After bashing Gordie for what I feel tainted his legacy with that 1979-80 farce season of 80 games, now I'm forced to go the other way and stick up for him based on the "games missed by current players because of lockouts" post.
From 1947 thru 1967, Gordie's first season, the schedule only consisted of 70 games compared to the 82 of today, so that's a potential of 220 additional games that Gordie "could have" played if you start down the comparing eras path, which I think is a pointless pursuit in almost every case.
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