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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
^^Even Gretz has been quoted as saying Lemiuex was the best. Lemieux is a freak of nature, a man who could do all the skilled things that smaller players do but was 6 foot 4 inches tall. His reach and strength were incomparable and he required no protection. either from the refs or teammates.
The play for me that shows Lemieux's career in microcosm was when he made Ray Bourke look like an AHL player in the 1992 playoffs. He is the kind of human being that explains the evolution of a species, a great leap forward in genetics. His statistics were self evident and others can show that, but in watching him play, when he got on the ice it was if the ice began to tip and the play went one way only.
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Thank you Mrs. Lemieux.
But first of all, what would you expect Gretzky to say?: yeah, I am the best ever for sure!
Also, if I remember correctly, he said that Lemieux was the
most talented ever (not the best). And many people agree with that. Lemieux's skillset, with his long reach was incredible. He did things that were simply amazing.
But at the game of hockey, making the players around him better, leading by work ethic, changing the way the game was played, scoring as well as playmaking, Gretzky was the best right across the board, IMO.