Blame It On The Lockouts!

[KMart27]

Messier would have passed Howe in games played.

 

[The Panther]

Messier would have passed Howe in games played.

That's true. Mess -- who played against Gordie Howe in the NHL -- didn't actually retire until mid-September 2005, when Crosby was at NHL training camp.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Messier would have passed Howe in games played.

Gordie Howe (1767) | Mark Messier (1756)

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Jagr is his own fault for running to the KHL

That's right. After the 2007-2008 NHL season, Jagr played three seasons in the KHL and scored 66 goals. He would have surpassed Gordie Howe (801) for second all-time in goals if he had stayed in the NHL, but I guess he didn't care about that. If those 66 goals had been added to his 766 NHL goals, he would have retired with 832 NHL goals.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Actually, Jagr could have surpassed Gretzky as well:

2004–05	HC Rabat Kladno	ELH	17	11	17	28	16	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Avangard Omsk	RSL	32	16	22	38	63	11	4	10	14	22

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2008–09	Avangard Omsk	KHL	55	25	28	53	62	9	4	5	9	4
2009–10	Avangard Omsk	KHL	51	22	20	42	50	3	1	1	2	0
2010–11	Avangard Omsk	KHL	49	19	31	50	48	14	2	7	9	8

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

2012–13

Rytíři Kladno

ELH

34

24

33

57

28

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2017–18	Rytíři Kladno	CZE II	5	0	4	4	0	10	0	0	0	0
2018–19	Rytíři Kladno	CZE II	4	1	3	4	4	19	12	6	18	20

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766 NHL goals + 118 ELH/RSL/KHL/CZE goals = 884 goals. Wayne Gretzky had 894 goals.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Blame it on Corona coming soon in the near future!