Most interesting thing about real hockey has to just be the sheer dominance Gretzky had over everyone. I think when realizing that he could have scored 0 goals in his entire career and he still would be the NHL’s leader in points all time goes to show how dominant he was over his peers. Even when looking at individual records. 92 goals in a single season? 163 assists in a single season? 215 points in a single season? The guy had 4 200+ point seasons in his career, the numbers are absolutely insane.

Now, that being said, I do believe he’s going to have one of his records broken, and that is most goals all time. Ovechkin scored a hat trick yesterday and got 800 career goals, making him less than 100 goals away to beating the record. I do believe Gretzky is an outstanding player, but Ovechkin is going to break his goals record. Even if he doesn’t, I still believe Ovi is the greatest goalscorer in NHL history. I