Slitty
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- Oct 23, 2005
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He would have been in a Soviet system that stifled creativity and may have not had the freedom to develop his game as it ended up.
Actually, I think that his ancestors were from eastern Europe somewhere.
Now correct me if I am wrong, but the general impression that Soviet hockey left upon me is that of being incredibly creative in terms of emphasis on both individual skill and imaginative combinational team play. If anything, Gretzky would have thrived to even greater heights in Soviet style hockey.