Imagine if a player who had scored 147goals in his first 3 NHL seasons didn't suffer a major knee injury. Sure he recovered enough to be a HOF player, but he was scoring like he could have been better than Lemieux until that injury.
At one point Detroit offered Yzerman for him(after Stevie Y destroyed his knee) and the flames said no.
That's how good Nieuwy was. If you think ovechkin could score goals, joe was historically superior!
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