40 goals? That was 10th most that season. And there have been 26 seasons in which 10 or more players have scored 40 goals. History will forget that.
History is littered with guts who have done this.
4th in team points on a single championship team? That is forgettable. Zero game winners (teammates had 7,3,3). 6th in team assists. Really secondary footnote to a franchise thing. Not even newsworthy leaguewide at the time it happened. History will be indifferent.
This is one significant thing. Though that year's World Cup is not as remembered as 1998 and is more on par with the 1984 Canada Cup. Who was MVP of the 1984 Canada Cup? John Tonelli. How many hockey fans today even know what position he played??????????? He won the Canada Cup MVP, was top 6 in team playoff scoring (63 pts) for a 4-cup dynasty, was a Selke finalist, scored 42 goals, had 93- and 100-point seasons, a two-time 2nd team NHL all star and some would classify him (now, looking back historically) as a nobody, at least in any conversation of stars in hockey history.