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Originally Posted by New Era
none of those guys were as highly regarded as Bennett. Bennett is the best prospect this team has drafted.
Fleury was never the most offensively talented player in the league. NEVER. When Fleury was having his big year in 1990-91 there was this guy named Gretzky, still in his prime. When Fleury was having his last big year in 1995-96, there was this guy in Pittsburgh named Lemieux who was ripping the NHL a new one. He also had this kid on his wing by the name of Jagr who was doing pretty well in his own right. Fleury was a good player, but there were plenty of more skilled and successful players in the NHL each year.
I think it's kind of cool to see the current team coming together and there being some parallels between the '89 champs. I hope this team finds similar success in the near term and greater success in the long term.
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I give you Mario when he was healthy - but I'm talking talent, not successfully applied talent. Gretzky was never the most talented guy - just the best player (people always said , for example, that Nilsson was more talented). And I think Gretzky was behind Fleury by 1996. And in late 90s I thought for various stretches he was better than anyone else, talent wise.
Anyway, thread hijack, and it doesn't change that I thought Fleury was an elite prospect just like Gaudreau was, despite the late pick and ranking.