Video Nasty
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Most posters didn't see him play.
He's built like a nerd, and hockey fans refuse to accept that a nerd could dominate their vicious sport.
His dominance was nuanced and subtle. Not very obvious to the naked eye. People don't like/accept what they don't understand.
He played during the '80s, an era that today's fans ridicule in order to elevate their modern-day heroes.
Some just like to be contrarian so as to stand out from the crowd with their "unique" understanding.
Orr and Lemieux fans extrapolate their shortened career stats, while conveniently ignoring natural decline/Gretzky's mileage before his 30th birthday, in order to prop them up above Wayne.
Myths like Semenko being his conjoined twin and the league not allowing anyone to touch Gretzky.
His stats are video game stats, so some reject his numbers on the mere premise of their outlandishness. Dismissing something requires no mental strain.
The Tom Brady/Michael Jordan Effect: some people find dominance boring/unfair.
Take your pick.
Excellent post. I think you covered it all. People can make their arguments for Orr, Howe, Lemieux etc, but it’s total ignorance and lack of hockey watching IQ to downplay Gretzky like many on these forums do (outside the History of Hockey subsection of course).