Lindtzky vs McMieux

[EdmFlyersfan]

If you cross Eric Lindros with Wayne Gretzky (Lindtzky) and Connor McDavid with Mario Lemieux (McMieux), which combination would be the better player?

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[armani]

A Lindros Gretzky love child is the best player ever.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Gretzky kept his head up. I hope that would continue.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

The only knock against Gretzky is he lacked physical gifts. Give him Lindros's body and he'd score 300 points a year

 

[CpatainCanuck]

If you cross Eric Lindros with Wayne Gretzky (Lindtzky) and Connor McDavid with Mario Lemieux (McMieux), which combination would be the better player?

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[GreeningOil]

As much as I want some form of McDavid to win every poll in existence, I had to vote Lindtsky.

McDavid & Lemieux mashup would be slightly redundant

 

[Thenameless]

I've always liked Lemieux more than Gretzky. But a Gretzky that can beat the shit out of people is just too much.

Gretzky would now have two offices; one behind the net, and another in front of the net.

 

[authentic]

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Lmao.

Gretzky and Lindros would have the advantage of being the best hitter who also never gets hit, so that alone probably propels them to being the best hybrid of all time. Then Lindros adds all the strength Gretzky lacked and adds more power to his already deadly accurate shot.

McDavid plus Lemieux you get the best powerplay player ever and then the dominant even strength beast in McDavid (though to be fair per game Lemieux is probably still better there anyway), and someone with Lemieux's size and skill and McDavid's speed would be arguably better than the Gretzky Lindros hybrid.

No wrong answer here but I can see why Lindros and Gretzky would be popular choice.

 

[amnesiac]

McDavid's speed makes McMieux better imo

 

[Ivo]

I think Gretzky is getting more from Lindros than Lemieux is getting from McDavid. I am not saying Lindros is better than McDavid, but McDavid perhaps increases Mario’s speed a bit, but not much else, while Lindros really adds a few attributes to Gretzky that he was lacking.

 

[SotasicA]

McDavid's speed makes McMieux better imo

It's not specified if McMieux has Mario's speed and McDavid's size, for instance.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

McDavid is better than Lindros.

 

[wetcoast]

My first fear was that the NHL cancelled the playoffs as this is the kind of poll I expect in the dog days of summer.

The real question is what would happen if one crossed any poster with mullet man to make a new poster.

 

[JackSlater]

Lindtzky would probably be better since Lindros complements Gretzky more than McDavid does Lemieux, and Gretzky was already the best player among the four. Lemieux with a speed and agility boost from McDavid would be nothing to sneeze at though.

 

[amnesiac]

It's not specified if McMieux has Mario's speed and McDavid's size, for instance.

maybe its just the average of everything combined.... so their speed would still be much greater

 

[TopShelfYzerman]

These names gotta stop, kinda tacky

 

[Cursed Lemon]

Brangelina

 

[North Cole]

My first fear was that the NHL cancelled the playoffs as this is the kind of poll I expect in the dog days of summer.

The real question is what would happen if one crossed any poster with mullet man to make a new poster.

Illpucks + Muelletman? Oh yeah sign me up

 

[SotasicA]

I'm a cross between Michael Phelps and Phil Kessel. I'm unfit and don't know anything about playing hockey.

 

[shaner82]

I think Gretzky is getting more from Lindros than Lemieux is getting from McDavid. I am not saying Lindros is better than McDavid, but McDavid perhaps increases Mario’s speed a bit, but not much else, while Lindros really adds a few attributes to Gretzky that he was lacking.

Agreed fully. Other than speed, there's nothing McDavid does better than Lemieux did. So I don't feel like there's a massive upgrade there. But add Lindros's size and strength to Gretzky and that dude would literally be unstoppable.

 

[Tweed]

It's not specified if McMieux has Mario's speed and McDavid's size, for instance.

I lol'd.

Assuming we're taking the worst attributes of both players for these mashups... what do you get when you cross a guy who had never been hit before... with a guy who got knocked out whenever he got hit?
A: Lindtzky

 

[Bouboumaster]

6'4" Mario Lemieux leaving everyone in the dust.
He would be unstoppable.

 

[bobholly39]

I've always liked Lemieux more than Gretzky. But a Gretzky that can beat the shit out of people is just too much.

Gretzky would now have two offices; one behind the net, and another in front of the net.

See - I'm thinking like you, but with a different conclusion.

It's true that Lindros adds more to Gretzky. That raw power, etc. But - it's like you say, Gretzky's office is now in the back of the net....do you really want him to give that up to be in front instead? He can't be two places at once. As impressive as that player would be - I feel as though the skillsets don't really compliment each other that much.

If you give Mario the speed of McDavid - that's a net positive though. Everything Mario can do - he'd be able to simply do it even faster. Why I picked Mario + McDavid

 

[pcruz]

Mario was big and strong enough to drag the defenders (quite literally) along with the puck and finish the plays.

He had more than sufficient speed to accomplish his goal.

 

[authentic]

Mario was big and strong enough to drag the defenders (quite literally) along with the puck and finish the plays.

He had more than sufficient speed to accomplish his goal.

Plus with Lemieux's speed, size and reach he could pretty much go from point A to point B as quick as anyone at the time with the puck on his stick, that is before his health took a toll on him. Look no further than his North Stars goal as an example, picks the puck up at the top of the circle in his own zone at 7 seconds in, and 4 seconds later he's deked out the defender in the other end and closing in for the goal.