Jovanovski = Norris said:
Yzerman has played almost more than 350 NHL for Detroit than Beliveau has for Montreal. Not to mention Yzerman has also around 500 more points. Despite both Yzerman and Beliveau being the franchise player of their respective franchises, Beliveau always had a strong supporting cast while Yzerman was Detroit's one-man show in the early Red Wings history of the 80s.
Yzerman played in how many years where there was a 70 game schedule? There's most of the games played difference right there.
Wow, Yzerman scored more points during the NHL's highest scoring era. The league goals/game average was way up for the 80's and 90's, and they played more games to boot. The highest scoring year Beliveau played in was his last year, where the average was 6.24 goals/game, over a 78 game schedule. Yzerman played his first 11 years in a higher scoring league, 8 of them with over 7 goals/game, with at least an 80 game schedule.
Yzerman just passed Beliveau in playoff points last year, and has yet to catch him in goals, but he's played 30 more playoff games.
Beliveau > Yzerman