Ruggs225
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I do not know which stats say what but as much as I hated to admit it Bossy was that special as a goal scorer. Gretz was probably the best player of all time but Bossy was probably the best pure goal scorer I ever saw play. He just had incredible sniper ability. Natural goal scoring instincts. I never would have admitted that from 1978 till around 2000. It was so annoying lol![]()
And yet gretzky routinely had more goals than him the years they played in the league together. For all this pure goal scoring ability bossy only led the league in goals 2 years i think. Gretzky led the other 6 years they played in the league together.
I mean the reason why bossy holds that record is because he only played 10 years and didnt play into his late 30’s like gretzky did. Lets not pretend that he would have had the same numbers if he played another 8- 10 years. He wouldnt, they would almost assuredly be lowerHow about GPG over their careers? Mike Bossy is highest in NHL history.
2nd is Gretzky right? No, it's Lemiuex.
Gretzky next? Nope. "Modern NHL" - Bure, Matthews, Ovechkin and then Gretzky.
I'll say this - Gretzky's back issues did bring his goal production down, for sure.
But so did Bossy's.
And the stats backed this up. If gretzky reited the same year has bossy, gretzky would have the highest gpg. If gretzky retired after 10 seasons like bossy, he would have had the highest gpg not Bossy.
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