Lemieux vs McDavid

[illpucks]

Which player has/had more skill?

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[MMANumminen]

Mario AINEC

 

[ThePhoenixx]

lol

 

[HugginThePost]

Are we really going to do this??

 

[illpucks]

Are we really going to do this??

I've heard posters say McDavid is the most advanced NHL player to ever play the game.

 

[illpucks]

@Filthy Dangles @CantLoseWithMatthews @Isaac Nootin

can you explain?

 

[ijuka]

I think Lemieux, pretty easily.

 

[Paul4587]

McDavid is a better skater, everything else Lemieux trumps him in.

 

[Fugazy]

Lemieux is definitely the better overall player.

 

[Khomutov]

Lol what

 

[Trap Jesus]

Lemieux, but I don't think by any means that this is a crazy comparison. Skating ability is probably the most important skill to have and McDavid is the best skater of all time.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

@illpucks why are you asking voters to explain their choice in a poll you thought was close or legit enough to make

 

[GlitchMarner]

I know it's not allowed, but I would love to have a poll that asks which player illpucks is obsessed with the most: Crosby, McDavid or Ovechkin.

 

[SEALBound]

No one in the league since Lemieux can tough Lemieux.

Think about this...Jagr would ruin McDavid. Jagr can't even tough Lemieux.

 

[K Fleur]

I know it's not allowed, but I would love to have a poll that asks which player illpucks is obsessed with the most: Crosby, McDavid or Ovechkin.

Crosby hands down.

The real ones remember illpucks Toews infatuation.

 

[McFlash97]

McDavid is the more skilled player. Lemieux had a massive reach advantage.

 

[ijuka]

McDavid is the more skilled player. Lemieux had a massive reach advantage.

Not sure if serious... You think THAT is what made the difference with Mario? Remember Lemieux scored almost 2 PPG during dead puck era, and from that era Teemu Selänne scored over a PPG pace at the age of 40.

 

[McFlash97]

No one in the league since Lemieux can tough Lemieux.

Think about this...Jagr would ruin McDavid. Jagr can't even tough Lemieux.

Stfu lol.

Jagr wouldn't ruin McDavid.

 

[DFC]

Still 10 years too early for this.

The key thing that proves Lemieux would dominate any era is Jagr. A broken down Jagr proved he could still score in today's era. And Jagr wasn't even on Lemieux's tier.

Lemieux vs. Gretzky is a much more evenly matched debate. It's probably the only "Lemieux vs. ______" thread you can make without getting laughed at.

 

[McFlash97]

Not sure if serious... You think THAT is what made the difference with Mario? Remember Lemieux scored almost 2 PPG during dead puck era, and from that era Teemu Selänne scored over a PPG pace at the age of 40.

40 year old Selanne popped in over a ppg. You just explained your whole point there. Selanne isnt popping over s ppg in this era. Which dead puck era are you talking about ? The half seasons Lemieux played ? Mikko fn Rantanen was at a 1.7 ppg in half a season too just last year.

McDavid is the most advanced hockey player in league history. Stop with the old school nostalgia. Lemieux has been relegated to 2nd.

 

[DFC]

Not sure if serious... You think THAT is what made the difference with Mario? Remember Lemieux scored almost 2 PPG during dead puck era, and from that era Teemu Selänne scored over a PPG pace at the age of 40.

Mario's the smartest player I've ever seen. He had an instinct that nobody else had. Kind of like a Super Rich Man's Pavel Datsyuk without all the defense. He made plays nobody else thought were even possible.

 

[daver]

Still 10 years too early for this.

The key thing that proves Lemieux would dominate any era is Jagr. A broken down Jagr proved he could still score in today's era. And Jagr wasn't even on Lemieux's tier.

Lemieux vs. Gretzky is a much more evenly matched debate. It's probably the only "Lemieux vs. ______" thread you can make without getting laughed at.

I tend to agree but did we have a season when both Jagr and Mario had full seasons together in their prime?

 

[DFC]

McDavid is the more skilled player. Lemieux had a massive reach advantage.

McDavid's a better skater. That's really it. Lemieux had a better shot, better vision, better passing, could handle any level of physicality. And yeah, he had a reach advantage too.

 

[GlitchMarner]

I tend to agree but did we have a season when both Jagr and Mario had full seasons together in their prime?

'96?

 

[Sideline]

Mario Lemieux once missed ~ 1/4 of a season with cancer and still won the scoring title that year.

McDavid is a great player, but this is not close.