Is anybody else either shocked or miffed at how little attention his WHA career is garnering? In the mainstream, non sports media all I keep seeing is his stats from the NHL.
The man did play 6 seasons and win a couple of championships in the WHA. I know some hockey fans take that league as some sort of joke but the truth was it was quality pro hockey and some big names were part of the league.
I just find it poor reporting or perhaps too NHL focused sometimes. I wasn't even born when he retired so its not like I saw him play. I just find it frustrating when we talk about players from that era who played in both leagues and people don't give credit to their accomplishments. I mean Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe have over 900 goals combined and so did #99.
Anyhow, rant over!
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