The Official 2022-23 Season Talk Thread

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kobalt

Forget Matthews, it’s Tage Thompson that’s going home to save the Coyotes

4 goals is nothing, he's at 5 now!

1 more from being the 2nd player in the expansion era to get 6. All time record is 7.

[DrJones]

100 goals to go for Ovi.

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrJones

100 goals to go for Ovi.

Still with some big milestones before even getting there.

800 goals

801 ties Howe

802 passes Howe

[Majingir]

Before joining the Leafs, Timmins got 7 assists in 41 games.

Since joining the Leafs, he has 4 assists in 4 games.

[Majingir]

Ovechkin with 800 goals.

Of course it would be on a hat trick

I hope he doesn't break Howes record within his next 2 games.

The game after that though would be against the Red Wings. You can't script this, he could tie or break Howes record in that one.

[l3ulvl]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

Ovechkin with 800 goals. Of course it would be on a hat trick I hope he doesn't break Howes record within his next 2 games. The game after that though would be against the Red Wings. You can't script this, he could tie or break Howes record in that one.

I have to ask hockey historians, was the WHA legit? Just thinking because Gordie had 174 WHA goals in his late 40s, which is ridiculous even against standard competition, but were there other top tier players or was it just old man Gordie schooling younger guys

[DrJones]

Quote: Originally Posted by l3ulvl

I have to ask hockey historians, was the WHA legit? Just thinking because Gordie had 174 WHA goals in his late 40s, which is ridiculous even against standard competition, but were there other top tier players or was it just old man Gordie schooling younger guys

From what I've read (even I'm not old enough to remember the WHA), semi-legit, semi-joke. Better than the AHL, not as good as, say, the KHL. The style of play was more akin to the NHL of the 80s than the 70s, so in that sense, it was a boon to hockey, a safe haven for skilled shrimps and Euros during the NHL's meathead era. 36-year-old Bobby Hull scored 77 goals one season.

[bhurst99]

Quote: Originally Posted by l3ulvl

I have to ask hockey historians, was the WHA legit? Just thinking because Gordie had 174 WHA goals in his late 40s, which is ridiculous even against standard competition, but were there other top tier players or was it just old man Gordie schooling younger guys

Probably the best thing about the WHA is that the competition had a significant impact on raising NHL players salaries. 67 players jumped from the NHL to the WHL in the first year which is a huge number considering how few teams the NHL had at that point.

And like DrJones mentioned the league signed a few European players who had been pretty much ignored by the NHL and US college players found jobs in the WHL. Nobody had really paid much attention to them.

Financially, yeah it was a joke and that affected the quality. Teams jumped from city to city more than a criminal evading the police.