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umteman
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Posted - 07/07/2015 :  23:31:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Do you agree with this list? I would say that I pretty much agree with the names here but maybe not the particular order they are in.

http://thehockeywriters.com/the-5-greatest-hockey-players-ever/

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Alex116
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Posted - 07/08/2015 :  14:44:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
These debates will continue till the end of mankind! Everyone can have an opinion, and who's to say anyone is right or wrong? These top 5 were all incredible players in their own way, era, style, etc. However, IMO, the list should only be 1 player long. As much as I hated him (obviously not on a personal level, just the sheer, or is it "shear" Slozo , damage he inflicted for years on the Canucks, Gretzky is the all time greatest hockey player this planet has ever seen. Numbers 2-5 or 2-25 can be argued forever, but trying to compare a guy who played in Orr's era to the 80's or today is nearly impossible. The game changed far too much! I obviously saw little of Orr and was too young to really appreciate him but when I watch him on film, the game is so slow and so much different it makes me really wish there was a way to be able to know just how good he'd have been in the Bourque/Coffey era?

Any way you slice it though, Gretzky imo, is the #1 player of all time.
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