Gretzky definitely benefited from playing against 80s goalies who basically had newspapers wrapped around their legs. The modern game caught up to him in a big way
Well, was goals really his strength?
He did 53 assists that season.
In total Wayne was almost 2 PPG.
Ovie 1.
Everyone knows Gretzky was famous for his goal scoring ability and not assists, duh
I remember seeing a stat when Ovi broke the record this season that he had 321 PPG and 5 SHG to Gretzky’s 204 PPG and 73 SHG.
73 shorties is just an insane stat.
For all of Gretz greatness, OV is the greatest scorer of all time and it’s not even debatable
Russian machine never breaks.
I’ve called him Alexander The Great since his rookie year
Gretzky was more than goals. Ovi will never come close to any of his other records. Wayne is still the GOAT
Give Wayne that stick he prob scores more too
The great once started gambling and hitting the bottle at the end.
I think the game out paced Gretzky right?
Ovechkin came in as the 1% of the 1% and slowed down like 20%~40% as time rolled on and as he degraded but the game didn’t change in such a significant way so his metrics didn’t crumble.
I feel like when Gretzky entered the league as the 0.1% of the 1%. He changed hockey significantly right? And the game caught up to him.
There will never be another like Ovi! Plus he’s a hitting machine
Both these guys are trash.
Because Gretzky’s back was seriously injured 6 years earlier, accelerating his decline and leading to his retirement.
If he didn’t get injured then his records would have been that much crazier.
According to Gretz he just had great teammates that made him look good.
HGH is an underrated tool for current athletes.
There is no chance that OVi hasn’t taken performance enhancing drugs in his career.
It’s like LeBron there is a 100 % chance that dude has taken HGH. How does an 18 year old kid already have full grown man muscle the answer is HGH. OVI was 240lbs of muscle at 18 years old. This is similar to the MLB Bonds, McGuire and Sosa situation with the MLB but the NHL doesn’t want that kind of negative press so they sweep this shit under the rug. Is OVI’s goal record impressive of course it is but should it come with an asterisk I say yes.
You can’t compare the eras.
That’s what happens when you use HGH and park at top of the circle
Gretzky had to skate
I guess modern steroids and other PEDs are really effective
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Physically Ovi is just an animal in comparison.
Gretzky definitely benefited from playing against 80s goalies who basically had newspapers wrapped around their legs. The modern game caught up to him in a big way
Well, was goals really his strength?
He did 53 assists that season.
In total Wayne was almost 2 PPG.
Ovie 1.
Everyone knows Gretzky was famous for his goal scoring ability and not assists, duh
I remember seeing a stat when Ovi broke the record this season that he had 321 PPG and 5 SHG to Gretzky’s 204 PPG and 73 SHG.
73 shorties is just an insane stat.
For all of Gretz greatness, OV is the greatest scorer of all time and it’s not even debatable
Russian machine never breaks.
I’ve called him Alexander The Great since his rookie year
Gretzky was more than goals. Ovi will never come close to any of his other records. Wayne is still the GOAT
Give Wayne that stick he prob scores more too
The great once started gambling and hitting the bottle at the end.
I think the game out paced Gretzky right?
Ovechkin came in as the 1% of the 1% and slowed down like 20%~40% as time rolled on and as he degraded but the game didn’t change in such a significant way so his metrics didn’t crumble.
I feel like when Gretzky entered the league as the 0.1% of the 1%. He changed hockey significantly right? And the game caught up to him.
There will never be another like Ovi! Plus he’s a hitting machine
Both these guys are trash.
Because Gretzky’s back was seriously injured 6 years earlier, accelerating his decline and leading to his retirement.
If he didn’t get injured then his records would have been that much crazier.
According to Gretz he just had great teammates that made him look good.
HGH is an underrated tool for current athletes.
There is no chance that OVi hasn’t taken performance enhancing drugs in his career.
It’s like LeBron there is a 100 % chance that dude has taken HGH. How does an 18 year old kid already have full grown man muscle the answer is HGH. OVI was 240lbs of muscle at 18 years old. This is similar to the MLB Bonds, McGuire and Sosa situation with the MLB but the NHL doesn’t want that kind of negative press so they sweep this shit under the rug. Is OVI’s goal record impressive of course it is but should it come with an asterisk I say yes.
You can’t compare the eras.
That’s what happens when you use HGH and park at top of the circle
Gretzky had to skate
I guess modern steroids and other PEDs are really effective