Despite all of his accomplishments and accolades, was Mario Lemieux a "what if?"
Now, when I asked the question "What makes Wayne Gretzky the undisputed GOAT of hockey?", some of y'all said that Super Mario was on Wayne's level or even better and that injuries and disease impacted his chance of becoming the GOAT. Does that make him somewhat a "what if?" I'm not saying, like, an Eric Lindros-kind of what if? I'm saying, like, a Mickey Mantle-kind of what if?: A top ten player ever despite everything, but injuries or factors not in his control (and, in Mantle's case, personal issues) really hurt his chance to become THE GOAT.
u/BigRedBoiler — 6 days ago