VanIslander
A 19-year ATDer on HfBoards
Jagr was not the hockey gods of Gretzky & Lemieux.One of the arguments, however serious they may be, for a player is that they simply look like they are a better hockey player skill-wise, size-wise, speed-wise etc... in other words "the eye test". Mario vs. Wayne is a prime example (a big man with a soft hands and a full toolkit of goalscoring wizardry vs. a skinnier forward with average speed).
Who are the Top Ten players all-time (aesthetically)?
Some candidates:
Mario
Jagr
Ovechkin
McDavid
Lindros
Bobby Hull
Bure
Orr
M. Richard
He also was clearly head & shoulders above the opposition: a demi-god.
Until Hasek.