Best One-on-One player of All-time

[Dark Shadows]

No, Lemieux owned Bourque throughout his career big time.

Lemieux scored on his first shift in his first game by picking Bourque's pocket

I remember a playoff series with the Bruins where Mario was scoring at will and Bourque could do nothing to slow him down

Lemieux owned everyone, not just Bourque. He did the same thing to Lidstrom and Stevens several times in the meetings they had in their careers. The only example of a guy shutting Mario down about as good as he could be shut down was Langway, and even he could barely contain Mario despite being a top 3 all time defensive Defenseman.

 

[BNHL]

No, Lemieux owned Bourque throughout his career big time.

Lemieux scored on his first shift in his first game by picking Bourque's pocket

I remember a playoff series with the Bruins where Mario was scoring at will and Bourque could do nothing to slow him down

If he "owned Bourque" then what about Mario Marois or Bob Bourne or......................?

 

[seventieslord]

1 play???

Yeah, I heard you the first time.

You asked for some proof, I never knew you were looking for a whole career's worth of ownage. Please accept my humblest apologies.

 

[BNHL]

Yeah, I heard you the first time.

You asked for some proof, I never knew you were looking for a whole career's worth of ownage. Please accept my humblest apologies.

Saying someone "owned" someone is a ridiculous assertion. If they played each other 70 times and you provide 4 or 5 successes well then that's proven hyperbole. No need to be a smartass on top of it.

 

[clefty]

Lemieux did that to everybody, not just Bourque.

Not like that. That goal was someting special. Thats as good as he ever did one on on with a defenseman.

 

[Dark Shadows]

Not like that. That goal was someting special.

Oh I agree. It was a masterpiece goal that nobody else could have possibly pulled off. Timing the placement of the puck so that Bourque's skate kicked it forward, while simultaneously fooling Bourque into thinking Lemieux lost possession as he Accelerated.

Unreal. Nobodyelse, not Orr, nor Gretzky could have done it. Lemieux had more natural talent than anyone I have ever seen.

 

[kmw220*]

for good measure:

The last goal on that video (starts at 1:35 mark) is absolutely insane! The defender is hooking, whacking and slashing Mario as hard as he can but cant stop him

 

[Fuzzy Bunny]

worthless fact: my grade 3 teacher, madame johanne, grew up next door to mario

Awesome.

Tell her all your friends at HF think that's pretty darn neat when you see her at the start of class tomorrow morning.

 

[snuffelapagus]

Flocky Hockey!!

Getting back to the title thread, anyone remember the one-on-one exploits of Ron Flockhart?

 

[JFA87-66-99]

Mario Lemieux by far. This isn't even a doubt in my mind. He could make all-star defenseman looks like scrubs.

 

[ORR2Sanderson2ORR]

Getting back to the title thread, anyone remember the one-on-one exploits of Ron Flockhart?

Yes,to bad he couldn't figure out how to use his teammates.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Not like that. That goal was someting special. Thats as good as he ever did one on on with a defenseman.

The best part was the post-game interview where the media guys were asking Mario about the goal and he just said : "I always wanted to do that to Ray" and laughed.

 

[jiggs 10]

Gotta go with Denis Savard by a slight margin over Gil Perreault. Both were ahead of anything Mario did. I've never seen anyone handle the puck better than Savard!

Bure was maybe the best one-on-four player I've ever seen! He tried it far too often, but the scary thing was when he would pull it off! It was like a game to him, it seemed.

Bobby Orr was all about small dekes, then accelerating past the defender. Had decent one-on-one moves, but used his speed more than anything.

 

[YMB29]

Everyone is talking about NHL only right?