Troubadour
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- Feb 23, 2018
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Datsyuk came into his own right as people were beginning to make youtube compilations. He's a great player, but its just so much easier to put footage together for him than it was for Jagr or Lemieux or Gretz or Orr or whoever.
We still have a lot of signature plays for the first three, but the difference between them and Dats is that with Dats, people saved footage of plays that didn't amount to anything and can make compilations out of just those. Even with Alex Kovalev, who would be closer in age to Datsyuk, the highlight reels for him don't even scratch the surface of the tricks he'd pull on a nightly basis (which would often be impressive and difficult, but pointless). No youtube in his prime.
So I guess the answer to this question is "yes," but the reason is youtube and digital editing, not Datsyuk.
Is there any way to access the tapes of all Penguins games Mario took a part in? Is there any official video archive? It would be an interesting project, i.e. to re-watch all tapes of select stars who were at their best pre-YT and pick out their bes moments. It would take a lot of time, but if enough people were interested, it wouldn't be that much of a drag.