holy
2023-2024 Cup CHamps
- May 22, 2017
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Damn, I honestly never saw Gretzky play, nor do I care much about the history of the sport because it's not what I really find enjoyable about sports, but why was Gretzky so much better than the competition?
Was he just extremely lucky? Does hockey involve more of an aspect of luck than other sports? Like you can't just practice your way to become that great, whereas in basketball you can? Or is it that injuries are bound to happen in such a brutal sport and the people that could've been close run into injury problems most of the time?
Iunno, just comparing to basketball cause I saw Kobe made some comments about Shaq that were juicy as hell and it made me kinda sad that the legends of hockey are so irrelevant because one guy eclipsed everyone so badly in terms of points. Add to that that Wayne Gretzky looks like a wax figure of himself and I start to believe the guy never even existed.
Anyways, sorry for the long winded post, I smoked a ****load of weed and now this is where my mind is at.
Was he just extremely lucky? Does hockey involve more of an aspect of luck than other sports? Like you can't just practice your way to become that great, whereas in basketball you can? Or is it that injuries are bound to happen in such a brutal sport and the people that could've been close run into injury problems most of the time?
Iunno, just comparing to basketball cause I saw Kobe made some comments about Shaq that were juicy as hell and it made me kinda sad that the legends of hockey are so irrelevant because one guy eclipsed everyone so badly in terms of points. Add to that that Wayne Gretzky looks like a wax figure of himself and I start to believe the guy never even existed.
Anyways, sorry for the long winded post, I smoked a ****load of weed and now this is where my mind is at.