20 Goal Scorers

[barabbas16 499]

In 2005-06 we had 8 20 goal scorers.....

Shanny - 40, Z - 39, Homer - 29, Dats - 28, Sammy - 23, Schneider - 21, Jason Williams - 21, and an even 20 from Langer. I can't remember the last time the Wings had that many.

As of right now - 51 games into the 2008-09 season we have 2 there already - Hossa with 28 and Mule with 22

We have 3 pretty much given to make it in Dats with 19, Z with 18, and Huds with 17.

Then there are two that wouldn't be too much of a stretch to call 20 goal scorers at this point with Homer needing 6 and Sammy needing 7 to reach 20. If they are healthy for the majority of the rest of the season, then I would say that will happen.

Question being.....can one of the others turn in a stellar finish and reach the 20 goal mark? AND, if so, who will it be? Dan Cleary? Can Nick score 12 more this year? Rafalski?

And one more thought.....we scored 301 goals in that 05-06 season - the only time we've done it since before the Cup win in '97. Will we do it this year? Any thoughts?

[YoungGuns1340 1]

Cleary is pretty hot and cold with his goal scoring. God knows he has the capability to pull off another 20 goal season. I'm pretty sure hes put up something comparable to 12 goals in 30 games before.

[dat's sick 1,002]

Worst case scenario Homer is out for the rest of the season, but hopefully back for the playoffs. In that case he won't reach 20, but Cleary might.

Nick might very well start putting the pucks in the net on the PP on a more consistant basis, and reach 20.

I doubt we'll get 8 players there though.. but 6 or 7 would still be impressive.

[Kira 451]

It all depends on whether we can keep them healthy...anything is possible.

[SweWings 45]

Would be cool but at the same time I don't really care. Although if Lidström gets 20+ goals then he'll definitely have another Norris. But scoring overall hasn't really been the problem this year.

[toby91_ca 620]

Nick might very well start putting the pucks in the net on the PP on a more consistant basis, and reach 20.

I doubt we'll get 8 players there though.. but 6 or 7 would still be impressive.

Since Nick only has 8 through 48 games, I highly doubt he'll get 12 in the remaining 30 or so. Also, he's never scored MORE THAN 20, he's hit 20 once in his entire career (9 years ago). The smart money is on no, but of course, anything can happen.

What I will probably guarantee is that they don't break the record Boston set in the 70s (I think it's a record anyway) when they had 11 guys with 20 or more.

[dat's sick 1,002]

Since Nick only has 8 through 48 games, I highly doubt he'll get 12 in the remaining 30 or so. Also, he's never scored MORE THAN 20, he's hit 20 once in his entire career (9 years ago). The smart money is on no, but of course, anything can happen.

What I will probably guarantee is that they don't break the record Boston set in the 70s (I think it's a record anyway) when they had 11 guys with 20 or more.

Yeah, I doubt it too, especially now that Homer is out for a while.

I don't think that record by Boston could ever be broken under the salary cap, unless they substantially increase the size of the nets, strip goalies of their pads and make the puck smaller.

[stormboy 47]

1. hossa - done.

2. franzen - done.

3. datsyuk - should get his 20th this afternoon.

4. zetterberg - won't be far behind

four for sure.

5. hudler - only needs three, but has gotten off his goal-scoring kick from earlier in the season (currently riding an eight-game goal scoring drought). he will almost certainly, though, get to the 20-goal plateau before season's end.

6. sammy - he's currently "on pace" for 21 goals. he has been known to go through wicked cold streaks, though. if he gets a couple of goals in the next few games and only needs 5 tallies in his last 20 or so games, he should be set to net 20.

other than that,

7. holmstrom - even if he gets back for the last ten games (which i doubt) there is almost no way he'll get six more goals. count him out at this point.

8. cleary - scores about .18 goals a game. with 31 games left, his pace is for about five more, for a total of 13. he'd have to really, really heat up to hit twenty. with homer out, he should get better minutes with better players, so there's a possibility. if he doesn't get real hot real soon i'd count him out.

lidstrom, rafalski, and filppula have no chance of reaching 20. we'll almost certainly see five this year, likely six. seven is doubtful. unless homer comes back early and cleary heats up like a mad man, there is almost no chance the wings will have eight twenty-goal scorers this season.

for comparison, other teams' likely number of 20-goal scorers, by my estimation:

sharks:

1. marleau (done) 2. setoguchi (done) 3. clowe (done) 4. boyle (probable) 5. michalek (possible) 6. pavalski (possible, but not likely) 7. thornton (possible, but very unlikely)

bruins:

1. kessel (done) 2. savard (done) 3. ryder (almost certainly) 4. krejci (almost certainly) 5. wheeler (possible, perhaps likely) 6. chara (possible) 7. wideman (possible, not extremely likely) 8. lucic (probably not)

capitals:

1. ovie (duh) 2. semin (done) 3. green (likely) 4. fleischmann (pretty likely) 5. backstrom (possible, but not likely) 6. laich (probably not) 7. kozlov (uh, no)

'hawks have maybe six guys that *could* get twenty, but likely not all of them will. they only have one right now.

in short, the bruins are the only team who has any kind of realistic shot at 20 goals, and it's not likely to happen. so don't feel too bad when only six our our guys close out the season with a score of lamp-lighters.

Edited February 7, 2009 by stormboy

[thedisappearer 291]

Leino.

[Drake_Marcus 890]

In 2005-06 we had 8 20 goal scorers.....

Shanny - 40, Z - 39, Homer - 29, Dats - 28, Sammy - 23, Schneider - 21, Jason Williams - 21, and an even 20 from Langer. I can't remember the last time the Wings had that many.

As of right now - 51 games into the 2008-09 season we have 2 there already - Hossa with 28 and Mule with 22

We have 3 pretty much given to make it in Dats with 19, Z with 18, and Huds with 17.

Then there are two that wouldn't be too much of a stretch to call 20 goal scorers at this point with Homer needing 6 and Sammy needing 7 to reach 20. If they are healthy for the majority of the rest of the season, then I would say that will happen.

Question being.....can one of the others turn in a stellar finish and reach the 20 goal mark? AND, if so, who will it be? Dan Cleary? Can Nick score 12 more this year? Rafalski?

And one more thought.....we scored 301 goals in that 05-06 season - the only time we've done it since before the Cup win in '97. Will we do it this year? Any thoughts?

If there's anyone listening to my prayers then yes