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Leafs winning the stanley cup
A-Rod hiting 1000 hrs
Crosby scoring 2500 points

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Rickey Henderson's acceptance speech, duh.

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JesusTapDancingChrist, that is going to be something. Shame on me and everyone else for not thinking of this first.

I can only imagine...

"The Baseball Hall of Fame was already great. Today, Rickey is going to make it that much greater. Rickey announces, on this stage, that Rickey has decided the accept the invitation, given to Rickey, to join the Hall of Fame."

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A-Rod, Woods, and Federer are of chief interest for me.

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Any chance Ricky slides into the mic?

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Sidney Crosby/Alex Ovechkin/John Tavares challenging Gretzky's career records

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Don't hold your breath. Gretzky played in a different era, and with hockey's current offensive climate, his numbers are pretty untouchable.

894 goals, 1963 assists, 2857 points.

Crosby had 36 goals, 84 assists, for 120 points which led the league this past year. He could do that every year for the next two decades and not touch the Great One.

Edit: Not reading the entire thread before posting a response ftw.

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Seeing if Philadelphia wins a championship at anything.

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Seeing if Philadelphia wins a championship at anything.

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Hey, the Philadelphia Wings and Philadelphia Kixx have multiple championships. And so does our outdoor lacrosse team, I don't even know what they're called, but I think they've won the last two.

So, there!

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Finding out how many rings Brady ends up with by the time he ends his career

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With the Patriots - 3
With the Bears - 15

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Finding out how many rings Brady ends up with by the time he ends his career

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With the Patriots - 3*

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Sidney Crosby was 19 years old last season. You think he's topped out at 130 points?

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Of course not. But Gretzky wasn't a 130 point scorer until he was a has been. (PS, Gretzky was 19 until halfway through the 81 season, when he scored 164 points.)
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He will not approach any of Gretzky's single season records. However, I do expect him to average 160-170 points a season for the prime of his career,

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Complete list of all players in the history of the NHL who have scored 160 points in a season:

Wayne Gretzky (9 times)
Mario Lemiuex (4 times)

Not to say that Crosby isn't as talented as those two. Everyone says he is. But they did that in a much higher scoring era.

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and if his career lasts longer than Gretzky's,

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Gretzky had a really long career (21 years).