Is Connor McDavid a better skater then Bobby Orr?

[bobbyking]

His 30th goal he just scored against Philadelphia was ridiculous. Pretty ridiculous so far this game

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[the paisanos guy]

Yes, no question.

 

[ricky0034]

this is like asking if Ovechkin has a better shot than Bobby Hull

you can compare how they did against their peers to try and decide things like who was the better player overall but you can't really compare raw attributes like that across 50 year time periods

 

[Plural]

Relative to their peers, no. In a vacuum, absolutely.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Orr is still the better overall player.
Revolutionary

 

[Ryan Michaels]

McDavid is objectively a better skater, this isn't really a topic that can be discussed with opinions. There are a bunch of debates that could spring from this: relative to their peers(as mentioned above), modern training/equipment, etc. etc. But the question as asked has a right and wrong answer.

 

[Bob Barker]

Bobby Orr is 70 years old with bad knees. McDavid AINEFC.

 

[ESH]

If you put McDavid now against Orr in the 70s I’m sure McDavid would look like the better skater.

Orr was just so far ahead of everyone else when he played.

 

[LongWayDown37]

Approximately 0% of people on this board can actually answer this.

 

[NyQuil]

I like how some people might take offence to this.

Don’t worry, someone great will be faster than McDavid some day.

 

[spiny norman]

Closed.