overpass
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- Jun 7, 2007
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Bossy gets overrated due to playing entirely in the high scoring era. Most of his 50 goals seasons are more like 40-something goal seasons in an average NHL scoring environment with approximately 3 GPG per team.
When you review the preponderance of the data, it's pretty obvious that Bossy doesn't belong in the conversations he's routinely put into.
Bossy also played in the four line era, on a four line team, for one of the few coaches who expected his stars to play two ways. It was well recognized while Bossy was playing that he could have put up bigger numbers if Al Arbour had given him the chance.