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Old 05-19-2017, 03:11 PM   #6542
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother View Post
Lindros was called generational at one time as well.

Let's wait to see how his career plays out prior to putting him in or near that list.
I dare say if he hadn't suffered injuries, Lindros would have lived up to that label - and for a period of time - he did.
A unique combination of physicality and skill that we hadn't really seen before. And I think he was still getting better when he started to have injury issues.

I suppose we can solve this in part by making a distinction between Generational Potential and Generational. The former list would always be larger than the latter given that only a sub-set of those with the potential will live up to it.

Right now the league probably has one Generational player (Crosby).

And the league has a few potential generational players
- Matthews
- McDavid
- Eichel
- Laine?

Feels odd only to include forwards but the bar for Dmen and Goalies seems to be even higher. I don't know there exists a dman or goalie with generational potential in all of hockey (prospects included).
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