shazariahl
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- Apr 7, 2009
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And still I think it's only fair to show the entire team's output.
85 Oilers where Gretzky scored 47 points.
The rest of the team combined for 206 points.
Now when Lemieux scored 44 in 91.
The rest of the team combined scored 210 points.
This is close, but I'll add Stevens and Jagr were his line-mates, and Stevens most will agree was a pawn.
Recchie, Francis and Mullen actually scored more combined.
But I digress those seasons are comparable, now add Lemieux's 92 into the mix:
The rest of the team scored 186 points, most of those players playing 19-21 games to Lemieux's 15.
Looking at Stevens, who scored 28 points to Lemieux's 34 despite playing 6 more games, I'd like to see the 6 playoff games Stevens played without Lemieux.
And for the guy who said Lemieux losing to the Beezer in the Conference Finals as being a bigger upset than anytime Gretzky's team lost? How so? Did Gretzky face many Vezina goalies? Were they on fire like Beezer? And as for the Islanders loss, the Pens goaltender/s did let in 5 goals in two games, not like you can blame Lemieux for not scoring 4 goals for his team to succumb the shortcomings.
How does Lemieux scoring less points in more games with a team that scored more points overall (which would prove a stronger supporting cast, but it was over more games, so we'll call that one close) prove that Lemieux had a better post-season?
He did not. I don't care what anyone says about era, adjusted scoring, etc - Gretzky averaged 2.61 PPG in the playoffs. That is unreal, regardless of era, adjusted stats, or anything else.
Lemieux's penguins were not as good as Gretzky's Oilers, I'll agree to that. But they didn't suck either. In fact, I'd put Gretzky's 93 run with the Kings against any of Lemieux's. I'm not saying he beats him in 90-91, but its at least close.
And did he play any great goalies? Are you kidding me? Patrick Roy in 93, Billy Smith, Ron Hextall, and Mike Vernon were all great goaltenders. All of them have won a Con Smythe, Roy actually won 3.