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Originally Posted by flamesgod
Gretzky also had the luxury of shooting against terrible goalies the first part of his career.
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It's all relative in a lot of ways. Perhaps the goalies were not the greatest but the goalies then had to deal with things that today's goalies just don't.
Everything is different, nobody could touch Gretzky in terms of sheer dominance. Sometimes it's hard to wrap your head around the level of dominance compared to his peers. #2 all time is Jagr and played until 46 years old. Statistically speaking, almost a non factor. Gretzky has 50% more points. You can't find that gap in other sports.
The craziest way to look at it is taking away all of Gretzky's 894 goals, he still has more points than Jagr. When your #1 in something, have that taken out, and still #1, it's wild. In a hypothetical business comparison, if the #1 energy company in the world Saudi Aramco stopped selling oil, but still gas and was still #1 in revenue vs Exxon Mobile, you can't compare.
Ovi may break the record but everything is pointing to having an insane amount of help in the way the game has changed to assist with that too. 3 on 3 OT? The #1 scorer and passer in the game would have ended almost every single game.
Love Ovi though