GreatGonzo
Surrounded by Snowflakes
I don’t get it. Your arguing something that is clearly in favor of Crosby, so why are you arguing about it?Bam there you go.
Could have Forsberg had better seasons if he was healthier overall? Yes....but he didn’t. Doesn’t mean what he did wasn’t impressive, especially for someone who only played that many “full” seasons. I mean the 5 times he did play 70 or more games, he finished among the top in scoring(1,2,4,5,9), assists(1,2,3,4,6), PPG(1,2,4,5,6)....with an Ross, Hart, and being a three time First team AS center.
I don’t mean to glorify him, but it’s obvious what he was capable of IF he was healthy. The same could be said about Crosby as well.
Yes.....like I said, he has never been “superior” compared to Malkin. Those two seasons also happen to be the only two they played healthy at the same time, all while Malkin had an amazing season when Crosby was out in ‘08, and arguably a better season than anything Crosby has done in ‘12. Malkin was right there with Crosby production wise before getting hurt in both 2016 and 2017.Malkin has been better than Crosby in two regular seasons while both are healthy (08-09, 17-18)
Crosby gets full credit for putting together more high end seasons. I don’t understand why you always feel the need to defend that.
But the changes are obviously much more positive. Forsberg was in the scoring race for a decent chunk of the 2006 season. He adjusted just fine to this new era of scoring.I think he would perform sort of how he did back then. I think it's overstated how much the game has changed.
It's changed a lot, sure, but people act like they were playing basketball 20 years ago.
He was dealing with much lower scoring conditions with more physicality during his prime.