Nice call on Mike Bossy...few people realize he is the only player in NHL history to have scored 50 or more goals in their first 9 seasons....no one, not Gretzky, not Lemieux, no one other than Bossy has achieved that!
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When I was a kid I was able to stay after a Wings game and met quite a few Islanders players. I was a Wings fan, but Mike Bossy was my favorite player. I still have the rookie card he autographed for me. I had several people tell me they were shocked that Billy Smith stopped and chatted with me as he had a reputation or something. I knew he had one on the ice.
I think it helped that I wore an Islanders jersey-style shirt that night.
bobby orr was far more dominant than lemieux, roy or coffey. the guy could kill a full 2 minute penalty by himself with regularity. and +124 will never be equaled again.
When I was a kid I was able to stay after a Wings game and met quite a few Islanders players. I was a Wings fan, but Mike Bossy was my favorite player. I still have the rookie card he autographed for me. I had several people tell me they were shocked that Billy Smith stopped and chatted with me as he had a reputation or something. I knew he had one on the ice.
I think it helped that I wore an Islanders jersey-style shirt that night.
I met Bossy once, about 12 years ago and I was a HUGE Bossy fan, but I felt he came across as a little ignorant, and not very talkative.
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bobby orr was far more dominant than lemieux, roy or coffey. the guy could kill a full 2 minute penalty by himself with regularity. and +124 will never be equaled again.
Not only that, the guy changed the sport of Hockey forever. Before Orr it was unheard of for a defensemen to crash the net or even score that often. I think the guy gets overlooked so often because he did not play that long, but there is not a single person that has completly changed a sport like Orr.
I met Bossy once, about 12 years ago and I was a HUGE Bossy fan, but I felt he came across as a little ignorant, and not very talkative.
Bossy's achievement of 50+ goals per season is absolutely incredible. Pretty cool to know that him and I grew up in the same neighborhood in Laval, Quebec! Never met him though.
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