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Originally Posted by midniteowl
How significant? IDK, I'm old, didn't Selanne scored 76 in his rookie season? That's the clutch and grab era, McDavid scores 60 in his 8th season where it's you touch him you're in the box era.  |
Scoring in general is also up by quite a bit, and goalie save percentages are down across the league.
This isn't as special as they're making it out to be, even if Connor is the best of the current crop.
If he's drafted in the 00s in the time of Robyn Regehrs he probably struggles to come near 40 goals at his peak
The last couple seasons are like the touch football version of ice hockey. Only 2 of 3 guys will even take the body on this guy in a given season.
It's almost a different game entirely, and one catered to entertainment over difficulty, which it used to be