In the "new" NHL will a Power Forward ever score 40 Goals?

Question

Can a player like Malone, Bertuzzi, or Hartnell score 40 anymore? 30?

Answer 1

yea absolutely i think jeff carter will granted he isnt a prototypical power foward but he controls the puck very well down low and crashes the net hard.

Answer 2

Yes...in fact as prototypical "power forwards" go Jerome Iginla scored 50 this year. He is a perfect example of the classic power forward. Alexander Ovechkin may not be seen as a prototype power forward and in fact is more a sniper but he can play the power game with the best of them. Add in a guy like Rick Nash, another Cam Neely type power forward who netted 38 this year and there are 2 great examples of dominating power forwards with scoring touch. Nash is only a quality center away from being a 50-60 goal scorer. There are several "power forward" types that can score 30 depending on ones view of a power forward. Guys like Dustin Brown, Brendan Morrow, Tomas Holmstrom or even natural centers like Malkin and Jason Arnott have all put up 30 goal seasons. Playing a power forward style in todays game has some distinct advantages, most important being the inability of defenders to be overly physical in front of the net without going to the box. That means less wear over the course of the season (unless of course you are talking about Holmstrom) giving more opportunity to have guys who can score from 3 feet away (the hardest way to earn a goal).

Answer 3

10th overall pick Kyle Beach will.  He's 6' 3" and over 200 pounds and hes only 18. Wait until he matures, he already has the size and the skill. Oh and I almost forgot that he will probably be skating with Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews eventualy, that just might help his production a little.

Answer 4

Getzlaf has the skill - but the Ducks better start preparing for life without Teemu

Answer 5

Malone is going to be a free agent bust, he is not the savior type that he is being set up for

Bert is as dead as Dillinger

and No to a power forward scoring 40 the NHL I think made pretty hard line with Ducks this post season that edgy play will have you end up in the box and power is synonymous with edgy