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Originally Posted by looooob
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
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But doesnt his age actually make it all the more impressive?
He needs to do it for a number of more years to stay among the group listed, but thus far he is off the charts in his ability to be the best player every time he hits the ice in a playoff game.
I know during my lifetime I can count on one hand the number of players that have stood out to me like he does. I dont have a big recollection of Orr (but have heard from opposition players how overwhelmed they were with him) because of age and never saw Richard in his heyday. But i was there for all of Lemieux, Gretzky (ugh) and Bossy.
Mackinnon is on that hand and has been for 3 years now.
Goaltenders rarely get mentioned in these things either, but 3 stand out above all others for me and should be at least on a parallel list.