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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
It's tough - where do you draw the line on longevity.
Even if you don't have a great top end (best season he was 4th in goals and 9th in points), you have to have some reward for being able to play at a high level for a very long time.
Even if he wasn't great at his peak the 640 goals have to be rewarded and are very impressive.
What I also find funny is that we keep hearing this about Andreychuk today but Recchi wasn't much different.
Andreychuk - GP:1639 G: 640 P:1338 P/G:0.82
Recchi: GP: 1652 G:577 P:1533 P/G:0.93
Recchi had a higher peak and better points per game but also had the benefit of playing with prime Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Eric Lindros, & Sidney Crosby.
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There was a reddit thread on Recchi this morning, and my view was the same there: Recchi will eventually get in because of counting stats, not because he was elite. Just like Andreychuk and a multitude of guys already in there.