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Originally Posted by seamonster
Man would have scored 60 goals this year, at age 39.
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He's a great goal scorer. The best, per career stats. but in almost every other metric, Gretsky is the GOAT, and it's not terribly close. Just looking at season pts, Ovi's had 4 seasons over 100 pts. Gretsky has 17 seasons over 100 pts.
4 seasons over 200 pts.
Case closed.
Edit: Ovi's had one season over 60 goals. Gretsky has 5.
And just to be clear, I'm applauding Ovi breaking Gretsky's total goals record as much as anyone. It's great for hockey, and I like Alex both as a plyer and as a hockey character. The game and the fans will miss him when he's gone.
But he's not the greatest offensive player to ever play in the NHL. He's just not.