alanschu
Registered User
When has anybody ever quantified just how important weight lifting is to a hockey player, on this thread?
Everyone is just assuming I'm saying it means turning Steve Thomas into Maurice Richard. I've never said anything like that. But everyone jumps to conclusions.
I'm going to wear out this smiley.
You seem to be the one insisting how important it is. All the while ignoring some pretty darn important things like anticipation and the ability to read the play.
As for their level of dominance, I don't know of too many people on this thread that expected Gretzky to still score at the exact same rate as he did in the 80s. Though scoring at a 2.2 pt/game clip (the number you provided) is still a 180 point season, which is pretty freaking impressive. It's funny though. You said you couldn't see Gretzky scoring 190 points, but have no problems claiming he would probably score 180, like it's a world of difference. It's a damn impressive point total, and is far and away dominating the league.
Given that there was a post in this thread (not by you) that Bobby Orr wouldn't even be playing in the AHL if he were zapped forward to now, that you didn't seem to have a problem with since you couldn't be bothered to post about it, I'm not too surprised that people are being a bit "aggressive" in their defense of Gretzky and Orr.
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