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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I'd argue Joe Sakic.
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Great player, but certainly nowhere near the level of Lemieux or Crosby. There was probably no point at which you could have said he was clearly the best hockey player in the world, and if there was, it was a span of 1-2 years. Lots of guys could say that. Hell, even Peter Forsberg.
If you say Sakic was generational, I think you'd have to say Yzerman for sure, probably Brett Hull, Pavel Bure, Datsyuk, Malkin, Chara, Stamkos... not a ton of guys who were on that level of talent, but definitely more than one in a generation.
I suppose you could make the argument for Hasek? Shorter span, though.