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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
If Ovechkin played in Bossy's era he might have been a goal/game. I'm barely exaggerating, to consistently score 50 goals in the modern era with goalies as good as they are and the defensive structures coaches use is not an easy task.
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Yup. Here are the most efficient goal scorers
http://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/recor...e-leaders.html
Now in 78-79, there were 7 players with over 100 pt seasons.
8 players with >100pts the next season
12 players in 1981-82
13 the year after
During 1981-82, only 3 goalies had less than 3 GA/A. The Veizna winner was a 2.97 GA/A goaltender!!
Bossy regularly played in a league where there was 7-10 Fifty goal scorers each season. Ovi plays in a league where there's 1-3. Ovi plays in a league where goalies are less than 2GA/A.
The fact that Ovi is remotely as efficient at goal scoring per game as Bossy in today's hockey suggests Ovi is the better pure goal scorer