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I have another one as well. Gordie Howe had five seasons in which he fired over 300 shots on goal with a shooting percentage under 10 percent. Had we started measuring shots in goal at the start of his career, he may have had plenty more. In the modern era, this is more rare for forwards to do. In fact, only three forwards have done it in more than one season. Who are they? Name the three forwards since the modern era to put up more than one season of 300+ shots on goal and a <10% shooting percentage. Since this is very hard, I am happy to give a smaller era window.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:17 |
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# ? Jun 8, 2024 06:44 |
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I'm going to say like... Sami salo
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:28 |
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ilmucche posted:I'm going to say like... Sami salo Never had more than 143 shots and he's a defenseman, but close!
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:29 |
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Maybe Phil Kessel ? He seems like a guy who throws the puck on net a lot Edit: Sami Salo was never going to get there, but i feel like it's gotta be someone who had lots of pp time and players were trying to feed, but never quite scored boatloads of goal Oh just forwards, oops lol
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:32 |
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I know Ray Bourque took a lot of shots, and there's no way he hit 10%. e: oh, forwards. Duh. I saw Sami Salo and thought we were saying dmen. I will think of this more. edit 2: maybe Ovechkin did this one year? He had a few low-scoring years, and I am sure he had over 300 shots still. Twin Cinema fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Jun 7, 2023 |
# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:32 |
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Maybe Sundin as well ? One of those years when the Leafs basically played without LW/RW so he had to do it all himself?
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:37 |
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ilmucche posted:Maybe Phil Kessel ? He seems like a guy who throws the puck on net a lot Excellent guess, but Kessel just missed. He did it once in 2010-11 (32g on 325 shots) and came close in 2013-14 (37g on 305 shots for 12.4%) and 2014-15 (25g on 280 shots for 8.9%).
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:37 |
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Twin Cinema posted:I know Ray Bourque took a lot of shots, and there's no way he hit 10%. Ovie did it once in 2010 (32g on 367 shots) and came VERY close multiple years, but did not do it twice.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:38 |
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ilmucche posted:Maybe Sundin as well ? One of those years when the Leafs basically played without LW/RW so he had to do it all himself? He did it once in 2006-07 (27g on 321 shots) and came very close in 1995-96 (11% on 301 shots), but he didn't do it either. Great guesses so far.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:40 |
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I'm gonna say Al McInnis did it. What about Esposito? Sheldon Souray?
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:50 |
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Forwards only. A good amount of D have done it. Espo did it once in 1977 (34g on 344 shots) but that was all. For amusement: Souray's career high in shots was 268. MacInnis did this five times.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:52 |
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since you mentioned Gordie Howe and because he’s been on my mind since I watched the Conn Smythe Shift before this years Finals started: Zetterberg? launched a lot and never seemed to make a bunch either him or some other annoying Red Wing like Brendan Shanahan in some down years
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:53 |
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Did Zetterberg do it? I know he used to shoot the puck a ton. Mikael Samuelsson as well. I know he liked nothing more than decorating the goalie's crest. Not sure he ever got enough ice time per year to hit 300+ shots though. I'll also guess Zach Parise who was a huge volume shooter when he was younger. Or how about Patric Hornqvist?
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:54 |
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Ok last guess and I'll stop spamming the thread: Rick Nash? I'm trying to think of guys who seem like volume shooters but don't actually make me think of goalscoring
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:55 |
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Bard Maddox posted:since you mentioned Gordie Howe and because he’s been on my mind since I watched the Conn Smythe Shift before this years Finals started: Zetterberg? launched a lot and never seemed to make a bunch Zetterberg is correct! He did it in 09-10 (23g on 309 shots) and 10-11 (24g on 306 shots). He also just missed doing it 3 straight years: in 08-09, he had 31g on 309 shots, giving him exactly 10%.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:55 |
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Ginette Reno posted:Did Zetterberg do it? I know he used to shoot the puck a ton. Mikael Samuelsson as well. I know he liked nothing more than decorating the goalie's crest. Not sure he ever got enough ice time per year to hit 300+ shots though. I'll also guess Zach Parise who was a huge volume shooter when he was younger. Yup, Zetterberg is one of the three. Samuelsson's career high in shots was 257. Hornqvist's is 265. Parise had two consecutive seasons where he came close but was over the 10% threshold.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:57 |
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ilmucche posted:Ok last guess and I'll stop spamming the thread: Rick Nash? I'm trying to think of guys who seem like volume shooters but don't actually make me think of goalscoring Nash came very close as well. He did it once in 11-12 (30g on 306) and was JUST over 10% the year before (32 on 305).
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 22:58 |
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Hints: The remaining two players both did it post-2005-06. One is pretty recent and the other is a guy who most people probably had no idea was a reliable 300 shot player in his prime. He just didn't score much. He is also the only player on the list to do it 3 times.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 23:00 |
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Jeff Carter? Corey Perry? Lecavalier?
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 23:23 |
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Pasta and McDavid? e: Wasnt Hossa a puck firing machine in his prime? Im gonna say him.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 23:37 |
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ThinkTank posted:Jeff Carter? Corey Perry? Carter came close two years but never did it. Vinny was a great guess, he basically came close in 5 or 6 different years but never did it. Perry never got to 300 shots.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 23:42 |
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Furnaceface posted:Pasta and McDavid? No to all three. Never even did it once between them.
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 23:43 |
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I seem to recall Evander Kane being on the league leaderboard for shots while usually scoring 20-something goals, so I'll guess him. Some other trivia involved Brady Tkachuk taking a lot of shots but his goal totals haven't been huge, so he's my other guess for the current guy. As for the earlier one, maybe someone from the Devils? Brian Gionta? Jamie Langenbrunner? Brian Rolston? Oh wait, is it Olli Jokinen?
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 23:52 |
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fawning deference posted:No to all three. Never even did it once between them. This one is way harder the more I think about it. I cant imagine many players hit 300 SOG to begin with but I honestly cant remember the last time I looked up SOG at the end of a season so its not like I have a pool of names to draw from. Worse yet, its only D that pop into my head (Karlsson, Buff and Burns ). One last guess: Jagr?
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 00:08 |
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probably some sort of Sabre. Jack Eichel or Jeff Skinner?
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 00:13 |
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Zodijackylite posted:I seem to recall Evander Kane being on the league leaderboard for shots while usually scoring 20-something goals, so I'll guess him. Kane did it once in 2017-18 but that's it. Brady just barely missed this year (35g on 347 shots puts him at 10.1%) and does not have any other 300 shot seasons. Langenbrunner's career-high shot total was 243. Gionta never had 300 either, but he came really close in 2010-11 with 29 goals on 298 shots (9.7%). Rolston is an awesome guess but he only did it once (but came really close to doing it several more times). He did it in 2001-02 (31 goals on 331 shots at 9.4%).
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 00:39 |
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Furnaceface posted:This one is way harder the more I think about it. I cant imagine many players hit 300 SOG to begin with but I honestly cant remember the last time I looked up SOG at the end of a season so its not like I have a pool of names to draw from. Worse yet, its only D that pop into my head (Karlsson, Buff and Burns ). Jagr did it once, in 2006-07 (30g on 324 shots for 9.3%).
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 00:40 |
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Bard Maddox posted:probably some sort of Sabre. Jack Eichel or Jeff Skinner? Eichel did it in 2018-19 but hasn't come too close since. Skinner's career high is 281 shots.
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 00:41 |
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Loving these guesses! Some more hints: The guy who has done it three times put up 300+ shots four years in a row, yet only finished with 213 goals in 12 seasons. The other guy has done it within the last 8 years and has spent most of his career in the Western Conference.
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 00:46 |
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Zodijackylite posted:
Another great guess but no. He never did it, but came pretty close three straight seasons from 06-08.
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 00:47 |
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Brent Burns?
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 00:59 |
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Mind_Taker posted:Brent Burns? He's a defenseman. He did do it four times though.
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 01:00 |
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fawning deference posted:He's a defenseman. He did do it four times though. He played several seasons at RW. to contribute: Kovalchuk? Heatley? Brad "Bad" Richards?
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 01:04 |
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fawning deference posted:He's a defenseman. He did do it four times though. Whoops didn’t see you said forwards. Brady Tkachuk?
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 01:06 |
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fawning deference posted:Loving these guesses! second clue makes me want to say timo time
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 01:06 |
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Tyler Seguin maybe? Trying to think of guys who used to compete with Ovechkin with SOG leads
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 01:08 |
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ThinkTank posted:He played several seasons at RW. Heatley and Kovy scored too much to get too close. Richards never had 300 shots.
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 01:10 |
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corn on the cop posted:second clue makes me want to say timo time Not Timo. He's been respectable close the past 2 years but was over 10 percent.
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 01:11 |
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Mind_Taker posted:Tyler Seguin maybe? Trying to think of guys who used to compete with Ovechkin with SOG leads Tyler Seguin IS CORRECT. He did it in 2016-17 (26g on 301 shots) and 2018-19 (33g on 334 shots). He came close in 17-18. That leaves the one player who did it three times.
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 01:12 |
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# ? Jun 8, 2024 06:44 |
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fawning deference posted:Heatley and Kovy scored too much to get too close. Richards never had 300 shots. Washed up by 29 Dany Heatley never did it? Did he just stop shooting entirely in his seasons where he sadly put up like 22 goals?
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 01:15 |