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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Crosby is good but he's not even on the same planet of Lemieux and Gretzky and I've seen the entire career pro careers of all three players.
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Same. I never said Crosby is on the same level overall as Mario or Wayne. But it is so hard to make comparisons because the game is much more structured now, defenses are so much better, teams and players are acutely scouted etc. What I am saying is for just pure skill, Crosby to me is right up there, maybe even the best. He has power and finesse behind his passes and shots that few players ever had. Crosby can take a pass and then saucer it perfectly to a scoring position better than anyone I've seen, the puck is on his stick for a microsecond then gone.
But to this day I lament the fact that Lemieux became ill and had his career cut short, the guy was unstoppable when healthy.