jiggs 10
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I.am.ca said:What about the fact that he had a goon playing on his line so no one would touch him.
Who can't score if they have that much space during those days?
I'll stick with Mario, yeah he is a big guy at 6'4'', but 6' isn't small either. If Gretz had no goon on his line, i'd like to see how his back and body would have held up.
No arguments that Gretzky is awesome unselfish player, but you have to realize that he had alot of guys watching his back on his own line, guys that would never be on a top line on any other team like Semenko.
Are you insane? If Gretz had had a real SCORER on his line instead of Cementhead, his scoring totals would have been 200 points higher! Dave Cementhead couldn't put the puck in the ocean off of a short pier! Had Gretzky had the kind of help Lafleur had (Steve Shutt-HOF'er, Lamaire-HOF'er, etc.) in his early years, he would have scored at least 200 more points n his career, and probably 70 more goals, which would put him at around 950 career goals. Mario doesn't even have 700, and he's getting close to Gretz in games played. His PPG has gone below Gretzky's (again) after his last few HORRIBLE seasons after retirement.