Lebrun: If Crosby wins another Stanley Cup, he will then become better than Toews

[GeeoffBrown]

But will he pass Darren McCarty?

 

[WilliamNylander]

LeBrun is the new Dreger.

Everything he says makes no sense

 

[Fataldogg]

I dont like Crosby.

But, if he never won a Cup, he would still be vastly superior to Toews on his individual accomplishments alone.

Its not even remotely close.

 

[Dialamo]

I dont like Crosby.

But, if he never won a Cup, he would still be vastly superior to Toews on his individual accomplishments alone.

Its not even remotely close.

Exactly, even if Crosby had zero cups and for some reason retired right this moment, he would still be a better player.

 

[weastern bias]

Crosby wishes he was as good as Colin Frasier

3 cups, am I right?

 

[Pestilence]

He also said he has trouble putting Lemieux in his top 5

Well duh, how many cups does Lemieux have? How many does Toews have? Both were 1C in their respective teams, Lemieux just couldn't get it done more than two times. Easily Toews > Lemieux

 

[Fordy]

absolute moronic comment

how about geno? *crickets*

 

[madinsomniac]

Toews is a great player but easily the most overrated player of this age...

face it, the hockey media's priorities and judgement has always been suspect at best... The NHL and those who cover it have mostly pushed what they want to be true over the facts... its why they resist change, have consistant nepotism hires, and berate certian players while elevating othersfor the same things...

The basic fact is all the overhyping of Toews has already gotten a great player unfairly mocked...

Toews is a hof player, but has never ever been among the greatest of all time... Crosby is a top 10 all time player and maybe finishes in the top 5 of all time...

 

[aufheben]

No offense, but why do people give trash like this attention?

 

[bigkam]

Toews is a great player, and any fan would love to see him on the ice for their team. But to judge a player based solely on cups, especially when there's not that big of a disparity, seems pretty stupid. Crosby is now in his 4th final, and you couple that with his other accomplishments along the way, and it's not even close.

 

[MoeManthaMustache]

Sub Crosby in for Toews... and the Blackhawks certainly still win those cups.

Sub Toews in for Crosby... I'm not so sure the Penguins win both cups.

Not to take anything from Toews... he's a hell of a player and he had a huge huge role in those cup wins.

 

[JackFr]

Criticize TSN for wording it as clickbait. Lebrun was saying from a purely "winner" perspective, another Cup would elevate Crosby above Toews. Not in terms of individual accomplishment.

 

[Pick87your71Poison]

Criticize TSN for wording it as clickbait. Lebrun was saying from a purely "winner" perspective, another Cup would elevate Crosby above Toews. Not in terms of individual accomplishment.

Still, if your entire analysis involves nothing more than being able to count to 3, maybe it's just lazy and not worth anything and better off being left alone.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

absolute moronic comment

how about geno? *crickets*

Not a winner. Not even a top 100 player.

 

[SEALBound]

So...adding another team accomplishment...will make a player better than another player...forgetting the fact the first player has an astonishing number of individual awards.

Got it.

 

[ncm7772]

I think Lebrun is being funny on purpose.

 

[Hockey Nightmare]

Gretzky never did achieve the heights of Bob Gainey.

 

[Juicy Pop]

Lebrun's a sharp guy. In the context of the conversation, Crosby would be above Toews as a "winner"if the Pens were to win the Cup this year.

I don't understand what the hell this is even meant to imply.

 

[Meanie]

He might finally dethrone Toews as the most overrated player, because some will call Crosby a Top-5 player of all time (while Toews was just called a Top-100 player of all-time).

That's the only way this claim makes sense.

He's done very little in this post season. He's not the hype many think he is, especially Pens fans.

 

[Price is Wright]

If Crosby wins another Cup, he will be equal to Mike Keane.

 

[TruBlu]

Clarification on the context of the tweet would be needed to be able to respond properly. I will say, though, that this is exactly why the "Chicago Dynasty" threads were ridiculous. If the Penguins win the cup this year, you'd have two dynasties in less than a decade under those dumbed down standards.

 

[BondraTime]

LeBrun has really turned into an airhead lately

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Clarification on the context of the tweet would be needed to be able to respond properly. I will say, though, that this is exactly why the "Chicago Dynasty" threads were ridiculous. If the Penguins win the cup this year, you'd have two dynasties in less than a decade under those dumbed down standards.

Why is that a bad thing? In the 1980s, there were two dynasties right after one another (Islanders and Oilers).

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but you make it sound like that cheapens the word "dynasty" if two teams are given that title within a short time span of one another.

 

[BCShark]

i guess ill say it....because intangibles

 

[Pi]

LeBrun has really turned into an airhead lately

He has always been been one but we just notice him more now that ESPN fired him and he's on TSN a lot more.