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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Lemieux probably has the single greatest season ever and would have broken 200 points with his 92-93 season.
69 goals and 160 points in 60 games in a season where he was undergoing treatment for Leukeimia!
He still won the scoring title by 12 points over Pat Lafontaine (148 in 84 games).
And if he doesn't miss 24 games while undergoing cancer treatment then he probably breaks Gretzky's single season goal and points records.
His pace that season was 96 goals and 224 points if he played all 84 games that season.
Gretzky and Lemieux were in a class of their own, and likely would still be in a class of their own. But I would actually argue that Lemieux's size, skating, and skill would actually make his play translate better to the current game than Gretzky would potentially, but both would still be elite
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In terms of the Lemieux / Gretzky comparisons...from 84/85 (Lemieux rookie season) to 97/98 Gretzky's last season over a p/gp) they were so far beyond everyone else in the NHL.
Gretzky: 1881 points in 1024 games - 1.84 points per game
Lemieux: 1494 point in 746 games - 2.01 points per game
Nobody else eclipsed 1.4 points per game in that time frame.
We will never know but if not for cancer and the back injuries there is a chance that Lemieux would have already surpassed some of Gretzky's career records.
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Mario didn’t have leukaemia