GMR
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I'm not anywhere near old enough to have watched either player.
I always hear about how Doug Harvey changed the position and became more offensive minded than defensemen in the past. However, I've heard similar rhetoric about Shore, who played decades before Harvey.
What did Shore do stylistically that nobody before him did? What did Harvey do offensively that Shore didn't? What about a guy like Sprague Cleghorn? Wasn't he also ahead of his time offensively?
I understand that Orr took things to another level with his skating and sheer offensive stats. However, these other players and their influence on the game, as well as how they took things to a different level than their predecessors, has always confused me.
I always hear about how Doug Harvey changed the position and became more offensive minded than defensemen in the past. However, I've heard similar rhetoric about Shore, who played decades before Harvey.
What did Shore do stylistically that nobody before him did? What did Harvey do offensively that Shore didn't? What about a guy like Sprague Cleghorn? Wasn't he also ahead of his time offensively?
I understand that Orr took things to another level with his skating and sheer offensive stats. However, these other players and their influence on the game, as well as how they took things to a different level than their predecessors, has always confused me.