Meh. 1996 NHL season. Lemieux puts up a 189 point pace. This is against Brodeur, Roy and Hasek. They are no match for Brian Elliot, but they were okay goalies.
This was after his back surgery and that little cancer thing.
Say what you want about Gretzky vs Lemieux...they were close, so if out of prime Lemieux could do it so could in his prime Gretzky (Gretzky also played in the clutch and grab era and did fine for his age). And Lemieux was dominate against players who played with and against Crosby so we do have a baseline to compare. Like Sakic for example....or Jagr.
Crosby is closer to Sakic than Lemieux.
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