BigBadBruins7708
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Bourque wasn't really the two-way stud yet in the first three years of his career tho. And Park's knees ironically were becoming a problem, so he needed help back there a bit. And McTavish wasn't quite ready that year. Not yet.
The other what-if... what if Orr played as a forward? How many more points would he have scored?
187 pts in 212 games, +103, Calder, 2x 1st team, 1x 2nd team, 4-4-2 in Norris voting...yeah, he was a stud from day 1.
Orr played 9 full seasons before the injuries won out.
He had 259/611/870, +579 in only 621 games.
3x Hart
8x Norris
8x 1st team
Calder
2x Ross
5x led the league in assists
2x Cup
2 Smythe
His last full season he was only 26 (for comparison Karlsson is currently 27).
Say he is healthy and can play to 35. That gives him a few huge advantages. 1) he plays in the early 80s, and 2) he plays with Bourque.
It not out of the question to think he missed out on:
700-900 points
4-7 Norris
1-3 Harts
Cups are hard to predict, but with a healthy Bobby Orr, I think its likely the Bruins win the late 70s Cups and not the Flyers/Habs
That would put him far beyond Gretzky with:
1300-1500 points
11-15 Norris
4-7 Harts
11-15 1st team all star