Chris Chelios has looked pretty darn good so far this season, like he just might play until 50, and I seemed to recall he had a chance to catch Gordie Howe's all-time games played mark (1,767).

He can, but it's going to take a full year this season, and another 138 games after that (taking him to age 48).

And no one else is all that close:

		Team	Age	Tenure	GP	Rank	Years to catch Gordie
1	Chris Chelios	Det	45	23	1556	8	2.57
2	Brendan Shanahan	NYR	38	19	1424	19	4.18
3	Glen Wesley	Car	39	19	1387	28	4.63
4	Luke Richardson	Ott	38	19	1346	35	5.13
5	Mark Recchi	Pit	39	18	1345	36	5.15
6	Trevor Linden	Van	37	18	1328	38	5.35
7	Joe Sakic	Col	38	18	1327	39	5.37
8	Rod Brind'Amour	Car	37	17	1273	50	6.02
9	Jeremy Roenick	SJ	37	18	1258	53	6.21
10	Mike Modano	Dal	37	17	1246	60	6.35
11	Mats Sundin	Tor	36	16	1240	62	6.43
12	Martin Gelinas	Nsh	37	18	1223	66	6.63
13	Jaromir Jagr	NYR	35	16	1198	71	6.94
14	Nicklas Lidstrom	Det	37	15	1185	82	7.10
15	Bobby Holik	Atl	36	16	1178	86	7.18
16	Gary Roberts	Pit	41	19	1164	91	7.35
17	Sergei Fedorov	Cmb	37	16	1135	106	7.71
18	Darryl Sydor	Pit	35	15	1104	126	8.09
19	Geoff Sanderson	Edm	35	16	1071	148	8.49
20	Doug Weight	StL	36	15	1070	149	8.50

And that doesn't even include Howe's six years in the WHA.
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