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Originally Posted by fotze
I was thinking of Gretzky. 
I'm not near placing any sort of hopes or expectations of team shouldering star. Reasonable hope is a Michael Nylander, Kristian Huselius, 'special teams' type player which would make it a fantastic draft pick.
I was comparing it to Gretzky in the style of play and smarts, in that he never takes a hit because he will always unload it prior and when there are 50 potential places to unload it at that point, he will always pick one of the top 5 smartest ones. |
Wow, fair enough. I hated Gretzky my whole life. I've hated the Oilers since I was four or five, but I honestly believe there will never be another player with the on ice vision of Gretzky. I honestly thought Giroux as a smaller player was where you were going with your comparison and probably a better one than Gretzky but this should make for an interesting conversation in this thread from here on out for a few pages.