Talk:Mike Bossy

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Per Game Stats

I removed the line about Gretzky's numbers if he had retired after his first ten years. First of all, it's misleading because it's only true if you count the other players' full careers versus Gretzky's first ten years. A simple calculation from the individual player pages shows that Mario would've slightly edged out Gretzky in goals per game for their respective first ten years in the NHL with Bossy not that far behind. Also, it seems pointless to include a purely hypothetical stat (since Gretzky didn't retire after ten years) and particularly one about Gretzky when this page is about Mike Bossy.

Career Stats

I think that we need to add Bossy's career stats to this page. The write up is nice, but stats would make it a bit better.

Accomplishments Section

This section is turning an ad for Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky then subsequently a debate between Gretzky and Lemieux fans. Try to focus it on Bossy and if you are going to compare him to the two favorably don't follow it with three sentences intimating about how they are really way better. In situations like this I find it's always better to just try to keep it as brief as possible, get a succinct summary, and not get into an out of place long off-topic debate. Quadzilla99 21:06, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Saraceno's contribution

Considering how many NHL teams passed on Bossy, I don't see why a reference to Henry Saraceno's unusual role in bringing Bossy to the Islanders organization (he knew him as a youth in Laval and advocated his selection as an Islanders scout in '77) should be reverted and now omitted. It's well substantiated by numerous sources, including "Boss" by Bossy and Barry Meisel, it certainly doesn't run afoul of the NPOV guidelines, and it's certainly more pertinent and relevant to Bossy's career than the section on Wayne Gretzky's subjective evaluation of the man.

Contradiction

FYI, the Mike Bossy article says he was ranked 20th on this list. One of them is wrong. (Oops, meant to put this on the 100 best NHL players list, which claims Bossy was ranked #1. The contradiction applies to this article as well, so whatever)

How can he be a 1st overall pick if he was passed over by several teams: 1st round 15th overall. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.236.13.236 (talk) 03:07, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

goals per game record

"Bossy's dominance is exemplified by his .762 goals-per-game ratio, the best in NHL history." Sorry, but no. Joe Malone had a 1.135 GPG ratio in the NHL (1.389 PPG in the NHL, 1.293 career GPG, 1.530 career PPG). And that's not to mention Newsy Lalonde's 1.265 GPG in the NHL.