Quote:
Originally Posted by blankall
I always found it baffling that Mark Messier didn't stick around just a bit longer to take this record on. Messier was 11 games short.
Really a bit of an empty record when you take into account that Howe also had 419 professional games in the WHA that don't count towards the NHL record.
|
The '04 lockout pretty much ruined his chance at getting that record. Although I can't recall if there was any hype at the time for Messier coming close. It seems that this is one of those ''all-time'' records that doesn't garner as much hype as the points or goals records do.
I know when Jagr signed last season there was a good amount of hype with him approaching the record. I even bought tickets to the Flames vs Knights game on the night he would have broken it (assuming he played every game).