Martin Brodeur Versus Phil Esposito

Who is better all-time?


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The Macho King

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A lot of people don't realize Esposito set a lot of the records that Gretzky later broke.
The (relatively) short period of time from Espo's peak and Gretzky's early 80s destruction of records probably hurt his standing in hindsight.

Sharing the ice with Orr also allows people to discount his achievements (even though Espo was amazing in his own right).
 
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Nathaniel

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The (relatively) short period of time from Espo's peak and Gretzky's early 80s destruction of records probably hurt his standing in hindsight.

Sharing the ice with Orr also allows people to discount his achievements (even though Espo was amazing in his own right).
Amazing is not the word. Very good would suffice
 

Voight

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Amazing is not the word. Very good would suffice

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Hischier and Hughes

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Esposito even being above 10% shows I guess this website has a very anti-Broduer monocker like they do anti-Leafs.

Esposito was nowhere near half as good at forward as Brodeur was at goalie. Theres a reason Brodeur is always named top 3-4 and Esposito isnt even a thought when talking top 3-5-10 forwards
 
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Tobias Kahun

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Esposito even being above 10% shows I guess this website has a very anti-Broduer monocker like they do anti-Leafs.

Esposito was nowhere near half the goaltender Brodeur was lmfao. Theres a reason Brodeur is always named top 3-4 and Esposito isnt even a thought
You do know Esposito was a forward right?
 

Nadal On Clay

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Holy cow Esposito is being underrated.

Also, Brodeur played on the team system built around defense, so it definitely inflated his stats. He’s a borderline top 5 goalie of all time.
 
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Tuna Tatarrrrrr

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Esposito is underrated here because he played with Bobby Orr and his great numbers were shattered by Gretzky. And Fatso is overrated, he played behind hall of fame defensemen and the infamous trap for a good part of his career.
 
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