I think the "Will Ovie beat Gretzky" conversation got serious when a 33 year old Ovie scored 51 goals and was about 236 goals away from the record. It seemed like that may have been the end of Ovie's peak, but he may be able to miraculously drag himself to Gretzky's record if he can avoid fading too quickly and injury. Since then, he's scored 151 goals in 233, hit 50 in a season again + Richard trophy and it seems impossible for him to miss now.
Will we have to put an asterix next to his numbers in 15 years when we finally discover the mix of protein powder, HGH, stem-cell juice, ancestral tenants and whatever else those soviet super scientists have been cooking up? What are the odds that he's doing this cleanly? How could he resist the temptation?
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