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Originally Posted by New Era
Not saying to discount those games. Just pointing out this is where the statistical difference comes in. It's kind of like evaluating Sam Gagner and thinking he had a great year points wise until you see he had 8 points in one game. You don't take that game away from him but you also consider it when you evaluate his performance. Gretzky and Lemieux were all world that tournament and deserve all the accolades they got. I just think the depiction of them being heads and tails over the Soviets because of the number of points they scored to be a weak argument. The Soviets played a different style of game and relied on the whole team more so than Canada did. That was reflected in the stats. It is funny, but people seem to forget how close this series was and that it was not the runaway suggested.
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Ummm no. Gretzky and Lemieux came up big when it counted. If you can't see the difference, I can't help you