Fischler lost all credibility to me with this pronouncement. Potvin better than Orr?I never even see Potvin's name in any debates.
Fischler lost all credibility to me with this pronouncement. Potvin better than Orr?I never even see Potvin's name in any debates.
Stan Fischler says things to get attention. Thank you for helping his cause.
Stan Fischler says things to get attention. Thank you for helping his cause.
Stan Fischler says things to get attention. Thank you for helping his cause.
Didn't Fischler write a book a few years ago in which he failed to list Orr among the 20 greatest hockey players of all-time, or something like that?
Fischler lost all credibility to me with this pronouncement. Potvin better than Orr?I never even see Potvin's name in any debates.
Stan Fischler is a hockey historian, however at this point in his life, he seems to like to say things just to get a rise out of people. Tabloid, if you will.
You speak as if Stan Fischler had credibility to begin with.
I had to quit using Fischler's hockey books as a source for my goaltender trivia contest after I had multiple incidents of factual errors in them. Some historian.
On a message board where derision and personal disrespect is casually posted by the minute, I figured that saying a kind word about an elderly man wasn't the worse thing to do.
I don't know if Potvin is in the conversation with Eddie Shore for #2, but #3 is certainly up for debate. Though, I'd give the nod to Doug Harvey and Ray Bourque ahead of Potvin, but he's my #5.Denis Potvin very easily deserves a place in that conversation. (Among mere mortals, i.e., other than Orr, he is the best - most complete - dman I've ever seen, in watching the sport for 30 years. Just one person's opinion, to be sure.)
Nail on the head. I was reading 'Searching for Bobby Orr' and Orr was tough on writers. If he read something he didn't like, he wasn't above ignoring reporters or columnists. Mix that with a guy who places himself above the story, like Fischler, and that's what you get. Orr wasn't media friendly and old time writers were more likely to take them on. Most of them used common sense though.Bobby would not give Stan the time of day and Stan is upset............ For over 30 years.
Potvin was better than Orr in that series, imo. Orr got a lifetime achievement award so to speak. Everyone knew it was Orr's 1st and last chance to shine on the international stage, and felt for him. Potvin going public with this was kind of low.I don't know if Potvin is in the conversation with Eddie Shore for #2, but #3 is certainly up for debate. Though, I'd give the nod to Doug Harvey and Ray Bourque ahead of Potvin, but he's my #5.
As far as Fischler goes, I thought the only one dumb enough to think Denis Potvin was better than Orr was Denis Potvin. Wasn't it Potvin that said he should've been MVP of the 76 Canada Cup instead of Orr?
2nded and I'll go with Orr as the best player ever too. I've always felt that while Orr was good defensively, he wasn't great and gets a little to much credit for his defensive play.That's because there is no debate when it comes to the best defenseman (and arguably best player) ever.
As for the best dman to ever play the game who was not named Robert Gordon Orr?
Denis Potvin very easily deserves a place in that conversation. (Among mere mortals, i.e., other than Orr, he is the best - most complete - dman I've ever seen, in watching the sport for 30 years. Just one person's opinion, to be sure.)
Stan Fischler is a hockey historian, however at this point in his life, he seems to like to say things just to get a rise out of people. Tabloid, if you will.