights from the 80s and, to some extent, the 90s, and there are tons of goals that would be deemed soft today. Wayne, Mario and Brett would never have the stats they had back then today. That makes Matthews season all the more amazing. BTW, I'm done with the best American-born stats. Back when there were few American players, it seemed relevant. Not now. It's more relevant now, if anything, because there are so many more American born players. And this guy gre up in Arizona, to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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