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Originally Posted by vilzeh
I totally believe it was easier to score goals back then, just simply because the games these days are defensive minded and the goaltenders have bigger pads.
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Did you watch the dead puck era? Not to be snarky, just curious.
And if it was easier to score in 1996, why didn't a bunch of those players who would go on to lead the league in scoring after Lemeiux and Jagr left put up huge numbers either? When Selanne at 26 is putting up 100 points in 1995 and a 37 Selanne is putting up 95 points in 2007, can you really say it was much more difficult? Again, you can do this with a lot of the top players. There's not much evidence to suggest it was easier to score in 1996 compared to 2006. Goals per game were near identical.