[10-FEB-2017] #NickyWatch... creeping up on 700 career points!

Faithful sidekick Nicklas Bäckström has 699 career points! That puts him at 228th overall, all time. With his next point, he will reach the 700 point plateau. His 699th point came in his 707th game, making him very nearly a point-per-game player, career-long! If we put Bäckström at roughly a point per game, he should finish the season with ~82 points. With 55 games played, if we start with his 642 total from last year and add 82 to that, we get ~724. 

There are three active players in the block that Bäckström is currently in: Patrick Kane, Anže Kopitar, and Corey Perry. 

#205....Bob Nevin..............726 P.....1128 GP.....1957-1976
#206....Kevin Stevens..........726 P......874 GP.....1987-2002
#207....Dave Babych............723 P.....1195 GP.....1980-1999
#208....Petr Sýkora............721 P.....1017 GP.....1995-2012
#209....Alexei Zhamnov.........719 P......807 GP.....1992-2006
#210....Dave Gagner............719 P......946 GP.....1984-1999
#211....Martin Straka..........717 P......954 GP.....1992-2008
#212....Petr Nedvěd............716 P......982 GP.....1990-2007
#213....Patrick Kane...........716 P......713 GP.....2007-present
#214....Anže Kopitar...........716 P......813 GP.....2006-present
#215....George Armstrong.......713 P.....1187 GP.....1951-1970
#216....Žigmund (Ziggy) Pálffy.713 P......684 GP.....1993-2006
#217....Vic Hadfield...........712 P.....1002 GP.....1961-1977
#218....Charlie Simmer.........711 P......712 GP.....1974-1988
#219....Doug Mohns.............710 P.....1390 GP.....1953-1975
#220....Marc Savard............706 P......807 GP.....1997-2011
#221....Corey Perry............703 P......860 GP.....2005-present
#222....Bobby Rousseau.........703 P......942 GP.....1960-1975
#223....Robert Lang............703 P......989 GP.....1992-2010
#224....Rene Robert............702 P......744 GP.....1970-1982
#225....Richard Martin.........701 P......685 GP.....1971-1982
#226....Mel Bridgman...........701 P......977 GP.....1975-1989
#227....Geoff Sanderson........700 P.....1104 GP.....1990-2008
#228....Nicklas Bäckström......699 P......707 GP.....2007-present

Tomorrow, the bio of Geoff Sanderson...