As to Bure.....no defense, but IMO the best PURE scorer ever.
Help me out here, and I don't mean this rudely, but by PURE scorer ever, you mean the best goal scorer out of everyone else that sucked at anything besides scoring goals? (I've only thought of Bure as a fast straight skater to be honest).
I say that because Bure cracked how many 50 goal years? - 2. He topped out at 59 if I have my stats right.
Gretzky however, while not considered a PURE goal scorer (cuz he does everything great), had 9 seasons where he got 50+ goals, topping out at 92. That's almost double what Bure did.
Gretzky is the youngest player to score 50 goals in a season (19 years, two months).
Gretzky has the highest goals-per-game average, one season: 1.18 in 1983-84, 87 goals in 74 games, and has 50 hat tricks. Not bad for a non PURE goal scorer, eh?
By the way, 894 career goals. Anyone else come close? Amazingly, Gretzky was more known as a playmaker than a goal scorer, LoL.
In 83/84, Gretzky had 208 points. 2nd place was 135 (Coffey).
In 84/85, Gretzky had 205 pts. 2nd place had 126 (Kurri).
In 85/86, Gretzky had 215. 2nd place had 141 (Lemieux).
The highest scorers today MAY come close to those second place finishes... But Gretzky was doubling the 10th place scorers in his time. Will Ovechkin even reach 100?
By the way, Gretzky did all of this while being on good teams with good linemates, which according to your logic, means that he would have done that much better if he was on a crappy team. Wow!
Ovechkin couldn't currently hit this guy's league if there were 2 of them on the ice at the same time.
---Crap - I just read it was houseman that lived in Edmonton, not uhockey--- I'll leave my original post, as it's still valid for everyone, but I was mistaken by who originally said it.
By the way, living close to Edmonton doesn't make your points any more valid. You could have grown up with Ovechkin, but it still wouldn't help him reach those stats.
---Crap - I just read it was houseman that lived in Edmonton, not uhockey--- I'll leave my original post, as it's still valid for everyone, but I was mistaken by who originally said it.