The disrespect Canadian tv has towards Ovi is pathetic. To keep calling it sad that Ovi might break the record when scoring 20 goals a season near 40 years old is becoming cringy. Same people I bet that creamed themselves and cried when Bourque won a cup by getting traded to the best team in the league.

Can’t believe the disrespect in this segment

Why does he keep saying "it's sad" Playing at age 40 in the NHL is an amazing accomplishment. It's not " Sad". Is jagr sad?

Ovi will be the first player to reach 900 goals

Let’s not forget that Ovechkin lost time to multiple lockouts. He would’ve easily passed 99 by now if not for that. I think Matthews could pass Ovi if he stays healthy

Ovechkin in his 30s averaged 40 goals a season. Howe and Jagr averaged 30. Gretzky averaged 24…………. Matthews has already missed as many games as Ovechkin did. You’re really gonna tell me Matthews is gonna break this? Fuck Canadian media.

Wayne Gretzky retired at 38... and in his last 5 years he had 25 (or less) goals (his last year he had only 9 goals) ... What is "Sad" is someone talking about a hockey record and not knowing enough to give an informed comment. SAD?, that's Sad, let me just add another Sad, because all you said was "sad"... SAD

It’s way harder to score now at any point in Ovechkin’s career than it was when Gretzky played. Nothing sad about what Ovi has and still is doing.

What a horrible take by Gino Reda. "Sad" - Give me a break. 38 plus years as a hockey reporter and this is all you have to say? Ovi will pass Gretzky no matter how long it takes. He should and will be celebrated for his tremendous accomplishments. What was the point of this video?

Who tf was the old guy? One of the rudest end of video comments ive ever seen.

Gretzky retired at 38 in an era were fitness wasn't quite as big a thing as it is now. Ovi passing Gretz at 40 is not "sad" in any way, shape or form.

Hayes is the real deal 👍🏻

From the ages of 20 to 26, Ovechkin scored 339 goals in the regular NHL championship, and Matthews - 328. Ovechkin played 1,426 games, and there are only 34 such hockey players who played that many games or more in the entire history of the NHL. In addition, Ovechkin still continues to play . Hockey players who scored 500 or more averaged 1,334 career games, which is less than Ovechkin. List of top NHL snipers by average number of goals per game who retired: 1. Mike Bossy - 0.762 2. Mario Lemieux - 0.754 3. Si Denneny - 0.751 4. Babe Dye - 0.746 5. Pavel Bure - 0.623 6. Wayne Gretzky - 0.601 7. Brett Hull - 0.584 8. Bobby Hull - 0.574 9. Tim Kerr - 0.565 10. Rick Martin - 0.561 11. Phil Esposito - 0.559 12. Maurice Richard - 0.556 13. Cam Neely - 0.544 14. Marcel Dionne - 0.542 15. Pat LaFontaine - 0.541 16. Michel Goulet - 0.503 17. Rick Wave - 0.503 18. Nels Stewart - 0.498 19. Guy Lafleur - 0.497 20. Mike Gartner - 0.494 21. Dino Cissarelli - 0.494 22. Jari Kurri - 0.480 23. Ilya Kovalchuk - 0.478 24. Alexander Mogilny - 0.478 25. Joe Mullen - 0.473 26. Teemu Selanne - 0.471 Wayne Gretzky played 1,487 games. Wayne Gretzky ranked 24th in games played. All players on the above list played fewer games than Gretzky. And the first five hockey players, although they surpassed Gretzky in terms of the average number of goals per game, did not even play 1000 games. Ovechkin will most likely surpass Gretzky in the number of matches played. Thus, Matthews is inferior to Ovechkin in terms of the number of goals at the same age, and in terms of the number of matches played in his career, Matthews will most likely also be inferior to Ovechkin. My opinion is that Matthews will not overtake Ovechkin, he is often injured. To break Gretzky's record, Ovechkin needs to score 42 goals. Ovechkin has a contract for another 2 seasons, i.e. he needs to score 21 goals on average. At the age of 39-40, the ten best snipers who still played at this age scored an average of 23 goals. For example, at the age of 39, Howe scored 39 goals, Brett Hull - 25, Messier - 24. Howe also scored at the age of 40 - 44 goals, at 41 - 33 goals, at 42 - 23 goals. Jagr scored 24 goals at age 41, and 27 goals at age 43. And Ovechkin looks better than them. In my opinion, Ovechkin will overtake Gretzky.

Look let's be honest.. Canadian people love Gretzky and it will be a sad day in Canada when the record is broken.

Ovi is the greatest goal scorer 30 goals now he’s only 42 away Matthew’s has nothing on ovechkin no chance

It all has to do with how long career you got and how consistent you are

Matthews has already missed way too much time with injury for us to expect him to remain healthy long enough into his career to break the record.

Just selling clicks. I remember golfers coming and going after good first few seasons we kept hearing here’s the next tiger. Matthews has 6 years in the league he’s 550 goals shy of Gretzky. Enough with the comparisons

Too early to judge matthews. Ovi can absolutely get 900 career goals. He's very slow but he still has that shot in him

Its also about total games. Gretzky and Ovi by the end of his contract will have had almost the same amount of Games played lmao. nothing sad about it. Ginos an idiot.

the matthews talk is insulting to all parties. talk to me in ten years

18 in his last 24 games and today TSN has a segment with Gino Reda ball-washing Ovechkin 😂🤡

The NBA celebrates its stars like LeBron and Steph, while the NHL calls it cringy???

Wayne had 394 goals his final 987 game he changed his game he just wanted to win

Is it me or was Brian Hayes dropped in from the 1980s?

Theres no denying who the greatest goal scorer of ali time is longevity wise is and its ovi and its not even close but from a peak stand point its wayne 500 in 575 vs ovi 803 wayne had 41 in 37 i mean 50 in 39 50 in 34 spanning 2 seasons plus his goal scoring hey day was 35 plus years ago recency bias anyone

9 year career only because of injury. 5 over 60 goal seasons. Rest over 50 except last year 38 with injury shortened season. 5 straight cup finals 4 straight wins. Easy greatest goal scorer ever Mike Bossy and that is coming from a Caps fan. 22 easily not even close is the greatest goal scorer ever.

he got some real good peds in dubai

Who’s 99 and 34 doesnt have the strength long term

Far too early to think Matthews will get up there. Ovie is there cause he has been great in his 30s. Matthews is in his prime on an offensive talented team. In 5-7 years he may be a 25 goal scorer and finish up with 750. We’ll see.

Mathews 😂time to light it up for a long time 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Records are made to be broken. It looks like Chicago’s rookie star will likely pass them all - well maybe?

Yes and it's possible

Its 😂inevitably going to happen that OV captures the second greatest NHL stat ever other than the Holy Grail of all sports stats 🇨🇦🔥🌐1963 assists

Mathews is gonna slow down. Hes gonna get injured in the playoffs im betting. He wont reach 700 goals.

Didn't Gretzky finish his last season with like 5 goals?

How it sad 😆 😆 🤣, Ovi will pass Gretzky

Matthews? Record? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Matthew who

Lets remember Gretzky retired at 38.If he played 2 more years to 40 as the Putin supporter will he would always hold the record.

one thing for sure is that Matthews will never see a cup

Hahaha get over it Canada Russia is going to own that record for a good lil while

typical toronto media, i think I think that matthews is a couple goals behind, let him get to like 600-700 then lets start the talk about him being even close

matthews won't break either cause he doesn't have the durability or longevity

mathews will die off he dont have what ovi has

Gino is a haterrr

Ovi will likely have the most goals, but hes not the best goal scorer. If 6% Gretzky's 1963 assists were goals, he'd have over 1000 goals. Gretzky decided to keep the record within reach and passed the puck instead of shooting. He could have had 1300 goals if he wanted.

Unless Ovi's idol mobilizes him to the frontline as cannon fodder, he might get pass Gretzky

Ovechkin was a special kind of puck suck. He was massive and skilled enough to be a power forward, but he chose to be a puck-suck instead and just stand around sniping....hes worse than Hull was....and Mathews will not even come close to Ovie or Gretzky because no Team is willing to do what Washington did and miss the Cup so many times to pad one players stats....once Mathews starts playing real Playoff games he will get roughed up a lot more and hes not that fit a Player to begin with so injuries are coming he is no Ovie who was a viscious BULLY. I actually think Draisaitl might get close to ovie and Wayne.

Toronto centric media have the worst takes. Especially Hayes