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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
They aren't comparable...but Crosby is this generations Gretzky?
This generation doesn't have a Gretzky or Lemieux because no one comes close to how far ahead they dominated their peers. Crosby's great, I listed some very very good players (some that were their respective best players for stretches) but Crosby has a long ways to go before we mention him in comparison to the best players of all time. If you want to say Crosby is the best player of this generation you can do it without talking about Gretzky, but once you bring him up the comparison, whether you mean to or not, is made.
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Sorry dad.
Seriously man, have at your argument, it's not me you're arguing with. There's no way I'm going to say this guy is better, or that guy is better. They played different games in different eras with a hundred different intangibles. All I'm saying is that, like Gretzky, Sidney is the face of hockey, he's the biggest thing the NHL has seen since Gretzky, and on MORE than a hockey level, he is absolutely this generation's Gretzky.
You're getting all bothered by semantics. Relax.