Well spotted.
My main concerns are however would be there enough room for Semenko in the time machine with GOAT, his natural attachment of his own time. Even harder it is to comprehend if we need to fit also Kurri, Messier, Tikkanen and few other buddies to that same capsule to ensure the GOAT's adaptation to a harsh and unforgiving, technically evolved contemporary NHL would go smoother. After all The GOAT needs those guys to ensure he can still make a play and accumulate some spare assists against crosbies, mcdavids, bergerons, ovis, matthews, kucherovs, and barkovs.
Today’s NHL environment is not harsh or unforgiving. In fact it is much more forgiving due to how often the refs call hooking, slashing and holding now! As for accumulating assists versus the Crosbies, Bergerons, Matthews and Kucherovs of today, I will just quote one of my earlier posts:
“I watched Gretzky his entire career, and by '97 he had lost most of his skating speed, acceleration and overall finesse. He looked like a slow, broken down shadow of his former self. He was basically relying entirely on his unprecedented IQ, vision and anticipation to survive at that point and STILL out pointed younger greats such as Federov, Sundin, Forsberg, Sakic, Yzerman, Mogilny, Jagr, Modano, Hull, Pallfy, Francis, Messier, Lindros, Oates, Recchi, Shanahan, Roenick, Yashin, Fleury, Alfreddson, Bondra, Turgeon,....at the end of his career!
So I would be absolutely shocked if he did not dominate today’s game as well by a 15-30% margin.”