Vanzig
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Weird then how once Gretzky left Edmonton a 23 year old Lemieux had 35 more goals and the same amount of assists as a 27/28 year old Gretzky in 2 less games. The point is, competition matters and Lemieux was simply a more skilled hockey player who hit his peak after the diluted period of the NHL while also dealing with a ton of injuries. It's not exactly an outrageous argument to make.
Age doesn’t matter, some guys peak early and some peak later, It’s what you do in your career.
Gretzky never padded his goal stats on the power play like MARIO LEMIEUX did, MARIO had 30+ Power-Play Goals in a single season 2 times, Gretzky highest was 20 Power-Play Goals (Only Hit 20 Once), Even more impressive was Gretzky Having More SHORTHANDED Goals than PowerPlay Goals in a single season.
Is it even possible that a Player (#99) can Score 70+ Goals
(He Scored 73) & have ONLY “8 Power-Play” Goals??? (Nope).
That’s insane when you think about it.
I’m not knocking Mario, He was 1 of the Best Players (TOP 5) Ever.
3 out of every 5 Goals scored by #66 was Powerplay.
1 out of every 5 Goals scored by #99 was Powerplay.
But I Love BOTH Players, Debate’s will alway’s happen but I’m glad I saw BOTH Players play on the same Line for roughly 4 Games in 1987 “WORLD/Canada CUP” which was incredible the way they both dominated. Of the Best of 3 FINAL’s every Game was 6-5 and Team Canada Won with the 2 Best Forwards in Hockey History playin together.