apollo18
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- Oct 20, 2018
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as we can see, mostly all of the nhl records are held by someone playing in the 70s to 90s era of hockey. gretzky seems to be called the GOAT, as he racked up points and points back in the day. Since the 2000s we have seen the likes of Crosby, McDavid, Ovechkin etc but everyone still gives gretzky the throne for goat.
so what do you guys think? was the hockey talent produced back in the day just alot better? which is why we see hull, howe, lemeiux, gretzky, etc etc all holding some record? or it just that the competition back in the day was easier?
my thinking is that: sure, there was some good players however the supporting cast's were not very good. the 2nd 3rd 4th line skill/talent are nowhere near what we have playing today. if you look at defenseman and goalies, the skill now a day is remarkable compared to the 2nd pair/3rd pair defense back in the 70s. this is why we see so many records set back in the day and barely every any these days. in my opinion it is just way harder to be way better then your competition these days which is why we dont see people racking up the points or goals etc etc. what do you guys think? i would say this also greatly effects gretzky, i think if he played in this era, he would be a top 10 player for sure, but he wouldnt easily earn the GOAT #1 ranking like he had got from playing back in the 70s
so what do you guys think? was the hockey talent produced back in the day just alot better? which is why we see hull, howe, lemeiux, gretzky, etc etc all holding some record? or it just that the competition back in the day was easier?
my thinking is that: sure, there was some good players however the supporting cast's were not very good. the 2nd 3rd 4th line skill/talent are nowhere near what we have playing today. if you look at defenseman and goalies, the skill now a day is remarkable compared to the 2nd pair/3rd pair defense back in the 70s. this is why we see so many records set back in the day and barely every any these days. in my opinion it is just way harder to be way better then your competition these days which is why we dont see people racking up the points or goals etc etc. what do you guys think? i would say this also greatly effects gretzky, i think if he played in this era, he would be a top 10 player for sure, but he wouldnt easily earn the GOAT #1 ranking like he had got from playing back in the 70s