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looooob · 06-02-2021, 10:15 AM

I don't say this to diminish MacKinnon (at all), he's a wonderful singular talent and I suspect if we were to era adjust some numbers he'd look even better, but in these metrics he also benefits from his relative youth- that makes the Gretzky and Mario numbers even more staggering as it covers a career that includes ageing (Bossy and Orr both retired- sadly- quite young)

I looked at Jari Kurri as one example- an amazing playoff scorer anyways but through about age 25 or 26 he was over 1.6PPG, but that went down in his later years

06-02-2021, 10:15 AM	#8
looooob Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	I don't say this to diminish MacKinnon (at all), he's a wonderful singular talent and I suspect if we were to era adjust some numbers he'd look even better, but in these metrics he also benefits from his relative youth- that makes the Gretzky and Mario numbers even more staggering as it covers a career that includes ageing (Bossy and Orr both retired- sadly- quite young) I looked at Jari Kurri as one example- an amazing playoff scorer anyways but through about age 25 or 26 he was over 1.6PPG, but that went down in his later years