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Ovy this year?

Kovy's first 1/2 of season?


Not to the same magnitude/effect, but Horton's middle 40 games...

facey wroteCOLONOvy this year?

Kovy's first 1/2 of season?


Not to the same magnitude/effect, but Horton's middle 40 games...

Ovechkin is not in a slump, he is having a career worst season (in terms of offensive production), and when you consider the change in systems it has nothing to do with luck, so poor example. Kovalchuk by contrast proves my point, he is the hottest forward in hockey going on the last two months. Good players tend to average out their production over the course of the season, it is no different for any team. Naming a few exceptions to the rule doesn't prove much.

And the Horton example is so far off the other two, that it seems stupid to mention it in the same post. Horton is actually on pace to beat his average goal total per season, and only 11 off his best ever goal output of 31 in 2007.

and yet his slump was double the lengths of his previous slumps... next year he'll easily surpass his career high.

facey wroteCOLONand yet his slump was double the lengths of his previous slumps... next year he'll easily surpass his career high.

I don't know what his slump is/was, and I don't care, because at the end of it all he is going to be at his career pace. He just made up for the cold streaks with unbelievable hot streaks, and I will put money on Horton putting up the same stats as he always does (55-65) next season.