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Originally Posted by bossy22

You can't compare generations. They're so different. Put Kipper in those small pads, and goalie equipment, his style no longer works. Move Lemieux or Orr to today. Better conditioning for Mario, successful knee surgery for Orr, what could they have done? Give Mike Bossy a composite hockey stick, what could he do? Or Bobby Hull for that matter. He had a 100 + mph slap shot with a 2x4. It's apples to oranges.
Sure, you put Crosby back then, and he'd dominate, but give him the 80's training, and equipment, and the rules, he'd still be one of the best, but he wouldn't be head and shoulders above Mario.

Which is why you have to compare players against their peers.