Islesin93*
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What would his stats look like, what would his ending career stats look like?
What would his stats look like, what would his ending career stats look like?
Do you mean in NBA?Well considering we dont really have any generational offensive talents in the league. He would score much more than anyone else, just not as dominate as he used to be. I think 140 to 160 average points per game.
Right about where I have him.Prime Gretzky in todays NHL?
70+ goals and 170+ points seems reasonable to me.
Yeah, it would seems definetly like this if we transfer eighties Gretzky to todays NHL.Prime Gretzky probably. 65 goals 90 assists consistently. Beast year like 70 goals 100 assists.
I don't even want to think about Lemieux in this era.
this is basically opposite of my view. i think the NHL is more physical than it was, especially for a player like gretzky who could always find open ice.I think he could hit 200 points multiple seasons. The game is so much softer and cleaner now. It favors his game more.
i would expect something like 40-50g, 90-120a.
i don't think gretzky's wrist shot was strong enough to beat goalies regularly, despite his accuracy. he scored huge numbers of goals with his preferred slapshot, but there is much less time and space to use the slapshot, and goalies no longer allow unscreened slapshots every game.
position on the ice is more important than having a great shot, but gretzky also may have avoided contact more than any player i have ever seen, and there is much less open ice now.
i think he would be more of a perimeter playmaker. i don't think his playmaking would be as restricted, and would still provide a huge amount of offense.
also depends on TOI. gretzky and other stars often played around 30 minutes.
this is basically opposite of my view. i think the NHL is more physical than it was, especially for a player like gretzky who could always find open ice.
Still think he could hit 200 points if he was in his prime. The way the rules have changed, the lack of clutch and grab, no red line, more PPs...yeah. Gretzky would have a field day.
I would guess an average of 170 during his peak seasons. I can't imagine Gretzky only getting between 80-100 assists though... that's Sedin/Thornton/Crosby territory. I would guess 110-120 assists for Gretzky and 50-60 goals.
Well hockey players were so bad back in the day and everything nowdays is better, so he'd probably be around 30-40 points.
Why do people have to think with extremes?
Why do people have to think with extremes?
Either the NHL players suck now and Gretzky could score 200 Pts?
or
The NHL players in the old days sucked and Gretzky could only manage 40 Pts?
How about people think with a reasonable and open-mind?
Gretzky, Lemieux would still be dominant but even for them 160+ Pts would be very hard to pull off in today's NHL.
Why does a player have to win an Art Ross by 40-70 Pts to be considered dominant?
What if the days of winning the Art Ross by more than 20 Pts are long gone, maybe the days of 70 goals and 160+ Pts are also long gone?
Can't people accept this?
The "new players" don't suck now just like how the "old players" didn't suck either.
Different time, different game.