In 06-07, Ovechkin was already an absolute machine and was 4th in the NHL in goals, with 46. Teemu Selanne had 48. Jaromir Jagr had 123 points. Sakic was 40 years old, and had 100 points.
Selanne was a point per game player until 2011.
Gretzky played with all of those guys, and everyone agrees he was on a different level.
So it’s tough for me to square that with the claims that Gretzky would be anything other than dominant in the modern era. Unless people think there’s been a radical step-change in the NHL since 2011, which I don’t think has been the case.
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