NHL Thread

[iacas]

  On 4/4/2025 at 7:09 PM, DaveP043 said:

I'm never going to argue against Crosby, the more I've watched him, the more impressed I am.  

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I've argued Lemieux was a better hockey player - the true GOAT - than Gretzky. One of those arguments includes the very real fact that it was much easier to score goals and thus points in the first 80% of Gretzky's career than at any point since. So, OV8 approaching let alone surpassing that record is astounding.

[DaveP043]

  On 4/4/2025 at 7:11 PM, iacas said:

I've argued Lemieux was a better hockey player - the true GOAT - than Gretzky. One of those arguments includes the very real fact that it was much easier to score goals and thus points in the first 80% of Gretzky's career than at any point since. So, OV8 approaching let alone surpassing that record is astounding.

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Its tough, "greatest" is subjective, measured in many different ways, while goals and assists are simple numbers.  And even simple numbers aren't always directly comparable across eras, as you mention.  A truly amazing coincidence, if Ovi scores 2 goals in the next 2 games, he'll have exactly the same number as Gretzky (894), in exactly the same number of games (1487).