The Edmonton Oilers don’t need convincing that Connor McDavid is the best in the world and a once-in-a-lifetime player. He shows it night after night, and made another example of it by recording his 1000th point in just his 659th match.

The Oilers superstar’s feat makes him the fourth fastest in NHL history to reach that record, joining legendary company that includes Mario Lemieux, Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky.

According to former NHL goaltender and analyst Martin Biron, McDavid has the chance to continue to climb in a way that Bossy and Lemieux haven’t been able to. Chat with Jay Onrait on TSNhe boldly asserted that McDavid would finish his career as the second all-time NHL scorer.

“I think he’ll be second,” he said. “When you look at Connor McDavid, he’s only 27 years old. He’s still got a lot of hockey left in his career and he’ll finish second.”

Gretzky is the NHL’s all-time leading scorer and will likely never see his record broken. Bossy and Lemieux had their careers cut short due to injuries and robbed them of the chance to go higher despite such absurd starts to their careers.

Biron went on to explain how confident that he is in McDavid’s ability to maintain that pace long enough to surpass legendary players like Ron Francis, Gordie Howe, Mark Messier and Jaromir Jagr to sit behind Gretzky on the NHL’s all-time scoring list. He even believes the Oilers captain could join The Great One as the second player to record 2,000 points or more.

“I think McDavid has a lot of room to climb the points table and become only the second NHL player to reach 2,000 points,” he said.

To the rhythm McDavid already been defined, this is unlike anything the NHL has seen in the modern era. Biron’s expectations may be bold and optimistic, but if the Oilers superstar can continue to play the dominant hockey he already has in his first 10 seasons over the next 10, Gretzky will have new company on the leaderboard all-time scorers.

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