Golden_Jet
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Ya , if you care about pace, compared to actual resultsOvechkin lead the league in GPG 8 times on 18 years
Lemieux lead the league in GPG 6 times in 17 years
The difference is not that big, then you consider cancer+dpe+competition+back problems and its even closer.
I said two of his 17 seasons were at 38 and 40, which impacts his finishes, nobody expects a 38/40 yo to finish 1st in goalscoring. Realistically, at the same age Lemieux has 6/15 while Ovi has 8/18, which is 40% for each in GPG lead, literally the same number of top finishes relative to years played at 37 YO.
Using raw numbers is unfair to a guy that had chemo and a bad back. Mario Lemieux came back from chemotherapy on his first game of the 00-01 season and scored at a 0.81 GPG, best in the league at 35 years old, besting Pavel Bures 0.72 ( 0.09 difference), which is almost a 8 goals difference over 82 games. By comparison, Ovis best goalscoring per game lead post 30 is .07, at 30 flat.
So yeah, Lemieux matched Ovis goalscoring dominance at 35, over Bure and not Patrick Kane.
Im unsure of the statistical significance of 22-75 to 77-82 lol.. Why did you take out 75 and 76 ? Does it make your analysis look worse ? Anyway, why are you using 5 games vs 53? What a weird selection.
6 more rocket trophies make it not close.