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Let’s look at what career accomplishments Selanne might achieve in 2012-13

Teemu Selanne

As we previously reported, Selanne has decided to put off his retirement for at least one more season and sign a one-year, $4.5 million deal with the Anaheim Ducks.

He’s currently the oldest active player in the NHL at 42, but he seems to be immune the aging process that mere mortals like us experience. Last season he had 26 goals and 66 points in 82 games and reached the 1,400 career points mark in the process. So what other accomplishments could he add to his Hall of Fame-worthy career?

Let’s take a look...

-- If Selanne can stay relatively healthy and play in at least 59 games, then he’ll become either the 32nd, 33rd, or 34th member of the 1,400 games club. Jaromir Jagr will enter the season with a five game lead on him and Roman Hamrlik is just 21 contests away.

-- Selanne currently ranks 19th with 1,406 career points. If he gets even 20 points next season, he would surpass Bryan Trottier and claim sole possession of 15th place on the All-Time list. After that, Stan Mikita currently holds 14th place with 1,467 points, so Selanne would need another season comparable to his 2011-12 campaign to beat him.

-- Selanne is already the Ducks’ career leader in points, but with 63 more he’ll become the first Anaheim player to record 1,000 points while wearing their uniform.

-- Selanne needs to find the back of the net just five times to tie Luc Robitaille, who currently ranks 10th on the All-Time goals list with 668. The wrinkle is that Jagr has 665 career goals, so it will be a race between the two aging superstars to see who can surpass Robitaille first.

Mario Lemieux is ninth with 690 goals, Steve Yzerman ranks eighth with 692, and Mark Messier has 694 goals. All three of those legends are within reach, although obviously Jagr or Selanne would need to have a great season to surpass any of them.

-- Selanne also currently ranks fourth with 248 career power-play goals, which is just one shy of Phil Esposito and third place.

-- Selanne isn’t nearly as high up in the assists charts, but he’s just seventh away from becoming the 42nd player to ever reach the 750 assists milestone. Joe Thornton became the 41st member of that club last season.