why do people say Crosby isn't flashy?

[Butch 19]

many say it and some call him a grinder, which is a nice way of saying not flashy

who calls him a grinder?!!

GL, just stop

 

[Dirty Dan]

Crosby is the best 'grinder' in the league. But his style of play is not as flashy as other stars because he plays more grinder hockey

Ex. Nathan Mackinnon you know when hes making a play , his choppy skating and just blazing through everyone

 

[the mcdavid era]

Crosby is a grinder. He is a solid player all around but doesn't excel in one particular skill over his peers. This makes him not as flashy as someone like McDavid.

 

[K Fleur]

who calls him a grinder?!!

GL, just stop

This post is already aging well.

 

[Thenameless]

he seems to score highlight reel goals all the time, constantly topping himself week after week with jaw dropping plays

yet people say he isn't flashy, what the hell is flashy if he isn't flashy?

He doesn't strike me as the flashy type. He strikes me as good.

When I think of flashy, I think of guys like Pavel Bure.

 

[Rusty Razor]

He's not flashy in the conventional sense. He doesn't toe drag and dangle guys off the rush anymore. His flash comes in the incredibly difficult little plays that don't stand out to a casual viewer: The seamless skate to stick kicks in transition, the deflections, the power moves and edge work. Every now and then he scores a baseball goal or a one handed shot like in Buffalo. But most of the beauty of his game comes from the little plays.

 

[Number8]

I guess I keep coming back to the thought “who the hell cares”.

He’s undeniably one of the best to play the game — and will have that legacy forever.

I don’t recall anyone getting their panties in a twist regarding how Gretzky’s style of play was described.

It’s like getting upset that someone says Patrick Roy was a better goaltender than Crosby. How dare someone say that????

 

[3rdLiner]

I guess I keep coming back to the thought “who the hell cares”.

He’s undeniably one of the best to play the game — and will have that legacy forever.

I don’t recall anyone getting their panties in a twist regarding how Gretzky’s style of play was described.

It’s like getting upset that someone says Patrick Roy was a better goaltender than Crosby. How dare someone say that????

When I think of Gretz I think someone that seemed to know all the glitch passes and goals in an NHL video game, he just made it look that easy. Mario and Jagr were masters of deking and flash in there prime. OV was the 1x master for his.

Sid has always had the skill, but he plays a gritty game too. Sid just outworks you and with his skill he puts up crazy points. It takes someone on his level of work ethic and close in skill like Bergeron to really stop him.

I guess Sid doesn't have that one wow thing, he's just awesome at everything.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Not as quick as someone like Kane, McDavid, Kucherov, etc.

His shot isn't as hard as Laine or Ovechkin.

He's never been an extremely fast skater.

And what does that tell you. His biggest asset is his hockey sense and iq.

 

[sr edler]

He makes high quality plays but he also plays like a grinder and has a dull personality. It's not black and white.

 

[Number8]

When I think of Gretz I think someone that seemed to know all the glitch passes and goals in an NHL video game, he just made it look that easy. Mario and Jagr were masters of deking and flash in there prime. OV was the 1x master for his.

Sid has always had the skill, but he plays a gritty game too. Sid just outworks you and with his skill he puts up crazy points. It takes someone on his level of work ethic and close in skill like Bergeron to really stop him.

I guess Sid doesn't have that one wow thing, he's just awesome at everything.

Agreed on all of this.

The truly greats often seem to have that ability to “see” the game in slower motion than others.

I suspect strongly that Crosby is confident enough to care not one bit about how his style of play is described. Being one of the best to play the game, I suspect, is just fine.

Some fans though just aren’t happy with “one of the best to play”. As if no one agreeing he is “flashiest of all time” is some sort of slight.

Interesting discussion here about the style of some of the greats. Although this is a generally ridiculous thread, I guess it’s nice that some good can come out of silliness.

 

[GordieHowsUrBreath]

It’s like getting upset that someone says Patrick Roy was a better goaltender than Crosby. How dare someone say that????

he could've been if he wanted to be, goaltending is in his blood but why play goalie when you have all that flash?

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

An 18-20 year Crosby was the definition of flashy lol. After his ankle sprain and even more so sfrer his concussion he toned his game down.

 

[JianYang]

he seems to score highlight reel goals all the time, constantly topping himself week after week with jaw dropping plays

yet people say he isn't flashy, what the hell is flashy if he isn't flashy?

Flashy is what you make of it. To me, it's dangling guys while rushing up the ice on a consistent basis. It's about jaw dropping dekes, and spinoramas....things of that nature.

Crosby is incredibly clinical, but I would not qualify him as super flashy. Kovalev, and datsyuk are names that come to mind right away when I think of that term.

But again, the term is whatever you want to make of it.