What are mario lemieuxs obstacles?
Mario Lemieux was plagued with any number of “obstacles” throughout his career. Some were self-made, some were just bad luck. Early on in Lemieux’s career, it was obvious he would become a superstar and challenge Wayne Gretzky on a yearly basis for the Hart Trophy and Art Ross Trophy (something Gretzky had a monopoly on already). Interestingly and ironically, it was Gretzky himself that helped Lemieux reach those lofty heights and expectations. Lemieux was developing a reputation of being a selfish, sometimes lazy (especially defensively) player that turned it on when the puck was on his stick and he was having fun, but not much otherwise. In 1983, he rejected an invitation to the Canadian World Junior Championships team because he didn’t want to disrupt the record-setting pace that he was on during his QMJHL season with Laval. Lemieux, to his credit, did in fact break the QMJHL scoring record with an obscene 282 points in 70 games – including a 12 point effort in the last game of the
