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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I'll disagree with that. Best player right now? Sure. Far and away? Nah, no where close to what Gretzky and Lemieux were.
Crosby's closer to players like Jagr, Bossy, Esposito or Lafleur today. Not in actual play style but in that they were great players, a head above their peers, but shouldn't be in contention for the best of all time. Nothing wrong with being compared to those players, but until he separates himself much further from the many other great players today I don't see the comparison to Gretzky. That 130 point pace he's had is a great accomplishment, but is it leagues ahead of the 110-120 points the next best player is going to get? Not really. 8 games in he's posting over 2 points per game, maybe this season is the year he really separates from the pack but until he accomplishes that feat in an 82 game season there's just no real comparison.
And it's all moot since Orr was the best.
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So, you're saying that despite Crosby being better than everyone playing the game today, and putting up points in a more consistent fashion than any other player, he can't be considered at THAT level because the other players in the league at the level below him aren't as bad as the guys in the 80's?
Riiiiight.