Preston
MBow30 alt account
Nah I fully expect Leafy things to happen. The Mario thing still doesn't make much sense to this day.Not replaced by David Ayers?
Nah I fully expect Leafy things to happen. The Mario thing still doesn't make much sense to this day.Not replaced by David Ayers?
Favorite is the right word for me. Favorite player to watch.Lemieux is my best ever.
There was nobody more dominant, ever. Part of it was that he was naturally just huge and strong, but yet also fast, and skilled beyond even the imagination. Favorite, but also best.Favorite is the right word for me. Favorite player to watch.
I love his record of scoring a goal every possible way in a single game. 5 goals.
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Never done before or since. Some games he was just God like on the ice.
This is more speculation than anything else, but even if true, probably 95% of players back then did the same thing anyway. The injuries were likely more about dmen hacking and crosschecking their hearts out with no penalties called back then, against the most dangerous guy in the league, waterskiing off his back like some of the old clips will show. The guy was manhandled every single game, and there was no McSorley to stand in the way of it.Part of performance is durability though. I mean, part of the reason he had back injuries is because he considered off season training to be golfing an additional 18 holes and cutting back to just one pack a day of smokes. It's not like his back injuries were a style of play issue, he was as contact averse as Gretzky was, just bigger.
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It was pretty close but Mario was #1.
Mario also played less past his prime games though.
Gretzky was nailed to the bench on penalty kills.
This is more speculation than anything else, but even if true, probably 95% of players back then did the same thing anyway.
The injuries were likely more about dmen hacking and crosschecking their hearts out with no penalties called back then, against the most dangerous guy in the league, waterskiing off his back like some of the old clips will show. The guy was manhandled every single game, and there was no McSorley to stand in the way of it.
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Matthews is technically tied for 10th.
But the "no touching Gretz" rule. Don't forget.But not Gretzky. Gretzky did about as much off season training (a mixture of on ice and playing other sports) as anyone from that era.
I mean, you can't talk about speculation out of one side of your mouth and then speculate out of the other side. Like every other team during that era, Pittsburgh had fighters on their roster too.
Another point for Gretz: he was so good that became the all time shg leader without ever playing the pk.
But the "no touching Gretz" rule. Don't forget.
His stride was so smooth it looked like he was being lazy then he blows by players. Truly gifted.There was nobody more dominant, ever. Part of it was that he was naturally just huge and strong, but yet also fast, and skilled beyond even the imagination. Favorite, but also best.
If there was Semenko wouldn't have had a career.There was no rule.
Mario was ridiculous. That first game back against the Leafs after retirement is burned into my memory. The fucker was past his prime, hadn't even played in 3 years and no one could touch him. And he played with Jagr and Francis. Just not fair.