Payne
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- Aug 27, 2005
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Well if comparing forwards, d-men and goalies wasn't tricky enough, dividing them by continents is a whole new war. In fact were probably better off arguing "who is the best European hockey player of all time" because the Howe-Orr-Gretzky-Lemieux comes up on every hockey board once a month with the same conclusion... nothing.
Actually it might be worse trying to compare the Soviet greats like Mikhailov and Tretiak at their peak versus NHL current and former stars like Jagr, Forsberg and Peter Stastny. I couldn't say who's the best ever but off the top of my head I'd have to say Pavel Bure at his peak in '92 was probably the most entertaining player I've ever seen. Best of the bunch, no way, but he was something to see. "IF" he hadn't have blown out his knees...
Actually it might be worse trying to compare the Soviet greats like Mikhailov and Tretiak at their peak versus NHL current and former stars like Jagr, Forsberg and Peter Stastny. I couldn't say who's the best ever but off the top of my head I'd have to say Pavel Bure at his peak in '92 was probably the most entertaining player I've ever seen. Best of the bunch, no way, but he was something to see. "IF" he hadn't have blown out his knees...