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And Mr. Hockey somehow doesn't qualify?It's a player who plays a sandpaper-ish up tempo game.
And Mr. Hockey somehow doesn't qualify?It's a player who plays a sandpaper-ish up tempo game.
So, in other words, TALENTED players are disqualified? That explains your issue with Howe. The man was obviously supremely talented.If you're a hockey fan, you should know what a gritty player is.
To me its a hustler, a player that doesn't know any other way to play but hard. Seems to be able to go beyond his own capabilities.
Makarov is even more confusing
So, in other words, TALENTED players are disqualified? That explains your issue with Howe. The man was obviously supremely talented.
That's not how I would define "gritty" at all, but this is your party.
Howe was the very first name I thought of as well, so obviously “gritty” isn’t some universally agreed upon term like you might think it is.
Peter Forsberg.
He has gotten hit countless times and used his core strength to absorb hits until he busted a spleen. He went into corners and banged and scrambled around, over and through guys for the puck. Gutsy and gritty have been descriptors used often.
In history books: Gordie Howe. He is the model of perserverance and determination to grit his teeth and play through the roughest and messiest of situations.
Howe didn't try to look for trouble like Terrible Ted. Gordie liked to play a clean game. He was no pest. He elbowed to give himself space, he exacted revenge for dirty play against him and he went through two or three guys to get to the net. Guts and glory. A willful determination to deal with any opposition.To me, Gordie Howe was the guy creating the roughest and messiest situations, not the one playing through them.
Howe didn't try to look for trouble like Terrible Ted. Gordie liked to play a clean game. He was no pest. He elbowed to give himself space, he exacted revenge for dirty play against him and he went through two or three guys to get to the net. Guts and glory. A willful determination to deal with any opposition.
It was a rough era where he had to create space for himself.
Mr. Elbows did not take kindly to being hit and checked.
He was NOT dirty except for retalitory/revenge moves for specific slights.
Just read history books. Seriously. There is ton of ink on his game.
Yeah I wasnt sure of that part since I wasnt alive in the 70s. Clarke is an icon in Philly and I know he was at least a STAR but was he a SUPERSTAR?
Lindros was for sure.
Regular season CLARKE .ORR,Forsberg
playoffs Claude Lemieux over everyone
It was a rough era where he had to create space for himself.
Mr. Elbows did not take kindly to being hit and checked.
He was NOT dirty except for retalitory/revenge moves for specific slights.
Just read history books. Seriously. There is ton of ink on his game.
Makarov is even more confusing