Frightened Inmate #2
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The difference is that the game that was played was different. When Denneny played there was another player on the ice (a rover), no forward passing was permitted in the attacking zone, and the puck could not have been passed back into the defensive zone. The game was filled with rules such as these which change the entire landscape of the game. it is pointless to compare players such as Denneny to those of today because they played a different game.
Furthermore a good point is raised about a number of peageus sucha s the Pacific Cost Hockey Association, the Western Canadian Hockey League, the Western Hockey League, the Ontario Professional Hockey League, and a number more that existed at the time. The NHL was just one of these leagues, and if you are saying that it was the only true league then it would be you that didn't know your history.
Were they great in their day yes, but I have a hard time judging players like that in comparison to those of today, especially since there is no footage of them, and really there is no accurate way to understand the statistics (no matter what your views on that are).
Furthermore a good point is raised about a number of peageus sucha s the Pacific Cost Hockey Association, the Western Canadian Hockey League, the Western Hockey League, the Ontario Professional Hockey League, and a number more that existed at the time. The NHL was just one of these leagues, and if you are saying that it was the only true league then it would be you that didn't know your history.
Were they great in their day yes, but I have a hard time judging players like that in comparison to those of today, especially since there is no footage of them, and really there is no accurate way to understand the statistics (no matter what your views on that are).