A quick glance at the numbers ought to tell you a little bit about the superstar hockey player. The superstar player should have numbers that cause eyes to pop, spit-takes to be made.
They all had such numbers.
Bobby Orr, Guy LaFleur, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman.
At any point in any given season, the stat lines on those players were in the stratosphere, compared to their mere mortal colleagues. They were “you gotta be kidding me” numbers.
And by the end of the campaign, it was an easy task to discern the greats from the very goods. The greats had goal totals in the 40s and 50s—sometimes more. The point totals were well into triple digits.
There were the superstar players and then there was everyone else.
Henrik Zetterberg, I’m convinced, must be sandbagging it. He’s a hockey hustler. Paul Newman on skates. We’ll call him Njurunda Fats.
Njurunda is the town in Sweden where “Z” was born, 30 years ago and some change.
Zetterberg is in the prime of his career, but you wouldn’t know it. He must be pacing himself.
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