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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
And yet no one else was able to do what he did.
It is impossible to compare eras, there are things for and against each side. Instead, I think the thing to look at is how far ahead of their contemporaries they were. And no one has dominated their era like he did.
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Probably a little easier to create separation when the next best players are working part-time jobs, and Ovechkin is playing with elite athletes.
Scoring 92 and 200 points is very impressive, but if Gretzky was shooting those muffins on today's goalies no way he scores 92.