With solely his 60s training and playstyle, how would he do on next year's Bruins, in a vastly different 2017 league?
In the 60's people smoked cigars and drank beer in the locker room.
This is so overblown.
News flash, players drink beer in the locker room in 2017.
In the 60's people smoked cigars and drank beer in the locker room. I recall someone, maybe Ray Ferraro, saying that nobody had muscles in the old NHL, today you have to work out constantly to get your shot. Honestly he probably would be an AHL player.
Drinking after a game is different from drinking between periods
Phil Esposito said that players used training camp to get in shape for the season, so he'd come to camp way out of shape.
I think Esposito likely showed up to training camp in poor shape. Has anyone every seen Bobby Orr in poor shape? Gordie Howe?
Lots of players showed up in poor shape. I don't believe Orr was one of those players.
Give him current equipment and a computer to watch tape in July and by October 1st he is as good or better than Erik Karlsson.
With solely his 60s training and playstyle, how would he do on next year's Bruins, in a vastly different 2017 league?
How come he doesn't get to benefit from evolution?
How come he doesn't get to benefit from evolution?
I am glad that the sport has evolved...
The human race did not made some giant evolutionary leap in the last 50 years.
Dumbest argument ever. There are significant improvements made over the course of time in any pro sport, especially one where the equipment, training, goaltending and coaching/strategies are lightyears ahead of where they were in the distant past. There isn't a single player in any sport that has better skill and ability in that sport than the best player 30-50 years later. Because humans aren't evolving at a rapid rate, Bobby Orr was the best hockey player ever (even though we can see for ourselves he clearly wasn't close). Okay then.
You're confusing the technological advances that you mention with human evolution.
It makes no sense to believe that any of those players from the past would perform worse with perfectly fitting, lightweight skates? How about the composite sticks?
Also, what you seeing, which you don't really grasping, is that those old technology. The game looks so much better on TV then it did. No HD, and far few cameras and camera angles, make the game look slow in comparison, but it wasn't. The game was just as fast since I've been watching live as it is today.
Dumbest argument ever. There are significant improvements made over long periods of time in any pro sport, especially one where the equipment, training, goaltending and coaching/strategies are lightyears ahead of where they were in the distant past. There isn't a single player in any sport that has better skill and ability in that sport than the best player 30-50 years later. Because humans aren't evolving at a rapid rate, Bobby Orr was the best hockey player ever (even though we can see for ourselves he clearly wasn't close). Okay then.