>>>>>>In all seriousness, I think you're jumping to conclusions. The only thing "on" Gretzky is that he learned his wife was involved.
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>>>>>>The Rocket, Gretzky, Mario....they're all great. But they played in different times. Hey, let's throw Bobby Orr's name into the mix!
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>>>>>My local favorite is and will always be Guy Lafleur because I witnessed what he did as a player. But based on the accomplishment overall I have to pick Mario Lemieux as the best of all times.
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>>>>I guess you never saw the Rocket or Bobby Orr.
>>>>LaFleur was great, but these were greater, as Lemiuex and Gretzky and Howe.
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>>>I never saw the rocket or orr. I only saw clips. From what I saw from people attending the rocket's funeral he must have been quite a man. On the rocket's funeral we had a user group meeting and we were very close to the rocket's funeral. Incredible to see the crowd for that.
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>>I was fortunate enough to see Orr play many times. Have still never heard anything in sports as loud as the crowd in the old Boston Garden when Orr would take the puck and rush up the ice. That was still revolutionary at the time. Until Orr came along, defensemen stayed home.
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>There is another way to look at it too. Until Orr came along, defensemen played defense. There really hasn't been great defense in hockey since Orr changed the game. That's why so many players today are big goal scorers. Not necessarily because the forwards are all so great, but because defensemen don't play defense.


Sourpuss ;-) Enjoy greatness where you find it.