VanIslander
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Bourque is clearly #1 dman in NHL career shots."Teams are built around game breaking offensive talents. The only defenseman that fits that bill is Orr unfortunately".
That may be my dumb quote of the day. Apparently, guys such as Bourque and Coffey (both top 16 in points playing dman) are not "game breaking offensive talents".
The only forward with more (a position from which one should shoot more)... is OV.
To be clear: Bourque has more than 1000 shots over #2 MacInnis (harder shot, but Raymond's more legendary accurate a.ka. owning many 4-corner shots ); Bourque has nearly 2000 shots over #3 Coffey.
(There have been about 80 games a year, if healthy; do the math. Ray has been otherworldly in putting shots on net.)
That said, Bourque often defensively put shots on net from downtown to end turnovers against and initiate line changes.
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