The most impressive thing to me is that today's goaltenders are so much better today than at any other time in NHL history. Not to take anything away from Gretzky or any other player from that era but if you look at his 80's highlights it's laughable how bad the goaltending was in the 80's relative to today. The goaltenders were small, equipment was small, and a lot of them played a stand up style that led to a lot of net to shoot at.
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