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Originally Posted by Locke
And goaltenders are significantly better.
Also, McDavid lead the Oilers in scoring with 100 points, Eberle was third with 51. Thats a pretty sheer drop.
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Goaltending is far better. There is greater depth on each team because we are actually getting good europeans and there's no more Iron Curtain. Coaches and systems are far better then the Gretzky era, and players are just flat out better skating wise. Instead of facing a team with 2 decent lines and 3 decent defensemen and two lines filled with tough guys and bad skaters and 3 defensemen who can't skate backwards. You are facing a line where all 18 skaters are very good.
Hell even Gretzky wouldn't get 200 points in this era.