What happened?

Well when Ovechkin scored his 600th much like his 500th, there has been a vocal minority that say Ovechkin is the greatest goal scorer of all time. This conclusion is based upon the fact the decade Ovechkin plays in is the so-called dead puck era where 50 goals and 100 points are almost impossible mountains to climb for a player in a season. Many also say that Ovechkin is the GOAT due to the larger physique of athletes both in nets and on defence as well as the speed of the game. However, there are many other things to analyze when deciding who is the greatest of all time. Here is my analysis. First off, I think it is important to review a fundamental stat ‘goals per game’. Over his career, Mike Bossy has the best goals per game stats at a 76% clip scoring 573 goals in 752 games. Mario Lemieux comes in second if you consider his whole career. I would argue you should ignore the games after his comeback. After taking three years off Lemieux was obviously not the player he was before...

Ok I promised no more hockey blogs since the habs are out of it. However, the Don Cherry rant on Saturday got me to thinking of the habs draft preferences during the years and what we missed out on. Cherry railed against Brian Burke on Saturday for not having one player born in Ontario on the Leafs roster. So have the Habs management done better? We got David Desharnais, Mathieu Darche, and Louis Leblanc on the team and...well Rene Bourque sounds french and Blake Geoffrion has French roots. The issue for me has always been when selecting a player or a coach or a manager, the most talented should be drafted or chosen. The issue here is not only did we not draft the most talented but the most talented in most cases was a Quebec or francophone player. Some history to make my point. As already mentioned in another blog in 1977 we drafted Mark Napier in 10th spot overall. Who was drafted 15th overall none other than Mike Bossy probably the greatest sniper of all time in the NHL. Bossy w...