PURE sniper
C Gilles- B Trottier- M Bossy ...not a bad line, eh?
In NHL history,
he is the only player to score 50 goals 9 straight years
goals per game (minimum 200 goals scored) in NHL history;
M Bossy- 0.76
M Lemieux - 0.75
The Rest
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“You think of Mike Bossy,” said Hall of Fame Oilers defenceman Paul Coffey, “you think of just a pure, pure goal scorer. A great hockey player who always knew where the net was.
“On his stick, off his stick,” marvelled Coffey. “He didn't have a piercing shot like a Brett Hull, or even Guy Lafleur. But I don’t think Mike ever missed the net.”
“Mike was such a smart player. His hockey sense is off the charts,” admired Coffey. “He would stay just far enough away from the defenceman that you couldn’t go that high up into the deep slot to take him. He would get into that area where you were like, ‘Should I stay back and defend in front of my net?' And then everything was on his stick, on the net.
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“I love you, Mike”: Trottier launched this moving phrase while paying tribute to number 22.
A week before Bossy's departure, swept away by lung cancer, Trottier visited his former right winger at his home in Rosemère. He spent two days in Quebec, the time to say a last goodbye.
"My heart is with his family," Trottier said in a telephone interview with
Le Journal on Friday morning. It's a sad day for me, but I think even more of his wife, daughters and two granddaughters. My heart is heavy. Mike was a great man for several reasons. A family man. We are losing a great man.”
“I had a unique bond with Mike on the ice, but also off the ice. There was a truly magical bond between us.........There isn't a better scorer in the history of hockey than Mike."
RIP
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