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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Really unfortunate news. Bossy's career was originally cut short by a bad back, and looks like he'll be taken well before he should have as well.
His goals per game average is one record that might just stand the test of time.
Currently he's at 0.762 goals per game with 573 in only 752 games.
The shorter career helps that number for sure. But he was a top notch goal scorer every season he played. 9 straight 50 goal seasons to start his career, I'll be slobberknocked if I see that happen again in my life time.
Can you imagine taking a guy 15th overall, and 2 years later, this guy has 122 goals scored for your team nowadays? Talk about a different era.
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yeah for sure, on the other hand- even for a 'different era' he was one special goal scorer- (I know you aren't implying anything differently)
of course players were drafted at 20 back then, but look at his first season
Lafleur age 26 60
Bossy 20 53
Shutt 25 49
Lanny 24 47
Trottier 21 46
Sittler 27 45
McNab 25 41
Perreault 27 41
Barber 25 41
first off its remarkable that the top 9 goal scorers had 8 HOFers- and this is a group of guys in their PRIMES and he just steps in and smokes (pun intended?) all of them except Lafleur