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Originally Posted by browna
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=123253
Without taking this off track, some similar skating to JG...the goal against the Canadiens near the end of the video (the fans going nuts as he's on the breakaway is beauty) is a pretty similar skating style, along with the speed and goalies who were outclassed by that sort of skill (such a pretty goal regardless).
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I always forget how terrible the goalies were back then. If Johnny had played in the early/mid '80s I could honestly see him getting 900 goals, 1300 points. Kent Nilsson was a magician, and those plays are all incredible. I can't imagine him being able to pull a lot of them off against modern goalies & tighter defensive systems like Johnny has to contend with.
Such a shame about Theo & his "tell all" attitude these days. When I read the interview from the other day I thought there was a tiny ounce of humility and respect there which I was happy to see. Then this comes out & he looks like a dick again... Oh well!