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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Oh yeah, the skill was there for sure. I was speaking mostly about the conditioning. Most of these guys weren't in the kind of shape that NHL players today are.
It's really an interesting idea, the whole mixing eras thing.
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Guys like Howe, Esposito, Hull played in an era where players showed at camp to play themselves into shape. The 72 series against the Russians introduced us to off season training.