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Old 05-13-2009, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by clydefrog View Post
newb.


gretzky pts per game 1.93

mario's pts per game 1.88

orr's pts per game 1.83

so your answer is NO......newb.

Points per game...it takes away all the what if's....this is what mario did per game....any way you slice it the answer is no.

newb.

Mario is so much more impressive. Look at those ppg...Mario for his first 6 seasons had no support or help at all really. The Pens were god awful. In fact, Mario allowed total chumps to record 100 point seasons. Which also proves how much easier it was to score in the 80's..where Wayne dominated. Add to the fact Wayne had so much talent around him that could also score 100 plus points a season, at that time, even without him. When you play with Kurri, Messier, Anderson, Coffey among others for that long, and take the skill Wayne had already, with the style of play in the 80's...of course he was gonna record all those points. I believe had Mario played on the same roster, Mario would have recorded better totals.
Mario finally gets his support in the early 90s, but after about 3 seasons plus one major injury and his bout with cancer, the league got so much more difficult to produce points in. It was a miracle practically that guys like Mario and Jagr could come near or top 150 points.

Mario was the man.
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