He’s been blessed by great health and longevity. That said, if he had played in Gretzky’s era, he’d probably have 1300-1400 goals at this point.
Why not? It’s a free message board. The OT threads are the best threads on this board and for Pitt football discussion, Fifth and Forbes is a good and better option.
Gretzky has more assist than anyone will likely ever have total points so it’s kinda a silly threshold
I think provincial people will say Crosby all the way and minimize Ovey’s greatness. For me I’m comfortable enough saying they they are two different players who came into the league together and were both great. That said, there’s a limitation in Ovey’s game that made him a career winger.
The guy defines offensive power in hockey. I know that it’s an exaggeration, but It seems as though at least 40% of his goals were against the Penguins. He feasted on that wicked shot from the point - especially on power plays.
he'll pass Gordie howe up here in a week. He will need at least two more years to pass Wayne up in goals..
I knew Gretzky's total point record is safe, but it does sound like Ovi has a very real shot at the goal record if it will only take about 2-3 more seasons.
yeah, only 84 away. he's got 20 goals in 30 games.. he keeps that pace, that's 2 years (not including this one)
well, we're talking about goals though. and he is within striking distance of passing gretzy as the top goal-scorer of all time. I hope he does. not sure what assists has to do with that.
Yeah that was my point earlier in the thread. If guys like Teemu Selanne and Brett Hull were putting up 80 goal seasons, Ovey would have averaged 80 goals per season over a long period of time. He’d have a couple hundred more goals.
Mike Bossy is definitely an underrated and unfairly forgotten talent for sure. I began enjoying hockey in his heyday…as an opposing fan, his sniping ability was fearsome. As his other teammates of course. That certainly helped him, as good teammates helped Gretzky and … well not so much Mario early on, but eventually.
Ahh....but the year he had Hodgkins and had to sit out 20 games...
And a better team for the first half of his career.
Ummmmm.......Mario IS mentioned in the same breath as Gretzky. Pretty much acknowledged the 3 greatest players of all time are Gretzky, Mario and Orr. And most people will even say, doesn't matter the order. Those are the three.
I agree. The difference is essentially no one outside of Pittsburgh thinks Lemieux was the best ever. Hard to argue as Wayne has scoreboard. But Mario’s health robbed him of that kind of immortality. We know that. But most of the world doesn’t.
There are casual Penguin fans under 25 who think Sidney Crosby is the better player. Nothing against Sid, he is top 5 all time in most polls. But Mario was at least the most talented player and definitely one of the 3 best.
Those heartbreaking playoffs we had with them with victory legitimately in sight but ultimately lost, were early scars on my youthful soul. Would have been close to the 1980 Olympic team. Well maybe not that dramatic. But good upsets.
